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I would never ever in my life exchange this book to someone else for money, and am petitioning for someone to remove it from my house immediately for free. I truly and genuinely never want to see this book again. I think it made me ill. Extremely dissapointing book, I would not have finished if not for my own pride and the fact that I probably blacked out. Before TSBCGTSV, I had read Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group, which I went into cautiously with two points to make note of. Seeing as it was written by a male, I wanted to make sure the cast of female characters were dynamic and different from one another. Secondly, as horror written by men often has a habit of using torture porn or the violent graphic abuse of women for shock value- I wanted none of it. TFGSG was in my opinion- a very enjoyable book that passed those criterea. That is part of what makes this novel so violently dissapointing. This book felt like it was slowly strangling the life out of me for the first 250 pages, and then some. It is simply torturous to read, and I hate myself for putting my mind and body through the excruitatingly dry, flavourless, read. This book moves slow, and it will bore you into putting it down before you even get to the vampire promised in the title. I had to constantly pause while reading and correct myself on the era in which this book is set, the 1990s- because it reads like it is from the 50s and I was giving myself whiplash. If the misogyny was meant to be satirical- I guess that is your truth and you may say so. But It was quite frankly, more than enough sexism for satire. You don't need to overwhelm your readers and forcefully drown them in it to make a point. Any intended humour is subsequently drowned as well, so congratulations! If the pacing wasn't enough to absolutely beat this novel to death you've certainly buried it six feet under with that. Perhaps I'd be okay with the husbands treating their wives like fresh hot poo poo if any of these women were at all interesting. They are at best, cookie cutter housewives that are all the same, they have absolutely no life and I easily forgot most of them whenever they weren't on the page and did not care if they died. I do however care, that Hendrix decided the best way to spice up the horror was to add not one, not two, but THREE scenes in which three different women are sexually assaulted. One of these women is a teenager. In addition to this- any POC in this book are very vaguely identified, have almost no dialogue or importance as they're mainly caretakers or waitstaff, and are not given names. I hated this book so viscerally, I hated the way it’s made me feel, and I hate that I will never be able to undo the act of reading it. This is all in all, A horrible piece of writing and I almost want to lock it in my attic so I don't have to expose another human being to this story which disgusted, disturbed, and ironically made me want to tear my skin off and put my head through the wall in boredem. Thank you for your time and I hope you never have to waste yours on this book.

Also, The MC is named Patricia and that makes her immediately read like a Karen.

jd9209's review against another edition

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4.0

Pretty good - lagged in the middle

EDIT AS OF 1:19 JPT Olivia Rodrigo literally just announced her new single vampire when I FINISHED THIS BOOK _ FREAKY

natty0011's review against another edition

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dark 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

3.25

alexaah13's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

4.5

lorikeenom's review against another edition

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5.0

OH MY GOODNESS!!! This was so good. It was humorous and suspenseful all in one. They were right it's like vampires meets Steele Magnolias. Read it you won't regret it.

mrswoods's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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