I really enjoyed reading this book; and one of my only complaints wasn’t having enough time to read it in one sitting. One the way to spring break, Red and her friend’s RV broke down in an abandoned road, but what they don’t know is that their is a killer among them, and thawing of them has a secret worth killing for. I really enjoyed reading the character development and how showed their true colors in time of a stressful situation. Also the twists and turns kept me guessing until the end. This is my first Holly Jackson book but won’t be my last.

Six friends go on an RV trip for spring break; Red knows she's the reason why they didn't just fly (she's broke) but when they're trapped in the middle of nowhere, South Carolina? Any one of them could be a target. All the sniper wants is the secret one of the six has, but whoever has it isn't willing to give it up easily.

Honestly, I expected a much higher quality book from this author. This is set up like a typical teen thriller (which isn't a bad thing, just not my cup of tea) except with a much higher suspension of disbelief required. The twist was obvious from the first chapter, the characters are flat even by thriller terms, and the writing is nowhere near as intelligent as it was in GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER. Once the six start to suspect the mafia is involved - which also happens very quickly - the suspension of disbelief required shoots up substantially and the quality of writing just didn't bring me to the point where I could do that. AS GOOD AS DEAD also required a pretty high suspension of disbelief, but the writing was strong and it was the last installment in an exceptional trilogy so it was easy to go along for the ride.

I personally will not be adding this to the reread queue but I would recommend it for teens who have exhausted other thriller options and are big fans of the genre. FIVE SURVIVE reads a lot like a less diverse combination of THE GIRLS I'VE BEEN and ONE OF US IS LYING, and is perfectly palatable if you don't go in with the expectations of it living up to the author's previous works. I do not recommend this book to adults.

When I saw that Holly Jackson had a new book coming out, I knew I had to get it. Five Survive was a thriller where I found myself second-guessing everyone. Was anybody who they said they were, and what were they hiding?! I found myself rooting for some characters while also rooting for some other ones to die. I thought the first quarter of this book was a little slow, but it was needed to set the scene. I devoured the last three quarters in one night. Overall, this is definitely a thriller I'd recommend, as I didn't know how it would end until all the twists were revealed.

Thank you to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for the e-ARC of this book to review. This releases November 29.

Red and five of her friends are on a road trip for spring break in a 31 foot RV. They get a little lost, then get stuck on a road outside a cemetery. All of a sudden, they are ambushed and someone is shooting out their tires and the gas tank, and asking them to spill their secrets. The twists this one took! Whoa! I love the way Holly Jackson writes and need to go back and read all of the other books they’ve written. I was so invested in Red and the evolution of this story. Highly recommend!
Thank you to Random House Children’s and Netgalley for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest opinion.

This book is intense and a very emotional ride. Don’t pick this up unless you don’t have anything else planned for the day because you won’t be able to put it down.

Fui na fé para ler “Five Survive” porque gostei muito (muito mesmo) de “Manual de Assassinato para Boas Garotas ” – uma trama de suspense YA, gênero que agora está em ascensão e está muito bem representado nessa trama de uma garota que decide investigar um crime que marcou a história de sua cidade e foi um livro tão bom, com tantas resenhas magníficas, que ganhou duas sequências, se tornando uma trilogia (você pode ler a sinopse clicando AQUI. Depois de ter sido fisgada por essa trama, foi natural querer ler o mais novo livro da autora, que só será lançado mês que vem, mas que a Penguin Random House tão gentilmente cedeu um eBook para leitura. E tô em choque até agora de TÃO BOM que esse livro é. Sério.

Começando bem do começo da trama, somos apresentados a Redford “Red” Foster, uma jovem que tem o nome do avô e passou um trauma grande com a morte de sua mãe, que era uma delegada e foi morta em serviço. Prestes a se formar no colegial, Red aceitou sair em um veículo recreativo (trailer) com sua melhor amiga, Madeline “Maddie” Lavoy e o amigo da dupla, Simon. Acompanhando os 3, ainda temos Oliver e Reyna, respectivamente irmão e cunhada de Maddie, e, por fim, Arthur, que é amigo de Simon e por quem Red tem uma certa quedinha. O grupo pretende sair de Philadelphia e ir até Gulf Shores, uma cidade no Estado de Alabama para se divertir – e tem mapa no livro, tanto com a planta do trailer quanto da viagem que o grupo faria, o que é bastante interessante para visualização de tudo. O enredo é simples assim, a princípio, e os 6 jovens, de idades diversas, estão realmente se divertindo e aproveitando aquela fase de adolescência de 18 anos que todo mundo tem que aproveitar – menos Oliver e Reyna, que são mais velhos, já estão na faculdade e namoram há bastante tempo.

Depois de uma ligação dos irmãos Maddie e Oliver com a mãe, Catherine, os jovens pegam uma entrada errada na estrada e logo seu pneu é estourado. Depois do pequeno contratempo resolvido, a viagem parece que vai continuar sem problemas – só que não, claro, porque então todos os pneus explodem e fica claro que tem alguém fazendo isso com os jovens. Alguém está acompanhando a viagem dos jovens e esperava por eles ali escondido, naquela estrada escura que eles pegaram errado, usando uma arma com mira e que quer expor uma pessoa que mente entre o grupo. O problema é que todos tem algo a esconder, da forma mais boba e fútil até mesmo a crimes reais. Todos precisam colocar seus segredos na mesa enquanto vai ficando claro que um dos personagens que você está conhecendo e se apegando está mentindo porque alguém de dentro está trabalhando com o atirador porque sim, o atirador com mira a laser lá fora do ônibus está mais do que disposto a matar o grupo, completo ou não.

Sobre os personagens que foram o grupo principal, temos Red, a qual já falei que sofre há anos pela morte de sua mãe, justamente porque quando o crime aconteceu, elas estavam brigadas. Você consegue entender o drama e o trauma da personagem, que não tenta ser corajosa além do aceitável e nem é uma garotinha que vai deixar os sentimentos tomarem conta de sua visão. Claro, ela tem seus motivos para ter os segredos que tem, e quando o leitor os conhecem, a absolvição vem fácil para a personagem. Já sua melhor amiga, Maddie, é a típica boa garota, prestativa e gentil, que realmente tenta fazer de tudo pela melhor amiga – até mesmo pedir para todos não usarem a palavra “mãe” perto dela para não fazer Red se sentir mal. Simon, o amigo, também tem sua contribuição como o personagem mais leve e mais brincalhão, que está lá para se divertir com o grupo de amigos, e foi através dele que Arthur se introduziu. Arthur não estuda no mesmo colégio que os 3, mas sempre que pode, está presente, e consegue conversar facilmente com Red, parecendo retribuir os sentimentos que ela sente, mas fica claro que ele tem bastante mais do que deixa a garota ver em sua superfície. Completando o grupo, Oliver e Reyna estão em um relacionamento sério há anos, como já falei, e fizeram a transição para a faculdade muito bem, ou, pelo menos, é o que todos acreditam. Oliver parece ser um tanto quanto possessivo com a namorada e cabeça quente e teimoso com os outros, o que o torna fácil de detestar, enquanto Reyna parece ser mais calma e gentil. São um grupo bastante heterogêneo, mas, ainda assim, encontraram formas de serem amigos e se divertirem juntos, sem jamais esperar que aconteceria justamente aquele desastre em uma simples curva errada em uma autoestrada.

O livro se passa em apenas 8 horas, das 22 até as 6 da manhã, com capítulos divididos pelas horas passadas, mas claro que há flashbacks contados pelos personagens para que possamos entender o que está acontecendo. Tudo é um quebra-cabeças que parece bastante complexo, com pistas erradas e personagens bem construídas de uma forma que faz o leitor ficar ansioso para entender qual é a verdade. Há segredos que você sequer sonha que podem existir entre aqueles personagens quando a narrativa começa e tudo explode em uma trama mortal repleta de mentiras, desencontros e traições. É aquela velha máxima de que não adianta você tentar proteger alguém que você ama da forma errada porque karma é uma vadia e vai voltar pra chutar sua bunda.

Não há muito o que falar sobre a trama do livro em si porque os personagens estão sim, confinados dentro do trailer naquelas 8 horas. Eles podem tentar sair e fugir, mas está claro que a situação já foi orquestrada e eles não tem escapatória além de admitirem seus erros. O clima claustrofóbico e tenso vai se tornando quase insuportável, tudo em um crescendo que é capaz de carregar o leitor consigo, e se você sentir um clima de filme de estrada nos quais adolescentes estão caçados sem piedade, você está no caminho certo: o clima é tão próximo que quase me faz desejar uma adaptação, mas sabemos como essas coisas quase sempre terminam. Eu, como fã de filmes e livros de suspense, fiquei tão vidrada na trama que li de uma única vez, em uma única noite. E não, o livro não é grande.

Além de tudo que já falei, ainda quero destacar o final, que foi absurdamente bom, bem acima da média do que estamos acostumados. Holly não enrolou no livro, não acrescentou cenas desnecessárias, não demorou a entregar um final que é extremamente agridoce e capaz de deixar seu leitor decidir o que vai acontecer a partir dali – mas calma, você tem todas as respostas no final da narrativa, pode confiar em mim. E ah, ao que tudo indica, será um livro único.

Se você gosta desse novo gênero de “suspense jovem”, você pode e deve se animar para este livro porque ele realmente entrega tudo sem prometer nada – e ah, o resumo da sinopse dele: “Oito horas. Seis amigos. Cinco sobrevivem.”, é muito, muito boa para te preparar sobre o que esperar. Vá ler e eu também te prometo que você vai sobreviver a essa noite bem mais feliz por ter lido um bom livro.

Entre meus livros favoritos do ano, “Five Survive” (em tradução livre, “Cinco Sobrevivem”), ainda não foi anunciado aqui no Brasil, mas os livros da autora Holly Jackson estão sendo publicados pela Intrínseca, então fiquem ligados que assim que tivermos qualquer noticia sobre a publicação dele aqui, vamos comentar bastante pra fazer vocês todos lerem.

Thanks for the free book, Penguin Random House International.

En route to Spring Break, Red and her five friends wind up stranded in the middle of nowhere when their borrowed RV breaks down. As if being lost with no cell reception and no help around for miles, someone shoots out their tires one-by-one. Soon, they realize this wasn't just a random accident.

One of their group has information the sniper wants. Something they're willing to kill for. And as Red and her friends try to survive the night, buried secrets will be unearthed and not everyone will make it out alive.

I liked Jackson's writing. It flowed well and wasn't overdone. I particularly enjoyed the way in which she gave the reader a deep look into the MC, Red and the way her mind processed the events as the night goes on.

I tend to be a be hard on YA thrillers because sometimes the characters grate on my nerves. I have to remind myself that they're teenagers and at times will do silly, ridiculous things. I felt less this way than I have with many other books in this genre. Though there was one character I wanted to jump through my Kindle and slap, but that was because the person was a vile human being.

I thought this one had some nice twists. You can kind of see what it's setting up for, but I was still surprised by the ending.

I was amidst a reading slump when I got approved for this book. I enjoyed all of Holly Jackson’s A Good Guide To Murder series, so I wanted to dive in quickly. I am happy to say that Five Survive is one of the best thrillers I have read in a long time.

Five Survive follows six teens on a road trip in an RV for spring break. Their RV breaks down in South Carolina at a campsite, and they find themselves hiding from a sniper. They have no means to get out of the campsite as their RV lost power and their cellphones lost signal. The teens need to trust each other, but tensions are arising, and secrets are leaking. They believe that one of them is working with the sniper.

This book was fast-paced, and my heart was pounding, trying to figure out where the story was going. The twists played out perfectly, and they were all unexpected. I loved how the storyline played out over eight hours. I felt like that sped up the story as I got deeper into the story. Although none of the characters were meshed out, it did not take away from how good the story was, and I was still interested in knowing who would make it out alive. This book was one of my favorites by Holly Jackson because it made my thriller-loving self happy with a fast-paced, high stake storyline that had a perfectly executed ending.

Thank you to NetGallery and to Random House Publishing for giving me a copy of the book.

So excited to read this because... a new YA thriller from Holly Jackson! While this is, yes, a YA thriller it does feel quite a bit different from A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (which I loved except for the third). Good difference or bad difference I think will depend on the reader; for me, this book worked in some ways but also annoyed me in others.

The premise of the story: a group of teenagers get trapped in an RV in the middle of nowhere by an outside shooter and are forced to reveal secrets about themselves in order to survive the night. The RV=a pressure cooker and everyone in it is BEING PRESSURE COOKED. Because of this plot, the narrative is broken up hour-by-hour and the whole story takes place over a singular night. This leads to an uptick in suspense but also flat characters.

This was VERY addicting and suspenseful and there were definitely moments my heart was beating so fast in my chest! Holly Jackson is really really good at putting her characters in awful situations lol.

I found the characters really hard to connect with and found one in particular insufferable (in a bad way). I know he was written to be annoying... but if it weren't for the page-turning plot I would've had to stop because he was SO awful. I also found the overall plot a bit nonsensical and wasn't a huge fan of the crime in general, but it lead to an interesting conclusion.

Still, this was a page-turning read and a good book to get me glued to reading. It was fun guessing some plot points correctly and learning others as they were revealed. While this isn't my favorite, I'd still recommend this to Holly Jackson fans, especially if you're looking for something with a creepy vibe.

Five Survive follows six friends on a road trip to Florida for spring break. After their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere, pasts are exposed, secrets are laid bare, and tensions run dangerously high. But is their seemingly unfortunate “accident” really an accident? Is somebody behind this? And who knows more than they’re letting on? Told over the course of eight hours, Five Survive is a fast-paced, high-stakes thriller.

I really enjoyed this book! I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I genuinely had no idea where the story was going and I was shocked by every single twist. I’m still trying to process the ending - I honestly have no idea how I feel about it. One of the things that I liked about this book was how distinct and fleshed out the characters were, despite it taking place over a very short time frame. The main character, Red, is a high school senior who lost her mom four years prior. I especially loved how the author tackled grief, guilt, and regret even in the midst of a high-stakes, suspenseful setting. I would definitely recommend checking this one out, it releases on November 29th!!

Read if you like:

- 3rd person pov
- unique, unreliable narrator
- creepy, claustrophobic settings
- shocking revealed and plot twists

*Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review!*

“I guess none of us—the five that survived—will ever be the same after that long night.”

Spring break plans go south, and with only 31 feet (the extra foot mattered), a group of friends need to do anything and everything to survive the night. Red Kenny thinks she’s knows the people she’s with, but when one person is lying, it proves that not everyone is what they appear to be.

This was my first Holly Jackson novel, and I loved it! I’m shocked it’s considered YA because it was so dramatic and intense. I literally could not put this down. The whole premise of this book was so unique. Each time you thought you knew what would happen, something totally different happened. The idea of hidden secrets and testing friendships worked so well in this book. I really hope everyone buys it when it comes out!

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Red Kenny is on a road trip with five of her friends for spring break trying to escape her reality a little bit and the sudden traumatic death in her family. When they take a wrong turn and end up out in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night things take a turn for the worse when they get a flat tire. As if things couldn’t get any worse they have no cell signal. Soon they realize that their flat wasn’t even an accident. They are literally trapped in a RV in the middle of nowhere with a psycho who has a gun aimed at them. The six of them have eight hours to find out which one is keeping a huge secret and come clean or else they all die.

Y’all Five Survive was crazy as hell. I’ve said this numerous times and I’ll say it again, Holly Jackson writes great edge of your seat YA thriller novels. This one sucks you in from the very first page and doesn’t let up until the end. There’s so many secrets, lies, drama and crazy killer vibes that you will not be able to put this one down. Five Survive was an easy 5 star read. I actually think this would make a great movie too. If you love campy, psycho killers, drama, and secrets then grab this one you won’t regret it.

Six teens, one RV, a trip that goes awry... and now they are stranded with no signal and a killer with a rifle watching and listening to them... the only way they can get out is if one of them reveals the secret... or they all die. Red Kenny is going on a road trip with five friends: her best friend Maddy, Maddy’s older brother Oliver, Oliver’s girlfriend Reyna, Red’s secret crush Arthur, and a classmate, Simon. But when their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize that it was no accident as all their tires are destroyed, there is no cell signal, someone is taking shots at them... and a walkie has appeared with a killer on the other end telling them that everything that has happened has been planned. With eight hours until dawn they’ll have to figure out how to escape or which one is the target. But things get more complicated when they all have secrets and when it comes to light... will they be able to face each other. Oliver and Reyna committed an unspeakable act, Simon has a family member that might be involved with crime, Arthur is the mysterious unknown person, and Red has a deep dark secret of her own.

Let me start off by saying it was interesting at first but quickly, and I mean quickly became dull. The characters were pretty unlikable and unbearable, but I guess we have to give them a pass for being teens? Honestly, I adored the author’s previous books so this one was disappointing to read because of how much it lacked. You could honestly skip 30% of the book and still figure out the ending. Sadly this one was a miss for me, though I would definitely recommend giving the author’s works a read because her other series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder is fantastic.

*Thanks Netgalley and Random House Children's, Delacorte Press for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

A stunning thriller that takes place over 8 hours. Five Survive kept me on the edge of my seat until the very last page!

Thank you so much Delacrote Press!

Love Holly Jackson! I read A Good Girl's to Murder series, and I'm glad to have been accepted to read this ARC. I loved this book! Her writing style is amazing, and the twists just kept coming. The book pulls at your heart strings. Red and her friends are on a road trip for spring break, until their RV breaks down. No signals, and their RV wheels are shot at. This was an emotional rollercoaster. Just remember, six friends. Only five survive, so get the tissues ready. Definitely urge y'all to read this book!

Five Survive is my first book by Holly Jackson and it prompted me to get my hands on any books of hers that I can. This book was the perfect thriller and the writing was equally great. The main and side characters were compelling and the story had me at the edge of my seat.

Holly Jackson is amazing! She never lets her readers down! Any time I see her books I grab them right up! This was high octane! Will 5 survive idk pick it up and find out!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very intense, twisty, but also fun little mystery. I am ashamed to say that even though I own it, I still have never read the author’s other book series, A Good Girls Guide to Murder, but fans of similar YA mysteries (like the works of Karen McManus) will surely adore this one.

As someone whose family is from the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania, I was absolutely tickled when Simon used the term “youse guys”. The author definitely did her research, and it showed! If I could give an extra star for that, I would. A+.

What a page-turner! I flew through this one. It's a very simple setup: six friends are traveling in an RV together when suddenly they are attacked by a sniper who tells them they can't leave until one of them reveals the secret they are hiding. The book takes place over just a few hours in a very contained setting and the tension and plot are just the characters talking with each other to try and figure out who is keeping a secret.
I was impressed by the pacing of the reveals, and it never felt overwhelming or boring. Because of the short time frame, I didn't really connect with the characters emotionally, but I definitely found them interesting.
I recommend this one as a quick easy thriller! (4.5/5 stars)
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

CW: One of the characters is grieving the violent death of her mother, and this topic definitely comes up a lot throughout the book, so warning for grief, loss of a parent, and gun violence.

This is my first by Holly Jackson and I wholeheartedly agree that she writes bingeable books! I finished this one in 6 hours, staying up entirely too late on a Monday night.

I don’t read a lot of YA so I struggled with the juvenile conversations and actions more than others might.

Thank you Netgalley and and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review in exchange for an honest review.