Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

166 reviews

a_wren_that_reads's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Torture, Confinement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Drug use

Minor: Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

3arth2kaye's review

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Torture, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Drug abuse

mblanke's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Stalking, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Mass/school shootings, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction

aseel_reads's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

the premise is so so so interesting but omg the execution was awful, the plot twist/reveal was so anticlimactic, boring, and random. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Death, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

norwegianforestreader's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Medical content, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Misogyny, Police brutality, Torture, Body horror, Child death, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Sexism

theelmstreetlibrary's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

It was touch and go at the start but once the plot was in full swing I was glued! 

I feel like this could have been five stars if i could have connected with the characters more and if some of the dynamics between the girls had been explored further! I’d also have enjoyed learning more about heather and her story with the Dream King. 

But if you love you classic horror movies and slashers then you will love this! So many hidden Easter eggs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Mental illness, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Terminal illness, Death, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Torture, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

ksanderss's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, and Violence

fieldfarmer's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This is my third Grady Hendrix book, and this was honestly the scariest to me. His portrayal of Lynnette's paranoia seeped into me to the point that I was paranoid while reading this. I could feel her emotions just as well as my own, from sadness to betrayal to fear. I so desperately want to rate this higher, especially since the end made me curl up and cry a little, but it would've been so much better if he had cut about 75 pages off. The twists were well worth it, and the ending was perfect. It just should've been a bit shorter, especially because much of the action happened in the last 100 pages, so the first 200 or so dragged more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Torture

eve_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

 Overall Thoughts:
⁕ This book is a (somewhat comedic ode) to the final girls of slasher films like Chainsaw Massacre, Nightmare on Elm Street, etc. There are supposedly lot's of hidden gems referencing these films throughout the novel. As someone who's not the biggest fan of the horror film industry, I missed most if not all of these connections.... BUT, overall, I still was able to understand and enjoy the plot on its own without external knowledge of those films.

⁕ As previously mentioned, this book teeters on the edge of dark humor. Yes, there is some very real, very tough commentary on gender-based violence, trauma, and the impact that media can have on these topics. However, this is still a Hendrix novel. It's grandly ridiculous and the reader must be willing to adhere a higher level of suspended disbelief in order to enjoy it for what it is.

⁕ The main "message" Hendrix tries to hit home at the end of the novel seems to be one of solidarity across the experience of womanhood (and all the trauma that comes with it). My issue with this is that (a) this theme was pretty half-baked throughout the action of the book until it was brought to the forefront in the conclusion, and (b) I have mixed feelings about a male author profiting off of a book that is based at its core on violence towards women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Blood, Torture, Child death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gun violence, Animal death, Gore, and Murder

annacfunke's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Murder, and Mass/school shootings