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The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

25 reviews

bekah1210's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Cancer, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Police brutality

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

I really enjoyed this one more than I expected! I’m not a big fan of slasher films and have only seen 1 or 2 but I could still appreciate and understand the references. 

None of the characters are likeable but the plot and great writing style made me tolerate them and keep reading 😂 This was an exciting and quick read with plenty of unexpected plot twists! I realized after finishing this, that I actually have another book from the author on my nightstand for this months TBR so I can’t wait to read more from him! Whether you’ve watched/enjoyed slasher films or not, I’d highly recommend this horror thriller novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Misogyny

kimberlyswalters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child death and Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Medical content, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kbea88's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

This was such a bizarre concept for me from the very beginning. On one hand, the idea of Final Girls getting together for group therapy is so interesting, on the other hand, the thought of Final Girls existing outside of a movie is horrific. I’m not a mega slasher movie fan, so maybe this was never going to do it for me anyway, but I didn’t feel like the characters were very developed, the twist at the end was very much glossed over. I felt like there should have been a lot more time spent on Skye and Steph and their motives. What made this idea good and had the potential to make it great was turning a flat trope (slasher movie final girl or villain) into a flushed-out character and it missed the mark for me on both ends. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence and Violence

Moderate: Death and Gore

Minor: Pedophilia

demon_catheter's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Police brutality, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, and Car accident

childofmongreldogs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An interesting way for the author to pose questions and levy a challenge about the way we as a society sexualize, idealize, and voyeuristically consume the female body in horror/violence.

Kept me on my toes, constantly guessing what would happen next and who was at fault. Cast of characters was sadly a bit dull and less fleshed out than one would hope for. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual violence

itsheyfay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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: Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Racism, and Mass/school shootings

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

Tldr; others have done this plot, but better. None of the characters are likable. If I read one more recent release with the bury your gays trope I’m gonna set something on fire.

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/the-final-girl-support-group.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

reya94's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail