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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

25 reviews

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

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'll say this for sure about TFGSG - I was never bored. However, I was often extremely confused. As always, I will start off with positives. I thought that the pacing of the book was sharp and there was always something going on. This book did not let me breathe. The whole thing was messy and chaotic, dark and sometimes funny in a quintessentially Grady Hendrix way. I thought every "final girl" in the group was a strong addition to the story and I think Heather and Dani were my favorites. A really nice touch were the newspaper and media clippings throughout the book that helped tell the story and also provided meaningful commentary to the phenomenon surrounding these "final girls."

My gripes aren't really that big. Really, the main one is that Lynette can be so maddening to read at times. She is so traumatized that living in her head was sometimes suffocating and insufferable. I had some issues with her as a character too, but that didn't necessarily affect my enjoyment of the book because my enjoyment does not usually hinge on a protagonist being likable. Something that was hard for me throughout the book was keeping track of every girl's story. I wrote down what I could, but some girls in the group got lost in the shuffle. I cannot definitively tell you what Heather's backstory is as a result of this. Just a LOT going on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Mass/school shootings

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Great homage to 80s slasher movies. Gripping story, Hendrix is great at writing tense action scenes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Stalking

mallory10100's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

wow this was a wild ride!! it was more brutal/gruesome/gory/disturbing than i expected! it’s my first horror read and i had a blast! if you like classic slasher movies you’d definitely enjoy this one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, and Police brutality

Moderate: Ableism, Body horror, Vomit, and Police brutality

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I loved the idea behind this book, especially with a variety of backstories to why these girls are "final girls", but ultimately I found the book to be a bit boring and slower paced, I didn't really care too much about any of the characters, and the end twist was a little predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Addiction, Cancer, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual content, and Panic attacks/disorders