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A review by sabrina118
Final Girls by Riley Sager
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
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder