Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Final Girls by Riley Sager

34 reviews

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death, Drug use, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Vomit and Infidelity

sophiasoler's review against another edition

4.0

jesus christ. actively looking for a plot twist and i missed it completely. very well written but very graphic. i’d rate it higher if the whole middle section hadn’t been so hard to get through bc i don’t do well with spiraling and also repeated mentions of sh

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Content Warnings

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

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

sara824's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Sexual assault

tini_turtle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Kept me so hooked for hours!! Felt it sagging a bit in the middle but the ending saved it. So so good and well written!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, Self harm, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Finished this in a day. It was entertaining but the plot twist was weak. It was unexpected, but not great. Too many coincidences. When the mystery was revealed I was like "Really? That's it?".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic friendship

Minor: Gaslighting and Vomit

romorel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Finals Girls was my first experience with Sager as an author. My time was well spent on this book, recommended by a friend, and consumed at pace. The language is uncomplicated and descriptive, Sager paints a clear and compelling image with his prose. 

Some may find the characters lacking depth. My friend stated, “Quincy is the least anxious anxious person to ever have a Xanax prescription” which rings true as a reader with understanding of mental health. I personally found the representation of Quincy’s PTSD to be somewhat lacking, but good for the layman reader. 

The pacing lagged for me in the beginning, my curiosity for the outcome only just sustaining my momentum. 

Upon learning the twist, I found myself trying to find the hints/foreshadowing in retrospect and couldn’t rightly identify anything off the top of my head. I felt as though there was a lost opportunity regarding a key detail (

eye colour

), and that some traits are told to the reader and aren’t shown to be relevant.

Despite these technical criticisms, this was one of the first stories I got excited about in a while and I will be reading more of Sager’s work going forward.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Blood, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Vomit

aseel_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I thought this was going one way, which had me concerned, but then it went a different way and I was pleasantly (and horrifyingly) surprised. I thought the plot was well done and very suspenseful. 

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Content Warnings

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

chasingpages1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Gore, Grief, Drug use, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Death, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Stalking, Violence, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt