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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

140 reviews

magmck's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Medical content, Terminal illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Confinement, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Sexual content, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cancer, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Gore, and Torture

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

With a severe imbalance in the group portion of the title, the Final Girl Support Group gives lip service to horror but otherwise presents another trope: the unreliable "Girl" narrator

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Drug use, Child death, Addiction, Cancer, Car accident, Death, and Forced institutionalization

kassidyreads's review against another edition

Horror is not my genre! Also, the writing in this felt clunky, none of the characters were that likeable and I had trouble remembering who all the girls were. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mental illness, Murder, Death, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Addiction, Misogyny, Grief, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism

joscelynhe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I had a lot of time on my hands today, so I did read most of this all in one sitting. It was an easy, thrilling story that was very fun and entertaining. I did have a bit of a hard time getting attached to the group of main characters at first, but otherwise this book was a breeze (fast-paced, not light and airy). Some of the details were more graphic than some of his other books. Hendrix nails the tone in the head like always, though. He has a way of writing that sucks you in almost immediately. “Horrorstor”is up next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Torture, Violence, Physical abuse, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Addiction, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Confinement

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Drug abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexism, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lancemama's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-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

4.75

Anxiety inducing, for lovers of slasher flicks

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Misogyny, and Police brutality

toastrats's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I think the social commentary about creation vs destruction, needing death to have meaning, being uncomfortable with a slow death, the gendered nature of violence, etc... was maybe more interesting than the plot of the book? That said, it is still a good read! Some of the metaphors were a little heavy handed (the plant), but they still resonate. 

Do read it keeping in mind that Hendrix often writes characters in opposition to the protagonist very unsympathetic because that's how the protagonist views them. Who is standing in the way of Lynette? Lynette is. Her trauma (in the form of group) is. The characters seem insufferable for a reason. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Drug use, Cancer, Addiction, and Drug abuse

sofia_guks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Grief, Police brutality, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Mental illness

thenovelbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

An absolutely enjoyable, fast-paced horror mystery thriller.
  
This has a great storyline, although it is unrealistic. The character and world building is so surreal that your brain is tricked into thinking you are read-watching a slasher-horror movie.
  
My high rating is partially biased as I grew up on the 90s/noughties slasher horror movies (IKWYDLS, Scream, Urban Legends, Halloween, & with Freddy & Jason) and loved watching 70s-90s horror movies (Leprechaun, Hellraiser, The Howling, Children of the Corn, Pumpkinhead, Phantasm)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

runaway_milkyway's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Violence, Sexism, Police brutality, Panic attacks/disorders, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, Death, Cancer, Body horror, Blood, and Addiction

Minor: Adult/minor relationship