A review by candoreads
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Honestly, I wish I liked this book more. I had heard really great things and went in very hopeful but the main character Lynette is ANNOYING. She switches up too much and her paranoia makes it hard to connect with her as a reader. The plot kept switching who the "big bad" was, to the point that by the time we got to the real reveal, I was expecting another twist and was annoyed. Another gripe I have, and I will admit that I don't know much about Grady Hendrix as an author, but I didn't like the fact that a man was speaking about the brutality women face as entertainment. It felt preachy about how women go through so much and in horror movies are used as entertainment while being necessarily brutalized. But...I'm not the target audience for that? Like obviously I, as a woman, know that women are treated as a prop in horror movies. But maybe I just wasn't the target audience for that message? It just felt weird when I was reading that and knowing it was written by a man who will never understand what it's like to be a woman and face those ideas.