Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Final Girls by Riley Sager

55 reviews

fictionaladventures's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

2.5

This wasn’t my favorite of Sager’s books, but I did like it. I definitely didn’t see the twists coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

nirellis's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

5.0

Epic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

rachelcotter1's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

lecta's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Misogyny, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

boundforinfinity's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

A genuinely impressive book that surprised and excited me. 

Quincy's Final Girls are comprised of three, majorly smart victims. No not victims. Survivors. Quincy Carpenter, Lisa Milner and Samantha Boyd are standout, independent, strong female characters that thrill the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

greatestheights's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

3.5

3.5 stars for this one. I'm on the fence because I did like so much about it, but I'm left feeling weirdly meh about the experience as a whole. I think the big twist was pretty satisfying, but I didn't like some of the red herrings getting there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

lovelymisanthrope's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have thought of Riley Sager as a favorite author for a long time now, but kept putting of his debut, until now. I was very pleased with how much I ended up enjoying this novel! This story follows Quincy, who ten years ago, became a final girl. On that terrible night, her and her friends went to a cabin in the woods to celebrate, but only Quincy, with no memory of what happened, made it back home. Now, she is trying to move on and live her life without constantly being reminded of the night that changed everything. She receives news that another final girl was found dead, under suspicious circumstances. Is Quincy safe, and can she finally remember what happened to her friends? 
This book had some twists and turns that I did not see coming, but everything felt in the realm of reality, which I always appreciate in a thriller. It was not my favorite Riley Sager novel, but I still very much enjoyed it! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

wowitsmadison's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, and Murder

ecn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

Nothing really kept me drawn to this book other than the will to finish it. Not the worst but not great.
You can tell a man wrote it, which I think says enough about certain scenes and characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt