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Final Girls by Riley Sager

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bookswithlauren's review against another edition

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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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cagigglez's review against another edition

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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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thejenstamps's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

5.0

Yet again Riley Sager sends us down a winding road with so many dizzying twists you can't tell which direction is up.

I thought I knew who did it. I was sure. But I couldn't have been more wrong. Brilliant.

Shocking that this is his first book.

Like horror thriller mysteries? Do yourself a favor and pick up Final Girls by Riley Sager

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haileyhardcover's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Who doesn’t love a good ole slasher serial killer mystery? I know I do!

This is my second Riley Sager book and I’m officially counting myself as a fan. Though I think I was more gripped and surprised by The Only One Left, Final Girls was a really fun read and was a much more visual experience for me! The story jumps back and forth between the event that made the main character, Quincy, a “Final Girl” to begin with and present day. In the chapters detailing what occurred at Pine Cottage, it almost felt like I was watching a slasher movie; the images were so clear in my head. Really compelling writing, with just enough detail to build the image in your mind without overdoing it and getting overly descriptive. If Sager wrote a book that was just entirely a slasher story, I’m certain I would absolutely devour it! (Has he? Clearly I need to check out the descriptions of all of his books now!)

I will say, I figured out the mystery to this one pretty early on, but I still really enjoyed the story leading up to finding out I was correct! I think Sager does a really fantastic job of planning his stories and finding ways to subtly work in clues for those of us who like to race to solve the mystery. His are books that, if you were to read them a second time, I think you would spend most of the time smacking your own forehead and exclaiming “How did I miss that?!”

I’m looking forward to more Riley Sager in the future. Final Girls is an easy 5 stars!

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katie316says's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

Like with all of Sager’s books, this was a quick easy fun little read that held my attention throughout. However, this is probably my least favorite Riley Sager book that I’ve read so far.

First off, I think I hated every single character in this book. And not even in like an interesting way where they were fun to hate, they were just all insufferable and I really did not give a shit about what happened to them. They were unintelligent and unlikable.

Secondly, I felt like the story had too many red herrings for my liking. I know some other people said that they were able to predict the ending, so maybe this is just a me problem, but I felt like it came out of nowhere.

That said, I really did not hate this book at all and found it entertaining and I did think that it had a satisfying conclusion.

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