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A review by pkc
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
dark
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
Part slasher, part study in trauma, this book is as empowering and emotional as it is grisly! I really didn’t like the protagonist for the first 100 odd pages, but she grew into her skin. I don’t think it had the balance of horror and reality that Hendrix’s other books that I’ve read had, but I enjoyed it all the same. I’d have scored higher if not for the slower start.
Graphic: Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Medical trauma