Description
Five Survive by Holly Jackson is a psychological thriller for young adults that tells the story of friends on a perilous road trip. The book unfolds over one night and is a suspenseful mystery/psychological drama.
Five friends, including Surrey, her best friend, and three others embarked on a road trip. They were all headed to a remote place for a music festival. During the trip, their vehicle broke down in a remote area. While waiting for a rescue team, they discovered they weren’t alone after all.
A mysterious figure arrives, and the group is trapped by an unknown assailant. All the friends have secrets and slowly lose their trust to creep into paranoia and suspicion as the night wears on. They have to face their past, survive the night, and also come to terms with the fact that one of them might not be who he says he is.
Themes
Friendship and Betrayal: Complications regarding friendships with problems and the weight of secrets and fear put on relationships.
Survival and Resilience: Characters are tested by survival and emotional toughness, which have to be further tested, proving to be the darkest fights.
Trust and Deception: Themes that arise throughout the telling include trust and deception, testing the perception that the characters have for one another.
Five Survive is marked by its fast-paced narrative, well-drawn characters, and intricate plot twists that make one keep following until to the very end. Is it suspense combined with psychological depth from Holly Jackson? Well, it’s hard to describe, but it is a great read for fans of thrillers and mysteries.
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