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cheyisvibing's review against another edition
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence and Terminal illness
Minor: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking
bedtimesandbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Infidelity and Racism
sunsetcity's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
leonalikesliterature's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I think the concept of The Final Girl Support Group was interesting, but the execution was flawed. This book wasn’t scary, funny or satirical. I think this author didn’t have a deep enough understanding of gender or women within horror movies to successfully write this book. This book followed many horror movie stereotypes rather than playing with or challenging them. This book also lacks a deeper discussion of trauma, despite also being about a Final Girl support group.
This book is very misogynist. Every female character in this book was written terribly and were 1 dimensional stereotypes, like drug addict, rich girl, lesbian. Their relationships were catty and cruel to each other. The author didn’t know that women can have actual friendships with each other that aren’t based in bullying. The author also made a lot of generalized claims about how “men are killers and women are victims” or that “women create life and men take it” that were meant to be framed as deep, but just came off as uninformed and furthering or justifying misogynist rhetoric.
There were also two characters that were written very offensively. The character Danny is a lesbian and her wife Michelle dies from cancer. After her death, Danny tries to kill herself, which reinforces problematic notions that lesbians are toxic, unhealthy and codependent. She also physically assaults Lynnette when she’s angry at her, reinforcing the stereotype that lesbians are violent and emotionally unstable. Another character Adrienne is the only black girl and gets literally 0 page time and is only spoken about in past tense. She’s also the only final girl who actually dies, perpetuating “black guy dies first” stereotype. Her character is also turned into a martyr and she is applauded for not being angry when a white person is cast to play her in a movie. Just overall bad.
The plot itself didn’t really connect together and there was no time to rest or process. Somehow the action was constant and exhausting, but it also felt like nothing substantive ever happened.
I wish there was a single quality I could appreciate from this book but it was cliche, nonsensical and awful.
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- 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
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
hapalyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Terminal illness, Excrement, Police brutality, and Car accident
rebeccaxpaige'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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
keen'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Cancer, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol
Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings
toofondofbooks_'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My gripes aren't really that big. Really, the main one is that Lynette can be so maddening to read at times. She is so traumatized that living in her head was sometimes suffocating and insufferable. I had some issues with her as a character too, but that didn't necessarily affect my enjoyment of the book because my enjoyment does not usually hinge on a protagonist being likable. Something that was hard for me throughout the book was keeping track of every girl's story. I wrote down what I could, but some girls in the group got lost in the shuffle. I cannot definitively tell you what Heather's backstory is as a result of this. Just a LOT going on.
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Cancer, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Mass/school shootings
blymanor's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
Minor: Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual content, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking