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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

58 reviews

chezler24's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Phenomenal! As a horror/slasher movie fan, Hendrix crafted a story that references the horrors of these films but gives the "final girls" and second life (and maybe some closure in a sense). The twist of who was behind everything didn't grow stale for me and it ended up making more sense than one of the original misdirects. For a while though, it almost seems like Lynette is too unreliable of a narrator due to her paranoia but in the end, her will to keep pushing ends up coming in clutch. One of my favorite bits throughout the book was the various horror franchises we're used to having their names swapped from what we are used to. My favorite was Panhandle Meat Hook for Texas Chainsaw. I think this one might be close to My Best Friend's Exorcism for me, but I think I enjoyed it a bit better than We Sold Our Souls.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Violence, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Blood, Child death, Medical content, Car accident, and Grief

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

aseel_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

the premise is so so so interesting but omg the execution was awful, the plot twist/reveal was so anticlimactic, boring, and random. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

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

rustmaiden's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Cursing, Violence, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Stalking, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Gaslighting, Torture, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Excrement, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, and Emotional abuse

sunsetcity's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is about a group of women who all have been victimized by violent men & have watched others die in front of them. It uses the slasher film as a model for the stories of each woman and the tie that binds them to one another. It was a fun read but not terribly scary. I didn’t care for any of the characters and I felt that the different things like excerpts from articles and emails and such took away from the story instead of adding to it - they were distracting to me and broke up the story in a way I didn’t like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Sexism, Ableism, Blood, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Violence, Medical trauma, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First time ready anything by Grady Hendrix and it will not be the last. Not so much horror as it is suspense, but it was still an enjoyable read. Jumps right into the story and doesn’t stop. 

Crying score: too mad to cry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Bullying, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Blood, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

arys_library's review against another edition

challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This book wasn’t exactly what I was expecting but even then, I still liked it. I expected a fast paced, gripping, gory horror novel. Instead it felt more like a thriller; even though the plot of the book is definitely for a horror novel. It wasn’t very gory either. I heard and saw multiple times that Grady Hendrix’s books were gory and kept you up at night, and weren’t for horror beginners. But I disagree. It was a good and gripping book but it was pretty easy for a horror novel, and there wasn’t much gore at all. 

But onto the characters. This was one of those books that even if you didn’t see the authors name, you could tell it was written by a man. The women were unlikeable and petty in this book, which is fair and a lot of books with unlikeable characters are great. But these characters had no personality at all. They were bland and petty and besides their backstories, these women can be morphed into one simply because of their lack of personality. 

SPOILERS START HERE! This book is 100% about women. But the one man in this book turns out to hate the women so much that he becomes the main focus and person behind all of this is just bad. And the girl that helped him only helped him because she was insanely love with him, which shows a lot about Hendrix’s opinions of women. That they’re petty and all the same, that they’re such followers and need a man to do everything. I feel like if the characterse were better, this could be close to a 5 star read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Addiction, Gun violence, Mental illness, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit and Grief

bloopyfloopy's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Child death, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Blood