Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

43 reviews

risquish's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gore, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Grief, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

ajpotz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

i’ll come back later to give a final score once i’ve had a chance to sit with it. 

i was suprised up untill the end, the characters in this book have serious story’s and layers to them that i love. the author not only had me scared , but also very satisfied at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Car accident, and Blood

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Death, Blood, Child death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Cannibalism, Drug use, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

reya94's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cancer, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, and Torture

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Racism, and Sexual assault

rachelt18's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Vomit, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, and Adult/minor relationship

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

A wild af ride with an end I didn't see coming, slasher movie references were awesome. I never knew I could love a plant so much. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings

webb_beb's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Here is the thing: this book was so scary. Like so scary that I almost had to stop reading it because I was making myself nervous. But I also couldn’t tear myself away. There were quite a few surprises and so much going on. I loved the unreliability of Lynne as the narrator and how complicated she was. But I felt like parts of it were just a little brutal to me. I’ve always loved the scream queens/final girls trope and this really pushes that to the edge in a way that is almost campy. Someone make this into a movie immediately. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cancer, Alcoholism, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

kelly617's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Alcohol, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, and Cancer

jenniferpalmblad'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

4.0

Ok so… I actually kind of loved this book. Horror is not my thing, but basing the characters on final girls from the larges and most recognisable slasher movie franchises made gave it an instant edge. From the very start I felt connected to these women (even Lynette, having never heard of Silent Night Deadly Night) and wanted to learn all about their lives in the aftermath of their horrible experiences that landed them in the support group. I felt the instant loss of Adrienne, grieving her very early demise. Hendrix really doesn’t waste any time getting the action and chaos going. 

I appreciated the social commentary on how we view violence against women as entertainment. It’s fucked up, yet I myself thoroughly enjoy learning about true crime- having watched more YouTube videos and Netflix adaptations than I’d like to admit. The women in this book are the storytellers, they control the narrative and are active participants in everything that happens. We learn about their monsters, but ultimately I don’t recall their names as much as I do Dani, Julia, Marilyn, Heather, and even Chrissy. And I think that will be a lasting impression.
Halloween is about Michael Myers. Nightmare on Elm Street is the story of Freddy Krueger. Texas Chainsaw Massacre is synonymous with Bubba. A lot of these franchises focus on the male perpetrators, that’s how they’re remembered. It’ll be interesting to see how the film adaption of Final Girl Support Group handles this. At the moment, I’m hopeful.

This was overall a great read that left very little room for one to breathe in between horrifying events. There was a part where I was genuinely frightened, which I didn’t expect. I’m very happy I decided to pick up this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief