Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

62 reviews

alytzel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

travelseatsreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5/5

A great fun read which plays of many horror/slasher tropes but I felt the end got a little too Rambo-ish for my liking which distracted from my enjoyment of some great twists.

I really enjoyed Grady's writing style though so will be going back for more.

Full review to come.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Animal death

a_wren_that_reads's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical content, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Misogyny, Police brutality, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexism

sophializbee's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Alcoholism, Blood, and Cancer

alychee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Gore, Murder, Blood, Death, and Gun violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Drug use, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Torture

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

On the surface, yes, this is a great book for classic 80s slasher fans. It has awesome nods to all your favorite movies and iconic final girls (so scream, halloween, friday the 13th, nightmare, texas chainsaw). It has just the right dash of campiness to tickle the senses of camp fans but not piss off people who dont like campy things. The book is very fast past which i liked. The author does very well writing an almost exclusively female cast and making them feel authentic while keeping strong individual voices. I get nervous when male authors try to tackle female trauma but i think it is very well done here. The final girls all offer an interesting look on the ways trauma can impact people. There are valuable themes of found family, different forms of trauma, the complexity of "monsters" and what defines a victim. The concept of gender violence and our society's lackluster response to it is dealt with very well. I read this not long after the Evan Peter's Dahmer thing came out on Netflix and there has been a lot of DISGUSTING discourse in favor of Dahmer online as a result. When looking through that specific lens, this book hits so much harder. It gets into the ways we trivialize trauma for entertainment and the sick ways some "true crime fans" will glorify serial killers. And how, even if youre watching something like a fictional slasher, many of us are complacent in allowing this exploitation of the victims to continue. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Alcohol, Mental illness, Blood, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

erinoco's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Murder

lovisahells's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Not my favorite book. Unlikable and shallow characters with unrealistic and dry dialogue. It’s not funny but often tries to be. Also extremely noticeable that it’s all written by a man, unfortunately. I was looking forward to reading about a group of final girls working together to solve a mystery and defend themselves against someone who’s decided to hunt them down once more, but it wasn’t the smart, thrilling action story I expected. The climax is the most exciting part of it all, and the latter half beyond the midway point is much more fun to read than the first part, but it still stalls in a way that made it tedious to read throughout the middle of it.

I liked the early twist of Lynnette being the one who wrote the book, even if i saw it coming. Made me feel smart. Same with the eventual revelation of the two villains. It was easy, you just had to be wary of anyone being sort of nice to Lynnette.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Sexism

Minor: Cannibalism, Child death, Terminal illness, and Vomit

willowmae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death of parent, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Cancer, Body horror, Death, Blood, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cannibalism