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leeghlee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Self harm, and Suicide
Minor: Vomit and Car accident
chasingpages1's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
kyriannaj's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment
percys_panda_pillow_pet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Sager's Final Girls isn't unique in wanting to explore the idea of the final girl further, of what it's like after everything. Previously, there was The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones in 2012 and later, in 2021, Grady Hendrix's The Final Girl Support Group. All of these books follow a similar storyline: there are these "final girls" who each survive what is by all accounts a massacre and then they are seemingly being killed off until the main character is left. This leaves the main character a "true" survivor, I suppose.
My problem with Sager's Final Girls isn't that there are other books like it, there are many ways to tell the same story after all. More so, I could tell Sager was still inexperienced at writing when it was published. While I appreciated the thematic nature of the past being told in the third person point of view and the present told in first person point of view, since the main character and narrator, Quincy, is unreliable due to her amnesia of the horrible night all her friends were killed; in the end, I found the switch in POV jarring to go between.
As well, I could tell Sager was inexperienced in writing women specifically. Quincy herself was very annoying, and constantly got in her own way. But there was not only a strange love triangle between her, her boyfriend Jeff, and Coop, the cop who saved her life, there were also strange homoerotic tones between Quincy and her female friends/acquaintances. I felt like the was supposed to be a commentary on sexuality perhaps, especially when it comes to final girls (Check out Dead Meat Podcast Episode 15: Final Girl on YouTube for more information about that), but so much of it flopped and came off as cringey.
I liked that Quincy was unreliable and I was intrigued by the complexity of several of the characters. However, they were often too unlikable for me to really invest in them fully, and I constantly found myself hating each and every one of them at different points in the book.
Overall, I personally think that maybe the concept of finals girls should be left to the movies, or perhaps women authors who may be able to understand the deeper fears that persist in today's society of violence against women.
Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Toxic friendship, and Classism
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Police brutality, and Death of parent
As for the ending,icassidyn's review against another edition
- 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
2.25
Moderate: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Murder
fictionaladventures's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content and Grief
rachelcotter1's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Misogyny, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail
boundforinfinity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Quincy's Final Girls are comprised of three, majorly smart victims. No not victims. Survivors. Quincy Carpenter, Lisa Milner and Samantha Boyd are standout, independent, strong female characters that thrill the reader.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
theloveofwordss's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder
philliesfemme's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Drug abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit