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Five Survive by Holly Jackson
3.25
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This for sure isn't as strong as her first trilogy, and it takes so long to really start. It's overwritten in a lot of ways BUT the plot was really good and Jackson writes an excellent bad guy, fuck Oliver. Red was a good protagonist and I loved her and Arthur, Jackson always writes an excellent love interest! And the ending??? Gut punch. Ouch. Hurts. Overall it's fine i'd say? With a stronger second half than first.