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The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

14 reviews

erollinus's review

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challenging dark 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

3.75

Hard to get into at first - helps to imagine it as camera instructions for a movie and imagine along. 
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readthesparrow's review

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

2.75

Style is interesting, and on a technical prose level is is excellent. However, the heavy references can make it difficult to follow at times, even for a horror/slasher lover. Style, despite being interesting and being thematically appropriate, was also difficult to follow at times and often exhausting, even for a 200 page novel. Normally I would blaze through a 200 page novel, but this took me five days to read because I could only get through around 20-40 pages at a time before having to take a break.

Liked the story and the characters, but it was just. Too much at times. 

Also,
the final college epilogue was really goofy. Did I like it? Eh. Sure. It's camp.
I think I was mostly just glad it was over.

Interesting to see the bones it shares with MHIACS.
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frannysal's review against another edition

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adventurous dark medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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podanotherjessi's review

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

3.5

It's abundantly obvious to me that my enjoyment of this book was adversely harmed by having only seen all of about half of a slasher film in my life. This is a referential story to it's core, and if you aren't a fan of slashers, there's half a dozen references per page just about that are going to go right over your head. I literally had know idea what people were talking about half the time. This overall took me out of the story and made it hard, at times, to really get into it at all.
That said, when I was into it, I was really into it. There's some reall cools sequences and the style is very evocative. There are definitely things I didn't like  - the oversexualization of the girls, dropped plot points, confusing action sequences - but I got the feeling those things were intentional nods to the slasher genre. I also felt it was mostly predictable, but I think don't think that's necessarily a negative.
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sallysimply's review

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dark funny tense fast-paced

4.0

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navayiota's review against another edition

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adventurous 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

3.0

The writing of this book is so unique and meta, I really liked it. I loved the use of tropes and self awareness, really just super interesting. The only reason I gave it 3 stars is I don't like slashers, so I found it a bit boring sometimes. It being an audiobook really helped.
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nicolewhopickedthisbook's review

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

4.0

I just love the way Stephen Graham Jones tells a story. It's different every time and the twists always get me. While I was reading this book, it really felt like I was watching a movie in my head. Super intriguing. 
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chibichapters's review

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

3.75

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ladydisdain's review

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dark funny 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

This is a self aware slasher flick that you read. The genre it seeks to dissect and critique has become this exact parody in the years since publication- Stephen Graham Jones couldnt have known he was just writing an actual movie (or Ryan Murphy limited series) 9 years too early. I sat down and read the whole thing in about as much time as it would take to watch the movie. I gasped out loud three times- and good on Jones for managing jump scares in a book. This is a popcorn horror book with a promise of what came after- I think if I'd read it in 2012, it would have felt like a fresh 5 star read.
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henrygravesprince's review against another edition

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dark funny tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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