Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

24 reviews

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This could have been a 4 star read as I quite enjoyed the plot, but the characters were just insufferable. The main group of final girls we are introduced to at the beginning range in age from late 30s to early 50s as their trauma happened in the 70s & 80s. However, they acted like catty high school girls, and argued over the most petty things. I'm not sure if this was done in a "their trauma happened when they were teens, so they are stuck mentally at that age" thing or what, but it was really hard to picture them as older women. 

On a positive note, this is a very readable book, and I found myself flying through the pages quite quickly. It flows well, has great pacing, and the chapters are the perfect length. This is also a mixed media book, as at the beginning of each chapter there is an article, transcript, or even a reddit post that gives some insight to the backstories of the characters. 

Overall, this was a promising book, but I just found it too difficult to look past how annoying the characters were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, Violence, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Vomit, and Pedophilia

seanml's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One part mystery, two parts character study, and the rest is sweet, sweet homage. 

Literary Quality: 5/10. 

Spooky Factor: 3/10. 

Overall: 8/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, and Vomit

suncourts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Violence, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Murder, Grief, Gaslighting, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

davidrb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

If you read Sager's Final Girls and was wildly disappointed like I was, this is the perfect balm. The plot moves, the characters are dynamic and sympathetic, and the story is wonderfully steeped in horror tropes. It plays with the genre and critiques it while also maintaining a wonderful respect for it.

Points deducted for

killing the black character first, a horror trope that this book sadly does not subvert

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Cannibalism, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence