Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

95 reviews

tabea1409's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenecbellx's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

thirteenlaurels's review against another edition

dark 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

I wish it had wrapped up a few more plot threads, but overall an excellent novel. I'm not surprised that this one is so popular.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Racism, Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Fire/Fire injury

There is a description of a previous ex-relationship with a huge power imbalance and considerable age gap. The younger party is 18.

romonko's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

1.0

In my own personal opinion, this book is garbage.  It is the most graphic, viscious and depraved book that I've ever read.  
The only reason that I read it was because it was a gift box book.  I am sure that there are fans of the horror genre that have read this and enjoyed it, and I am sorry to disagree with them. I read it to the end, even as difficult as it was, and am kind of glad that I did as the end was the only tiny flicker of light in the entire book.  The descriptions of the slayings are so horrendous that I am afraid I skipped through most of them.  The characters are a depraved and vicious lot.  At some primal level, I can understand how anyone that had gone through and seen the horrors that these girls have lived through would forever be scarred and unable to function normally.  It is the most extreme form of PTSD that there is.  That at least came through loud and clear in this book.  Each of the victims had their own coping mechanisms, and each relied on their group therapy to help them through it.  That all makes sense, but to have to live through what each of them saw and experienced was too much for me.  I know there are monsters in this world, but I don't have to get to know them as well as I came to know the monsters in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

flufficorn's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The first third of this book excited me, as I realized I had never read/listened to a book like this. But at some point near the half way mark, I found myself struggling to stay interested. I think it is because I eventually realized that there are a lot of reasons I lost interest in the Slasher sub-genre of films, and this story falls victim to those reasons and still expects me to think they are asking me to question the genre through their end-of-chapter quote blocks. That part of the story felt phoned-in. If the author really wanted the reader to question the concept the The Final Girl and the Slasher sub-genre, they would have had Lynette question herself and her actions more. Instead, Lynette found justification for all of her behavior. To that end, this book might have some kind of commentary about group therapy/trauma therapy, but it isn't a commentary that I picked up on. 

A lot of reviews mention that this story is very predictable. While I did not specifically predict any particular plot point, between my knowledge of Slasher genre tropes and the clue crumbs left by the author, nothing in the story was particularly shocking or unexpected. The characters felt flat and one-dimensional to me, but Lynette did some healing at the very end there. Femme characters written by cis-men always fall flat to me, and this story was no different in that department. 

This story positions itself as something questioning the inherent misogyny of the Slasher genre and our relationship to it as media consumers, but is really just a Slasher genre story that wants you to think it is smarter than it is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

chasingpages1's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, and Police brutality

lycheejelly's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sngspicysword's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

THE PLOT TWIST OMG! THIS IS SUCH AN AMAZING BOOK! it’s really helped me get out of my reading slump. Highly recommend!!! I will say the author is a bit dramatic at times but the writing is INSANE.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

jacob_dion's review

dark funny tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail