Reviews

The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones

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

johhrdan's review

dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

brenna_law's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

kelbel322's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

alexchandler's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

tricapra's review

3.0

Not my favorite of the Graham Jones I've read, but still a fun page-turner. If you're looking for a place to start digging into his catalog, I'd start with "The Only Good Indians" instead. Still fun, if not as subversive as I was hoping.

readingwithkelsey's review against another edition

3.5

If you love slasher movies, than this is definitely a book I can see you enjoying. It's satirical and pokes fun at the slasher genre (very Scream-esque). There are a lot of nodes and easter eggs to different slasher movies. Basically, if you feel like Randy Meeks a lot of the time, you will really enjoy our "main" final girl Izzy in this one. I found myself laughing at some of the overused tropes that Jones was using for comedic purposes and it felt completely self-aware that it felt fun to read. The book itself reads like a screenplay for one of these movies and Jones was really taking a risk that I found somewhat worked. However, while I did enjoy that aspect in the beginning, I found it to be a bit tiresome and confusing as the book went on. I found myself struggling to understand the smaller details of the novel, despite grasping the overall larger plot, if that makes sense. This book is a cheesy good time, and if you can move passed the more confusing elements of the novel's style, you will have fun.