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A review by inuyasha
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
i recognize hendrix is Not for everyone but i think everyone is allowed one not-amazing-but-still-fun horror author they like for no explainable reason and he’s mine idgaf
super fun concept and i love slashers so i really loved this tho it did make me lol that he ended up just predicting how the scream reboot movies would go. also making your laurie strode stand in be a butch lesbian cowboy is SOOOOOO real. i also now want to run a TTRPG where everyone’s PCs are based off of final girls now.
using final girls as a lens to analyze our cultures obsession w true crime was interesting but felt like that was really tossed to the side by the final act. also hendrix does this thing in all of his books ive read where he has cops be complete assholes who are either deeply unhelpful or just straight up evil but he still has this weird tone of cop apologia that always makes me lol - the line about a character “loving cops so much that she was sad when 9/11 happened” made me screaaaam.
but truly this was fun and i shamefully have never seen the slasher franchise the main character is based on so now i gotta i guess……. also i feel like hendrix tries deeply to do the whole “women! sisterhood! women love each other and look out for each other!” thing and it definitely has Not landed in other books of his but i felt like this was the most authentic of the bunch so good on him for finally figuring it out 👍🏻
super fun concept and i love slashers so i really loved this tho it did make me lol that he ended up just predicting how the scream reboot movies would go. also making your laurie strode stand in be a butch lesbian cowboy is SOOOOOO real. i also now want to run a TTRPG where everyone’s PCs are based off of final girls now.
using final girls as a lens to analyze our cultures obsession w true crime was interesting but felt like that was really tossed to the side by the final act. also hendrix does this thing in all of his books ive read where he has cops be complete assholes who are either deeply unhelpful or just straight up evil but he still has this weird tone of cop apologia that always makes me lol - the line about a character “loving cops so much that she was sad when 9/11 happened” made me screaaaam.
but truly this was fun and i shamefully have never seen the slasher franchise the main character is based on so now i gotta i guess……. also i feel like hendrix tries deeply to do the whole “women! sisterhood! women love each other and look out for each other!” thing and it definitely has Not landed in other books of his but i felt like this was the most authentic of the bunch so good on him for finally figuring it out 👍🏻