Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

25 reviews

romiress's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I enjoyed it, but I have mixed feelings. I feel like the pacing suffered a bit and took a while to really get going. It just didn't hook me the way I expected it to.

Also, her mental illness is cured in the last chapter by brain damage.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Excrement, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Mass/school shootings

mommarex1221's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

A wild af ride with an end I didn't see coming, slasher movie references were awesome. I never knew I could love a plant so much. 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

I'll say this for sure about TFGSG - I was never bored. However, I was often extremely confused. As always, I will start off with positives. I thought that the pacing of the book was sharp and there was always something going on. This book did not let me breathe. The whole thing was messy and chaotic, dark and sometimes funny in a quintessentially Grady Hendrix way. I thought every "final girl" in the group was a strong addition to the story and I think Heather and Dani were my favorites. A really nice touch were the newspaper and media clippings throughout the book that helped tell the story and also provided meaningful commentary to the phenomenon surrounding these "final girls."

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.

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Content Warnings

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

chelseydenney's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book. The pace varied but I often found myself not wanting to put it down and reading far more than I intended. I haven’t really been reading much recently but I got through this book in 4 days. 
The only gripe I have is that I personally realised the perpetrator very early on. It was also a little confusing to try and work out which last girl some of the additional information was about between chapters but that could have been intentional. All in all a very solid read and I’d definitely recommend… but only if you have a strong stomach because it’s DARK. No graphic sexual violence but there is a lot of very gory moments. Particularly in the flashbacks. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Excrement, Death of parent, and Cannibalism

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Stalking

ging090803's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

I really hesitated on my rating. 4,75 or 5... I finally decided to give it 5 stars because the book really caught my breath. I was hesitating whether to give it 4,75 stars only because of the beginning. I found it kinda slow, but at the same time, I was in a semi-reading slump soooo I decided it didn't count. 
I really liked how the characters were already experienced in the matter. They were already finals girls. They knew how it worked, how to react, how to take decisions. I also liked to follow Lynne throughout her decisions whether it was bad or not. I didn't alway follow her in her way of thinking, but I still continue to follow her in her story without asking any questions. I wasn't disappointed.
Also, the way things were described... Yes. Short, simple sentences. Right of the goal. Description of the violence, not scared of using crude words... It can't be difficult for some, but, personally, I really liked that. It had more impact in my opinion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Torture

Like I said, it has crude words. It is very explicite. We can literally see the scenes with blood, screams and stuff. The author wasn't scared of using the true words, but it can be triggers for some. Be careful.