Imagine having eight hours until dawn, you and your five friends must escape an RV or work out which of you is the sniper's target. Red Kenny is on a road trip with five friends when their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. But this is no accident. Someone is out there, and someone wants one of them dead. The novel Five Survive by Holly Jackson is a fantastic book because of its way of giving the story a claustrophobic perspective, the ability to solve the mysteries, and its intriguing characters. Firstly, the author's writing style is fascinating. It has the taut, claustrophobic feel of a locked-in-the-room mystery thriller. The RV was going nowhere. And here they were, the six of them, trapped inside it, the wide-open nothing and the red dot waiting for them out there” (76). The claustrophobia caused by the RV, mixed with the dark and isolated location, is the perfect combination for a thriller. Additionally, the tension and claustrophobia bring many unwelcome secrets to be uncovered. Such as the dark secret that led to the sniper trapping them in the RV. Holly Jackson’s novel is impossible to step away from, trapping …show more content…
Not knowing enough puts the reader right there with the protagonist and leaves the reader trying to solve the mystery alongside the characters.” One of you knows something. A secret of the past. You know who you are and what it is” (114). We get the thoughts and dialogue of the protagonist, Red, and those around her. But the reader is left in the dark about the secret. Not knowing about this dark secret leaves the reader guessing and coming up with a narrative of their own that makes it interesting to figure out the truth. Ultimately, causing the reader to spend countless hours indulging in this suspenseful novel. Using this strategy makes the reader want to keep flipping pages and reading lines to solve the