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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

86 reviews

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

If the premise of this book sounds interesting to you I would say to give it a try. You will not be left better or worse off for having read it, and it's a fun palate cleanser between more serious books. The characters are static, but the journey is fun and has perfectly placed dark humor. Parts of this book seem like an unpolished first draft, while others are beautifully written. Definitely worth a shot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Alcohol

bunv's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

punkrockingnerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

I really like it! It's def a work made by someone who loves the original horror classics but is willing to put a twist on them to make the stories more impactful. I wish the characters were more like a family, though. When bad stuff starts happening, I really wanted them to be more supportive of each other, but they dove right into fighting, and it wears on you after awhile. So... not found family, but it's a fun time!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Alcohol

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I think it would have been a little better with a female author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ciarareadstoomuch's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

thisiscourt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.75

Can’t quite put my finger on what I didn’t like about this book. I guess I went into it expecting one thing and got a completely different thing. I didn’t understand the motivations of most of the characters. I’m don’t think I got the point of what the author was trying to say, if anything. At times the writing felt good, and at others it felt repetitive. The cast of characters felt a little one-dimensional and could’ve used some fleshing out (excuse the pun). I wish we were given more time to care about them in the beginning of the story so we could understand this long journey the narrator embarked on. Would love to see a version of this book written by a woman.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

weatherd's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.5

"The Final Girl Support Group" has finally won me over to Grady Hendrix. Any mention to an 80s slasher tends to draw me in but, in this renaissance of 80s horror in literature, "The Final Girls Support Group" stands King of the crop.

The main protagonist, Lynette, continues to be delightfully dangerous throughout the novel, at some points not truly convincing me she was the correct one. The main plot of the final girls attacked, all feels like a mad woman pulling at strings at first. It all culminates into a homage to the 80s slasher. 

Truly, a great sequel to some masters of horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

slpysnek's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Minor: Cancer, Drug use, and Alcohol

honeyland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

I liked this book, not sure if I would classify it as horror though. Yes it was violent to a certain extent, but it felt more thriller-esque.
If one is looking for a book to fall in love with the characters, this one isn't it's done extremely well.
I liked how, as a reader, one constantly went from thinking the main character is right to thinking she's absolutely making all of it up in her head, back to thinking it's real and so on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol