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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
rounding up from 3.5–this has a lot of interesting twists and i liked that but i also think the title is a little bit misleading as to the nature of what this story’s actually about
A good thriller for spooky season! This is the second Riley Sager thriller I've read in recent weeks, and I've enjoyed them both. Final Girls was creepy and fast paced with some excellent red herrings and twists. Like Lock Every Door, this novel has a strong —but also naive — young female protagonist. Kind of an interesting theme across both. Sager writes female protagonists who are indeed fighters and are scrappy, but they also willingly make poor decisions and throw themselves into dangerous situations (though, perhaps, there's some suspension of disbelief needed for character behavior here to keep the plot moving). Overall, an enjoyable and creepy thriller playing on the trope of the "final girl" from the slasher films of the 80s.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
it was really fucking boring and the plot twist? we all saw it coming.
i honestly thought that this was going to be as good as the last time i lied but it was not.
i honestly thought that this was going to be as good as the last time i lied but it was not.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There were some problematic parts that I did not appreciate. These also aren’t believable female characters.
It was good but whet (not a typo) did I read? Just answer me that.
Closer to 3.5.
Having just come of Riley Sager's other book, "Lock Every Door" which I found pretty predictable, I found that Final Girls wasn't as predictable. There were a lot of red herrings and I enjoy that. It was entertaining, but I found the first half of the book reallllly sloooow. Like too many words for nothing to really happen. So all in all, entertaining but not AMAZING. But I feel like that's what kind of books Riley Sager doles out.
Having just come of Riley Sager's other book, "Lock Every Door" which I found pretty predictable, I found that Final Girls wasn't as predictable. There were a lot of red herrings and I enjoy that. It was entertaining, but I found the first half of the book reallllly sloooow. Like too many words for nothing to really happen. So all in all, entertaining but not AMAZING. But I feel like that's what kind of books Riley Sager doles out.
slow-paced
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have now read all of Riley Sager’s books and I feel like they just got worse as I went along which is a shame since I read them all because I liked them so much at the start.
This was actually his first but the last I read and blah. I felt like it was just a jumble of confusion. Too many characters. Too many names to keep up with. I also don’t get why he only does female protagonists who are always troubled and even have memory issues a lot of the time. Now that I’ve read them all I see a lot of his own tropes throughout the books.
I was interested enough to finish it and actually didn’t expect the twist but that’s because the twist was kind of dumb. It was just too much.
My favorite of his is Home Before Dark which is also the one I read first.
This was actually his first but the last I read and blah. I felt like it was just a jumble of confusion. Too many characters. Too many names to keep up with. I also don’t get why he only does female protagonists who are always troubled and even have memory issues a lot of the time. Now that I’ve read them all I see a lot of his own tropes throughout the books.
I was interested enough to finish it and actually didn’t expect the twist but that’s because the twist was kind of dumb. It was just too much.
My favorite of his is Home Before Dark which is also the one I read first.