Reviews

The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

kstericker's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

2.25

zuly's review

funny slow-paced

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

1.0

craigmatthews87's review

3.0

I love Stephen Graham Jones - The Only Good Indians is one of my favourite novels in recent years, full stop, and the Jade Daniels books have become firm favourites. It hurts me a little to give this a middling review, but sadly I did have issue with it.

It's certainly a fun slasher. While not on the same level as My Heart Is A Chainsaw, it has Jones' playing with tropes and genre stereotypes in a way he has so frequently, and the story is decent. I'm not crazy about the screenplay-esque framing device though, honestly. I listened to the audiobook and it worked pretty well, I can see it potentially being a struggle in writing though.

If you're a fan of the author, you've read his 'hits' and you want more, this is definitely worth your time. Just temper your expectations a little, and be prepared to potentially have to persevere through the writing style for this one.

robynedexter's review

2.0

Not my thing ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

blackcats_and_coffeecups's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

bibrarian_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

badseedgirl's review

2.0

I'm sorry to do this but, yeah. This was a 2 star read for me.

A note to future authors:

1.) For the love of all that is unholy, please stop writing your stories in cutesie formats. This time it was written as a movie script. It did not help me engage in the story, but rather was a distraction.

2.) You, as an author don't fall into the trap set by [b:Ready Player One|9969571|Ready Player One|Ernest Cline|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1500930947l/9969571._SY75_.jpg|14863741] author [a:Ernest Cline|31712|Ernest Cline|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1310753539p2/31712.jpg]. At a certain point there are just too many references and instead of being a dagger to drive the point home, becomes a sledge hammer to beat the reader with.

I don't blame you Mr. Stephen Graham Jones, not every book will be a homerun with everyone, and that is ok, but please, future authors, learn from his mistake.

With Love and Admiration,

Badseedgirl

katie1031's review

3.0

This book is written in movie format which if I had known I would have read the physical book instead of getting the audiobook. As this book is so short the format was hard to follow at first at least as an audiobook. I enjoyed the book but found it hard to latch onto and it felt as though it jumped around a lot. By the time I felt like I had a grasp on the story, the format, and where it was going this book was half over. I think I would have enjoyed the story in a more in third person and if it were a bit longer. However this was a really fun book and I love a good slasher and I especially enjoyed the last third.

pbraue13's review

3.0

While clever in how it pokes fun at and appreciates the slasher genre and the formatting of it like a screen play is well done, this book didn’t do much for me

anxiouslyreading33's review

5.0

Anyone who is a fan of horror movies and final girls will love this book. It's written like a movie so it takes a bit of getting used to it but once you do! I loved it so much