Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Final Girls by Riley Sager

69 reviews

jessreads17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Self harm and Addiction

tini_turtle's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Kept me so hooked for hours!! Felt it sagging a bit in the middle but the ending saved it. So so good and well written!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Vomit, Self harm, Violence, Gore, Blood, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Stalking, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

aelin_galathynius's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Addiction

kalyn_c's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, Mental illness, and Addiction

iranian_yogurt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

You get what you pay for (I borrowed this from the library). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Suicide, Grief, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Drug abuse, and Vomit

killmoore_'s review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Had me going there for a minute, bud. The twist got me. 

Truly despicable characters, all of them, and a unreliable narrator trope that isn't exactly what it seems. This was fun, and while I don't normally like books that end all wrapped up with a bow, this one felt complete. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Gore, Medical content, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Self harm

rhgrimes's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Violence, Drug use, Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Cursing

Minor: Vomit

romorel's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Finals Girls was my first experience with Sager as an author. My time was well spent on this book, recommended by a friend, and consumed at pace. The language is uncomplicated and descriptive, Sager paints a clear and compelling image with his prose. 

Some may find the characters lacking depth. My friend stated, “Quincy is the least anxious anxious person to ever have a Xanax prescription” which rings true as a reader with understanding of mental health. I personally found the representation of Quincy’s PTSD to be somewhat lacking, but good for the layman reader. 

The pacing lagged for me in the beginning, my curiosity for the outcome only just sustaining my momentum. 

Upon learning the twist, I found myself trying to find the hints/foreshadowing in retrospect and couldn’t rightly identify anything off the top of my head. I felt as though there was a lost opportunity regarding a key detail (

eye colour

), and that some traits are told to the reader and aren’t shown to be relevant.

Despite these technical criticisms, this was one of the first stories I got excited about in a while and I will be reading more of Sager’s work going forward.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Violence, Suicide, Stalking, and Alcoholism

Minor: Drug use

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Blood, Drug use, and Addiction

Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual content, Stalking, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Vomit

aseel_reads's review

challenging dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.0

I thought this was going one way, which had me concerned, but then it went a different way and I was pleasantly (and horrifyingly) surprised. I thought the plot was well done and very suspenseful. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Grief, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Addiction, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Death, and Injury/Injury detail