I picked this up because I think Jackson’s A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER TRILOGY is one of the best YA crime fiction trilogies (and one of the best crime trilogies full stop) that I’ve ever read. Unfortunately the characterisation is poor, especially Red whose guilt comes across as flakiness while Oliver’s mummy issues never convinced me while the plot points and motivations don’t make a whole lot of sense when you think about them. I get what Jackson was going for – an external threat becoming less dangerous than the internal threat that emerges within the group. Holly Jackson’s standalone YA thriller is a disappointing misfire. But it doesn’t take long to realise that they all have secrets from each other and as those secrets slowly come to light, loyalties within the group change and before the night ends, violence erupts inside the RV … With the sun not due to come up for another 8 hours, the six of them must try to work out who is keeping a secret that someone wants to kill them for. He wants them to work out who that person is and send them outside the RV. Then the shooter makes contact to tell the group that one of them has a secret. They think they’ve just hit a sharp rock but when gunfire erupts from the darkness, they realise that something more sinister and terrifying is going on. They’re looking for a camping site in South Carolina to spend the night when they take a wrong turn and end up with a burst tyre in the middle of nowhere. They’re travelling in an RV belonging to Simon’s uncle because Red’s not able to afford the airfare – ever since her mother’s murder 4 years ago, Red’s father has taken solace in alcohol and the family’s finances are in a mess.
I earn commission on any purchases made through these links.ġ7-year-old Red Kenny is on a Spring Break trip from Philadelphia to the Gulf Shores with her best friend Maddy, classmate Simon, Simon’s friend Arthur and are being chaperoned by Maddy’s older brother Oliver (who is a pre-law student at college) and his girlfriend Reyna (who is a pre-medical student at college). You can order FIVE SURVIVE by Holly Jackson from Amazon UK, Waterstone’s or UK. Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.
Buried secrets will be forced to light and tensions inside the RV will reach deadly levels.įIVE SURVIVE was released in the United Kingdom on 8th December 2022. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or work out which one of them is the target. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they soon realise that this is no accident. Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Red’s best friend, her older brother, his perfect girlfriend and a classmate.
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