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A review by belinda_frisch
Final Girls by Riley Sager
5.0
Lisa, Samantha, and Quincy are the sole survivors of three horrible massacres—Final Girls—until one of them turns up dead. Initially ruled a suicide, Lisa’s unexpected demise sets off a chain of events that leaves the other two with only each other for comfort.
Samantha Boyd, who has been in hiding for years, turns up in New York City, asking for help from Quincy Carpenter, the Final Girl with a severe case of memory loss. All of Quincy’s friends were murdered at Pine Cottage, a tragedy she’s worked hard to put behind her in favor of “normalcy.”
Quincy spends her days baking and working on her blog, living with her attorney boyfriend, Jeff, who acts, more often than not, as a voice of reason, and whose help Samantha seems to have been looking to enlist from the beginning.
Samantha is a dark presence. Someone who pushes Quincy outside of her comfort zone and sets off all the usual warning alarms to everyone around her, including to Coop, the police officer who had saved Quincy’s life at the cabin all those years ago. What is Samantha’s story? Where has she been? Why is she here? And what did she have to do with Lisa’s death, if anything? As Samantha more or less forces her way into Quincy’s life, the details surrounding Lisa’s suicide-turned-homicide casts a whole lot of suspicion onto Lisa, now comfortably nestled in Quincy’s guest room.
Riley Sager wrote one hell of a page turner. I could easily have read this in one day, but had to force myself to put it down, because… life. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about reading it. It’s been a while since I’ve been this engrossed. Excellent characters, a twisty-turny, unputdownable plot with slasher film charm, and some top-notch writing puts this among my favorite reads of the past few years. Maybe of all time. Any complaints I have (like the serious overuse of the character’s names in dialogue) are trivial nit-crits. Overall, a great book! I highly recommend it.
Samantha Boyd, who has been in hiding for years, turns up in New York City, asking for help from Quincy Carpenter, the Final Girl with a severe case of memory loss. All of Quincy’s friends were murdered at Pine Cottage, a tragedy she’s worked hard to put behind her in favor of “normalcy.”
Quincy spends her days baking and working on her blog, living with her attorney boyfriend, Jeff, who acts, more often than not, as a voice of reason, and whose help Samantha seems to have been looking to enlist from the beginning.
Samantha is a dark presence. Someone who pushes Quincy outside of her comfort zone and sets off all the usual warning alarms to everyone around her, including to Coop, the police officer who had saved Quincy’s life at the cabin all those years ago. What is Samantha’s story? Where has she been? Why is she here? And what did she have to do with Lisa’s death, if anything? As Samantha more or less forces her way into Quincy’s life, the details surrounding Lisa’s suicide-turned-homicide casts a whole lot of suspicion onto Lisa, now comfortably nestled in Quincy’s guest room.
Riley Sager wrote one hell of a page turner. I could easily have read this in one day, but had to force myself to put it down, because… life. When I wasn’t reading this book, I was thinking about reading it. It’s been a while since I’ve been this engrossed. Excellent characters, a twisty-turny, unputdownable plot with slasher film charm, and some top-notch writing puts this among my favorite reads of the past few years. Maybe of all time. Any complaints I have (like the serious overuse of the character’s names in dialogue) are trivial nit-crits. Overall, a great book! I highly recommend it.