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sophiasoler's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, Medical content, Infidelity, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Drug use
dopaminereading's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cancer, Blood, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Drug abuse, Death, Car accident, Sexual content, Police brutality, Mental illness, Drug use, Death of parent, Murder, Grief, Violence, and Suicide
diredreamings's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Death, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Self harm
Minor: Toxic friendship
aseel_reads's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Moderate: Murder, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
kyriannaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Grief
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Confinement, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Suicide, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment
percys_panda_pillow_pet's review against another edition
- 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
3.25
Sager's Final Girls isn't unique in wanting to explore the idea of the final girl further, of what it's like after everything. Previously, there was The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones in 2012 and later, in 2021, Grady Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group. All of these books follow a similar storyline: there are these "final girls" who each survive what is by all accounts a massacre and then they are seemingly being killed off until the main character is left. This leaves the main character a "true" survivor, I suppose.
My problem with Sager's Final Girls isn't that there are other books like it, there are many ways to tell the same story after all. More so, I could tell Sager was still inexperienced at writing when it was published. While I appreciated the thematic nature of the past being told in the third person point of view and the present told in first person point of view, since the main character and narrator, Quincy, is unreliable due to her amnesia of the horrible night all her friends were killed; in the end, I found the switch in POV jarring to go between.
As well, I could tell Sager was inexperienced in writing women specifically. Quincy herself was very annoying, and constantly got in her own way. But there was not only a strange love triangle between her, her boyfriend Jeff, and Coop, the cop who saved her life, there were also strange homoerotic tones between Quincy and her female friends/acquaintances. I felt like the was supposed to be a commentary on sexuality perhaps, especially when it comes to final girls (Check out Dead Meat Podcast Episode 15: Final Girl on YouTube for more information about that), but so much of it flopped and came off as cringey.
I liked that Quincy was unreliable and I was intrigued by the complexity of several of the characters. However, they were often too unlikable for me to really invest in them fully, and I constantly found myself hating each and every one of them at different points in the book.
Overall, I personally think that maybe the concept of finals girls should be left to the movies, or perhaps women authors who may be able to understand the deeper fears that persist in today's society of violence against women.
Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Blood, Genocide, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Classism, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, Police brutality, Sexism, Ableism, Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, and Death
As for the ending,_fallinglight_'s review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Alcoholism, Murder, Drug use, Addiction, and Gore
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Vomit
Minor: Sexual content
sarah_onyxartemis's review against another edition
Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, and Mental illness
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Graphic: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Torture
maria1085's review against another edition
- 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
This was my first of Riley Sanger’s books, and it definitely was a twisty, edge of your seat thriller. Those last 30 pages had me SHOOK. I love a good thriller that gets my adrenaline going and heart beating quickly.
The story follows Quincy who was the lone survivor of a massacre at Pine Cottage. Labeled as a Final Girl the only person she talks to from that horrible night is the cop who saved her, Coop (as she calls him). She doesn’t remember anything that happened, nor does she want to. Now living with her boyfriend in NYC trying to bury the past she thinks she’s left behind…
That is all about to change when Sam shows up at her her door. Sam is the second Final Girl, but why is she showing up now?
When they find out that Lisa, the first Final Girl was found dead it’s a race to find out the truth. Did Lisa really kill herself? Is Sam telling the truth? Why is she so intent on making Quincy relive that horrific night?
With twists and turns and a quick plot this story hooked me from the start. Riley Sager wrote an addictive thriller that kept me guessing until the end. My mind is still twisting trying to wrap my head around that ending! Riley Sager has quickly become a new favorite thriller author! Can’t wait to read more of his books!
Which one of his is your favorite?
Graphic: Murder, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood