Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

166 reviews

obsessedteach's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Medical trauma

nialiversuch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Addiction, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Ableism, Violence, Police brutality, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

callenmecait's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Violence, Police brutality, Addiction, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Terminal illness, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

kengiedamali's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

Moderate: Grief and Cancer

Minor: Racism

bxnnny's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective tense medium-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

3.0

i very recently read another one of grady hendrix's books, my best friend's exorcism. it was decently entertaining and i'd been looking at this one for a little while before having read the other. i was not aware beforehand that they were both written by the same author until i went to read this one. i did like this one better. the main character has a lot of flaws but you also feel sympathetic for her and invested in her story at the same time. i liked the concept of the story and the portrayal of ptsd/ocd/agoraphobia as someone who has experienced all three as well at various levels. now that i've read two of grady's books, i can tell he likes a good nostlagia feel with a flawed narrator with a lot of self-doubt but who ultimately cares more about their tribe than the fear of failing and will do anything to protect the ones they care about most. there's always going to be a happy, heart-warming ending and a "love and bravery conquers all" moral of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Terminal illness, Body horror, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

Minor: Vomit

agoraphobia, ptsd, and ocd themes.

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

Final Girl Support Group works on many levels. It’s a feminist reframing of horror tropes. It’s a love letter to every Final Girl. It’s a protest to a culture of violence and dehumanization. It’s also a very good thriller. The only reasons it’s not rated higher is because it could’ve been improved by a more diverse lens of womanhood (all of our protagonists are white) and beyond our POV character, the others were hard to get a full read on until the end. The ending though is Top Notch. If the premise is at all appealing, this is worth the read!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Child death, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, and Racism

kali21's review against another edition

dark inspiring 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

4.25

good but i cannot picture someone who isn’t a huge horror fan enjoying it tbh. they wouldn’t understand the joy of all of the references 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

sasper87's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Murder, Grief, Gore, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Mass/school shootings, and Death

aviery's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Medical content, Medical trauma, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Cancer

goldenslug's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Murder, Violence, Grief, Death, and Mass/school shootings