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bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Murder, Cancer, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Stalking, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Cursing, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Racism and Infidelity
sunsetcity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide attempt, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Terminal illness, Vomit, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Chronic illness
leonalikesliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I think the concept of The Final Girl Support Group was interesting, but the execution was flawed. This book wasn’t scary, funny or satirical. I think this author didn’t have a deep enough understanding of gender or women within horror movies to successfully write this book. This book followed many horror movie stereotypes rather than playing with or challenging them. This book also lacks a deeper discussion of trauma, despite also being about a Final Girl support group.
This book is very misogynist. Every female character in this book was written terribly and were 1 dimensional stereotypes, like drug addict, rich girl, lesbian. Their relationships were catty and cruel to each other. The author didn’t know that women can have actual friendships with each other that aren’t based in bullying. The author also made a lot of generalized claims about how “men are killers and women are victims” or that “women create life and men take it” that were meant to be framed as deep, but just came off as uninformed and furthering or justifying misogynist rhetoric.
There were also two characters that were written very offensively. The character Danny is a lesbian and her wife Michelle dies from cancer. After her death, Danny tries to kill herself, which reinforces problematic notions that lesbians are toxic, unhealthy and codependent. She also physically assaults Lynnette when she’s angry at her, reinforcing the stereotype that lesbians are violent and emotionally unstable. Another character Adrienne is the only black girl and gets literally 0 page time and is only spoken about in past tense. She’s also the only final girl who actually dies, perpetuating “black guy dies first” stereotype. Her character is also turned into a martyr and she is applauded for not being angry when a white person is cast to play her in a movie. Just overall bad.
The plot itself didn’t really connect together and there was no time to rest or process. Somehow the action was constant and exhausting, but it also felt like nothing substantive ever happened.
I wish there was a single quality I could appreciate from this book but it was cliche, nonsensical and awful.
Graphic: Blood, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Misogyny
Moderate: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Sexual harassment, and Abandonment
Minor: Mass/school shootings, Ableism, and Racism
hapalyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Stalking
Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism
rebeccaxpaige'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
keen's review
- 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
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
toofondofbooks_'s review
- 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
3.5
My gripes aren't really that big. Really, the main one is that Lynette can be so maddening to read at times. She is so traumatized that living in her head was sometimes suffocating and insufferable. I had some issues with her as a character too, but that didn't necessarily affect my enjoyment of the book because my enjoyment does not usually hinge on a protagonist being likable. Something that was hard for me throughout the book was keeping track of every girl's story. I wrote down what I could, but some girls in the group got lost in the shuffle. I cannot definitively tell you what Heather's backstory is as a result of this. Just a LOT going on.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Child death, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Mass/school shootings
blymanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Mental illness, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Addiction, Kidnapping, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, and Stalking
fancygirlsreads'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
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer, Medical content, and Sexism
Minor: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Cursing, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Racism