Five Survive

Omygosh Oliver if I ever meet you in real life you better watch out

WELL. I highly recommend it for the claustrophobic setting and the numerous plot twists. The protagonist is hilarious to be and the ending >>>

I think Oliver is the most unbearable character in all of creation.

** spoiler alert ** redarthur 😭😭😭😭 holly jackson you're insane bc why did a ya mystery thriller made me shed tears at all. 2.25 stars bc of oliver's thickhead i was so glad he died at the end. the story is fast-paced but still feels too long for something that takes place over 6 hours alone??? yea overall id say it was frustrating to be in red's head and the drag was only made worth it by the revelations at the end. the romance tho . ugh!!!!!!!!!!! what i Still dont have answers to: who wrote the second yes and what was the fucking pattern of the curtains.

** spoiler alert ** Omfg. Best book I have ever read. The characters were so good and they made me get so attached and the plot OOOOOOOOO, so good. AND THE ROMANCE BETWEEN RED AND ARTHUR WAS SOOOO CUTE.

WHO SAID ELSE SAID YES?

Reds thinking is so real.

PLOT TWIST WAS INSANE?????????

definitely nothing went the way i expected

the ending made me want to sob and i’m happy it was a little fast paced

“..she took apart the walkie-talkie. Piece by piece, wire by wire, but she never did find her mom’s voice hiding inside.” the plot of this book was severely underwhelming - the 'plot twist' reveals felt cartoonish and convoluted, springing out of no where with pretty much no way for the reader to discern what really happened without it being spelled out to them. certain characters felt infuriating and completely senseless, making decisions that wouldn't even have a chance of working when faced with a traumatizing situation like the one they're in, it was easy to tell that these subplots were just created for the 'wow factor'. unfortunately, those moments really pulled me out of the story and made it so so hard for me to actually care about any of the characters or what was going on. despite that, i did enjoy holly jacksons writing. it was fast-paced and definitely tense at times, the descriptions of grief were beautiful and not what i expected out of this book. these discussions were genuinely heart-wrenching and i found myself near to tears at the end of the book (those who know.. know) so thats increased the rating dramatically. i loved the idea of this book but the cartoonish actions of the threat and the unexplained stupidity of the mc's threw me off way too much, because of this i can't give this book higher than a 2.5. edit; 97% of the reveals were also extremely predictable, i guessed the main-ish one in the first couple chapters.. woops.

** spoiler alert ** 3.5 stars so who was the second “yes”

It was slow at first but once the important part happened, the story became fast-paced. Some parts in the plot were kind of predictable but not in a way that would make you want to stop reading. Also, I never thought I was capable of hating a fictional character so much, my blood was boiling as I was reading through the pages. Read it if you want to figure out who it is. The ending was okay but I would've preferred it if the villain suffered a bit more for what they did to Red.

** spoiler alert ** 4-4.5/5⭐️ - veryyyyyyy fast-paced - I didn't like Red that much. I was kind of annoyed by her, so I wasn't rooting for her - in fact, I wasn't rooting for anyone to survive lol. - Oliver was so annoying. He's one of the most disgusting characters I've ever encountered. How did he become the person he is?????? He gets worse with every turn of the page. I literally screamed 'YES' when he died 🤪. He deserved it. - I cried for Don and Joyce - I can't bear it when old and kind people die. - guess we will never know who the second 'yes' was (I think it's Maddy?) - That twist at the end was unexpected!

THIS WAS SO GOOD THAT LAST PART JUST WHOAJSHSH

irreparable emotional damage has been caused once again

This was nowhere near as good as GGGTM series, which is pretty unfortunate because I was so excited to read this book. I found that the characters weren't as reliable and I didn't find myself as invested in them as say Pip and Ravi. I also found the book a bit predicatable, and while the first part of twists were often shocks the second part was predictable and ruined the overall shock value a bit. Had it not been for that last little tiny section of the book with the transcript and the news report I probably would've given this 2 stars, but that little bit alone bumped it to 3.

I saw the plot twists coming from a mile away. I figured out most of the stuff so I wasn't really surprised. I feel like if you read a good amount of mysteries, the plot twists wouldn't be surprising to you either. HOWEVER, I still loved the book. I was so invested in the story and the characters - especially the characters. And the ending teared me up.

I have no words

the plottwists in that book are so so good. Holly Jackson always has the best plottwists but five survive had me gasping the whole time. Ravi Sighn and Arthur are the most underrated book boyfriends and the Letter from Arthur has my heart I mean "Hey, remeber me sarge" was also good but the letter.

i loved it, it really kept my atention the whole book and the plot twist was amezing