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fastasashark's review against another edition
funny
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? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual violence
ghostina_morningstar1226's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.0
This wasn't as thrilling as I thought it was going to be but the story was SO good. I was interested from the start just knowing it was about girls surviving mass murders. If you like slasher films, this is the book for you. I loved how each of the characters were written, so unique and visible in my head. The authors attention to detail adapted to foreshadowing which made the story great. I was on the edge of my seat most of the time, and I would audibly gasp. There was a twist within a twist towards the end and I loved it. I didn't see the biggest twist of them all coming.
mhaasz's review against another edition
4.0
i’m usually pretty good as guessing the end of mystery novels, but this one caught me by surprise. i love a good plot twist
adukes75's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
averylayne's review against another edition
3.0
i have mixed feelings about this book in ways that i can’t decide if i loved it or hated it. what i do know is that this book starts on page 300 :/ everything before then was wayyyy too slow for me and paced in a way that made it a very boring read up until 300
mjsruff's review against another edition
4.0
Gets good at about 75% in. The ending is a solid shocker but not sure if how much you have to get through first is worth it.
blessedwannab's review against another edition
4.0
What the hell do I even say about this insane book?? That was nuts! It was so nuts, but in a great way.
I never saw that ending coming!
Quincy, the main character, is a Final Girl. This is a term I’d never heard of until reading this book. A Final Girl is the lone survivor of a massacre in a movie. You know, like Sydney in Scream. The Final Girl. Quincy hated being a Final Girl. Lisa Milner, however, embraced it. She used it to help others, and secretly Quincy admired that. Her death rocked Quincy’s already shaky foundation.
Adding this new pain on top of Pine Cottage, I really needed to believe the damage done to Quincy because of the trauma. Thankfully, I did. I needed to believe the tragedy she lived through left her with emotional scars too. I so did.
Quincy was a mess.
The thing is, throughout the entire book I couldn’t quite bring myself to trust her. For reasons, she was an unreliable narrator. That immediately made her a suspect in my head. She was definitely top three, at least. I really cared about her; I just didn’t trust her. I’m pretty sure we aren’t really supposed to. I liked that. In most of the stories I read, you usually trust the main character is off limits. Their ‘untouchable’ so any time an author shakes that up, I’m excited.
Even with all my sleuthing, the ending of Final Girls shocked the shit out of me. It was fantastic! It was just the kind of thriller novel I’ve been looking for. It was intense all the way through, accumulating in a phenomenal reveal. Finally, it actually made me feel spooked. I’m not usually afraid when I read a “scary” book, but Final Girls made me want to look over my shoulder.
I’m officially on record saying Riley Sager rattled me.
Which is why I’m already digging out my next Sager book. I’m thinking, Lock Every Door?
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I never saw that ending coming!
Quincy, the main character, is a Final Girl. This is a term I’d never heard of until reading this book. A Final Girl is the lone survivor of a massacre in a movie. You know, like Sydney in Scream. The Final Girl. Quincy hated being a Final Girl. Lisa Milner, however, embraced it. She used it to help others, and secretly Quincy admired that. Her death rocked Quincy’s already shaky foundation.
Adding this new pain on top of Pine Cottage, I really needed to believe the damage done to Quincy because of the trauma. Thankfully, I did. I needed to believe the tragedy she lived through left her with emotional scars too. I so did.
Quincy was a mess.
The thing is, throughout the entire book I couldn’t quite bring myself to trust her. For reasons, she was an unreliable narrator. That immediately made her a suspect in my head. She was definitely top three, at least. I really cared about her; I just didn’t trust her. I’m pretty sure we aren’t really supposed to. I liked that. In most of the stories I read, you usually trust the main character is off limits. Their ‘untouchable’ so any time an author shakes that up, I’m excited.
Even with all my sleuthing, the ending of Final Girls shocked the shit out of me. It was fantastic! It was just the kind of thriller novel I’ve been looking for. It was intense all the way through, accumulating in a phenomenal reveal. Finally, it actually made me feel spooked. I’m not usually afraid when I read a “scary” book, but Final Girls made me want to look over my shoulder.
I’m officially on record saying Riley Sager rattled me.
Which is why I’m already digging out my next Sager book. I’m thinking, Lock Every Door?
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readingmissfroggy's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars
This is my first ever thriller (if you forget that one time I picked up a Karen Slaughter book at the age of 9, which you should since I didn't understand anything about it). I felt in the mood for a thriller and this was one that caught my eyes a while ago. I loved the synopsis so I decided to give it a go. That jump totally got rewarded.
I really liked the characters and the story behind them. One thing that I especially enjoyed is that every couple of chapters you get a chapter from the night Quincy became a Final Girl. Both story lines were enjoyable to follow though I think if I had to choose I would have to say that the Pine Cottage one is my favourite. It really helped to build up Quincy's character. The other characters such as Sam, Coop and Jeff were also interesting to follow though all three could at times really annoy me. I felt like some of those annoyances were dragged out a bit which made parts of the story drag which is why I can't give the book 5 stars.
The most important part of any thriller (I think?) is of course the mystery. I'm not the most seasoned thriller reader so I can't tell you exactly how obvious the whole twist was but I didn't see it coming though at the same time I thought something fishy was happening because I noticed a certain thing that I thought was weird... So it made me look out a bit more for this certain thing and in the end I was right. But I in no way was able to guess what exactly happened and why so I was surprised! Some of the other twists also totally took me by surprise and I really enjoyed the last chapter.
After reading this book I really feel the urge to read more thriller type books. I don't think I'm a thriller reader, it's not a genre that I really look for but lately there have been a couple of them on my radar with interesting synopsis so who knows... Maybe I will become one!
This is my first ever thriller (if you forget that one time I picked up a Karen Slaughter book at the age of 9, which you should since I didn't understand anything about it). I felt in the mood for a thriller and this was one that caught my eyes a while ago. I loved the synopsis so I decided to give it a go. That jump totally got rewarded.
I really liked the characters and the story behind them. One thing that I especially enjoyed is that every couple of chapters you get a chapter from the night Quincy became a Final Girl. Both story lines were enjoyable to follow though I think if I had to choose I would have to say that the Pine Cottage one is my favourite. It really helped to build up Quincy's character. The other characters such as Sam, Coop and Jeff were also interesting to follow though all three could at times really annoy me. I felt like some of those annoyances were dragged out a bit which made parts of the story drag which is why I can't give the book 5 stars.
The most important part of any thriller (I think?) is of course the mystery. I'm not the most seasoned thriller reader so I can't tell you exactly how obvious the whole twist was but I didn't see it coming though at the same time I thought something fishy was happening because I noticed a certain thing that I thought was weird... So it made me look out a bit more for this certain thing and in the end I was right. But I in no way was able to guess what exactly happened and why so I was surprised! Some of the other twists also totally took me by surprise and I really enjoyed the last chapter.
After reading this book I really feel the urge to read more thriller type books. I don't think I'm a thriller reader, it's not a genre that I really look for but lately there have been a couple of them on my radar with interesting synopsis so who knows... Maybe I will become one!
belinda_frisch's review against another edition
5.0
Lisa, Samantha, and Quincy are the sole survivors of three horrible massacres—Final Girls—until one of them turns up dead. Initially ruled a suicide, Lisa’s unexpected demise sets off a chain of events that leaves the other two with only each other for comfort.
Samantha Boyd, who has been in hiding for years, turns up in New York City, asking for help from Quincy Carpenter, the Final Girl with a severe case of memory loss. All of Quincy’s friends were murdered at Pine Cottage, a tragedy she’s worked hard to put behind her in favor of “normalcy.”
Quincy spends her days baking and working on her blog, living with her attorney boyfriend, Jeff, who acts, more often than not, as a voice of reason, and whose help Samantha seems to have been looking to enlist from the beginning.
Samantha is a dark presence. Someone who pushes Quincy outside of her comfort zone and sets off all the usual warning alarms to everyone around her, including to Coop, the police officer who had saved Quincy’s life at the cabin all those years ago. What is Samantha’s story? Where has she been? Why is she here? And what did she have to do with Lisa’s death, if anything? As Samantha more or less forces her way into Quincy’s life, the details surrounding Lisa’s suicide-turned-homicide casts a whole lot of suspicion onto Lisa, now comfortably nestled in Quincy’s guest room.
Riley Sager wrote one hell of a page turner. I could easily have read this in one day, but had to force myself to put it down, because… life. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about reading it. It’s been a while since I’ve been this engrossed. Excellent characters, a twisty-turny, unputdownable plot with slasher film charm, and some top-notch writing puts this among my favorite reads of the past few years. Maybe of all time. Any complaints I have (like the serious overuse of the character’s names in dialogue) are trivial nit-crits. Overall, a great book! I highly recommend it.
Samantha Boyd, who has been in hiding for years, turns up in New York City, asking for help from Quincy Carpenter, the Final Girl with a severe case of memory loss. All of Quincy’s friends were murdered at Pine Cottage, a tragedy she’s worked hard to put behind her in favor of “normalcy.”
Quincy spends her days baking and working on her blog, living with her attorney boyfriend, Jeff, who acts, more often than not, as a voice of reason, and whose help Samantha seems to have been looking to enlist from the beginning.
Samantha is a dark presence. Someone who pushes Quincy outside of her comfort zone and sets off all the usual warning alarms to everyone around her, including to Coop, the police officer who had saved Quincy’s life at the cabin all those years ago. What is Samantha’s story? Where has she been? Why is she here? And what did she have to do with Lisa’s death, if anything? As Samantha more or less forces her way into Quincy’s life, the details surrounding Lisa’s suicide-turned-homicide casts a whole lot of suspicion onto Lisa, now comfortably nestled in Quincy’s guest room.
Riley Sager wrote one hell of a page turner. I could easily have read this in one day, but had to force myself to put it down, because… life. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about reading it. It’s been a while since I’ve been this engrossed. Excellent characters, a twisty-turny, unputdownable plot with slasher film charm, and some top-notch writing puts this among my favorite reads of the past few years. Maybe of all time. Any complaints I have (like the serious overuse of the character’s names in dialogue) are trivial nit-crits. Overall, a great book! I highly recommend it.