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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

81 reviews

sunsetcity's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

allycat21's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

ajpotz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

i’ll come back later to give a final score once i’ve had a chance to sit with it. 

i was suprised up untill the end, the characters in this book have serious story’s and layers to them that i love. the author not only had me scared , but also very satisfied at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Blood, and Car accident

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Everything you’d want out of a book about final girls. I loved the connection to the actual Final Girls in movies and how they fit into this universe. I hope there’s a shorty sequel only to continue the trope.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

apestforwrens's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense 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

4.75

Slow start but worth it. Our heroine takes a little time to warm up to, but do not let that discourage you. This is coming from someone who does not like horror: I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Its a slasher, there is genre typical content. Because it takes place from within the heroine's head, there is some derealization.

ka_ke's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Do you enjoy campy horror movies like Final Destination? Then The Final Girl Support Group is for you! It’s one half sociological analysis of feminism, murder, psychopathy, sociopathy, and dangerous obsession, and the other half is a campy murder novel. Definitely one of Grady Hendrix’s best novels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Medical content, and Medical trauma

hapalyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Excrement, Police brutality, and Car accident

leahrosiee's review against another edition

challenging tense fast-paced

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

2.0

This was … wild. The author does a great job of making you feel just as crazy as the MC in the beginning. I just don’t think a male author could accurately write about the fears of women who have been preyed upon their entire lives. I felt the whole time it would be better as a movie. There wasn’t much “horror” at all, though there were so many twists and turns it became hard to keep track of who the target was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Child death, Excrement, and Death of parent

wallywoahjack's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.25

Hendrix writes good charaters, but I just wasn’t very satisfied by the plot. I also think there’s times where you can really tell this is a story about women being written by a man. The ideas behind it are compelling for sure, and I like the mix of supernatural elements.

I also think this book could have worked simply as just a story of these women going to their final girl support group. Another issue I had was that I just personally hate the way most people write about school shooter/shooter inspired events. It just never feels like its done right. I did find the murder memorial/fans part quite intriguing,and I think he played that out as a very intresting concept. Another major issue I had is that it’s stated that Stephanie was groomed, when it sounds like both Lynette and (Krissy? Kristen?) were as well. Lynette by that awful cop. The group shames K for sleeping with her killer but I swear it also stated he was he godfather? The cop is just brushed off as a scheming dope who’s still trying to profit off of Lynette and nothing is ever really said about what he did to her. It just left me with a bad taste in my mouth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail