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Final Girls by Riley Sager

175 reviews

redefiningrachel's review

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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Forced institutionalization

kierstratton's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This has been on my TBR for the longest time, but for some reason it took me forever to read. It’s deep and dark and actually the twists and turns had me so anxious reading. This is jam packed with triggers and spins and so much info. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

lottieingham's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Car accident

romie_chat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This is definitely one of those books that made me feel like I was on a rollercoaster, both in terms of the story itself and how I felt about the book all throughout it. It's quite addictive, with so many little plot twists until the big final reveal, but there were also times I was unsure if I wanted to keep going. I'm glad I did, as the second half of the book is so much stronger than the first half, but it's a book you do have to push through to get to the good stuff. Will I read more of this author? For sure, I'm excited to see how his writing evolves!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

kary2012's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death and Gun violence

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

candaaaace's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

larareads's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

bookswithlauren's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cagigglez's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

This was suchhhh a good book!  My first read from Riley Sagar and I loved it so much I’m hopping right into another one.  I was curious and intrigued through the whole thing and at times, even thought the worst.  I feel like it’s a topic we see in movies but rarely get to be curious about in life; so it was the perfect place to really dive into the horrors and trauma of being the lone survivor without… actually having the trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Rape and Suicide

sabrina118's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I actually enjoyed Survive the Night, another Riley Sager book I read about a year ago, and that was why I gave this book a shot even though the previous “final girl thriller book” I read was mediocre. Unfortunately, I think this book was worse. 

It’s so painfully obvious that this book is written by a male author, and that’s important because the main female character is so weakly written and inconsistent (as are pretty much all of the characters, but in a book that harps on “female power” in the final girl context,it’s noticeable that not one female character is truly interesting or at least likable) The ending felt like a cop out, pun intended, and honestly just annoyed me. Also, out of the two books I’ve read from this author, this is the second to reveal the killer to be a romantic interest of the female protagonist

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder