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The Final Girl Support Group

By: Grady Hendrix
Narrated by: Adrienne King
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A fast-paced, thrilling horror novel that follows a group of heroines to die for, from the brilliant New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires.

In horror movies, the final girl is the one who’s left standing when the credits roll. The one who fought back, defeated the killer and avenged her friends. The one who emerges bloodied but victorious. But after the sirens fade and the audience moves on, what happens to her?

Lynnette Tarkington survived a massacre 22 years ago, and it has defined every day of her life since. And she's not alone. For more than a decade she’s been meeting with five other final girls and their therapist in a support group for those who survived the unthinkable, putting their lives back together, piece by piece. That is until one of the women misses a meeting and Lynnette's worst fears are realized - someone knows about the group and is determined to take their lives apart again, piece by piece.

But the thing about these final girls is that they have each other now, and no matter how bad the odds, how dark the night, how sharp the knife, they will never, ever give up.

©2020 Grady Hendrix (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd Horror Scary

Critic Reviews

"Sizzles with action, originality and a gleaming concept as sharp as a scalpel.” (Charlaine Harris)

“A (bloody) valentine to the slasher franchises of the VHS era, but also a smart novel about survivor guilt and the concept of the enduring heroine.” (Kim Newman, author of Anno Dracula)

“Pray for morning, wish for speed and be as quiet as you can, it doesn't matter Grady's Hendrix's Final Girl Support Group already knows where you live and breathe.” (Stephen Graham Jones)
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I did enjoy this but didn't love it. Didn't really feel like a horror story, more suspenseful / thriller. There were so many (hidden) references to very well known horror movies, I wish I had a check list / bingo card every time I recognised one. Went at a good pace but found the ending rushed & was over too quickly. With all the build up wish had went on a little longer. Grady definitely knows how to write a compelling main character. Was taken on the range of emotions with Lynette & interesting to see into the mind of a final girl AFTER the fact.

3.5 stars for me.

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I mean, it was fine. But like, am I just convincing myself it was fine? It was a fun story with some cool twists and turns but felt a little all over the place sometimes. I went in expecting a slasher story and got something quite different, so I found myself wanting something a little more intense.

But more importantly, what in the truest fuck was the narrator doing? It was like she was given a copy of the text in brail and had only learned to read in brail a few days beforehand. Honestly, the most extraordinarily bizarre syntax I have ever heard in my life. This reading could have gone 4 hours shorter and I don’t think I’m exaggerating.

The story must have been good because despite the performance, I hung in there. Some pithy metaphors and an okay attempt at a feminist angle that ultimately felt steeped in a shallow male wokeness. But it was fun and thus, tolerable.

Fun, mild thrills

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I loved it! I’m a big fan of the slasher genre in movies but this book, whilst having a twisting, thrilling plot, also made me really think about how we consume women in horror!

I enjoyed the narration and felt it lent itself to the character! The concept and nods to horror classics was so fantastic. We love our final girls!

Final Girls get the Final Say

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I don't think the narrator was the right choice for this novel though and I almost stopped listening at one point. I did enjoy the story and I always enjoy the author so I persevered.

Love the author and an interesting story

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I had to return this book in order to get the physical copy, the narrator was so incorrectly cast for this text. Not only did she read very slowly but annunciated like a naive little girl rather than a jaded, middle-aged crime survivor. It was like a news reader announcing a mass shooting with a big smile on her face. Shame because I really want to finish this book!

Narrator made book impossible to listen to

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The concept of this book is really cool and the story was paced well, with lots of slasher references and Hendrix’s classic 90’s vibe. However, the narrator is so overdone that the book reads as extremely stressful. She is too loud and too frantic and I could barely get through it. I would have loved this book if I read it myself.

The narration is stressful

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What can I say. This book is just amazing,Being a film geek and a horror fan, this book is just a breathe of fresh air for genre storytelling. It has so many important things to say about not only violence against women, but violence in general in popular entertainment, and the effects of PTSD on a survivor's mind. This book is one I will recommend to others.

Speachless

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This is the first Grady Hendrix book that I had to stop and start again. I struggled to connect to the protagonist. On the second listen I realised that’s that’s the point. Least impactful of his stories but still an interesting genre read.

Took a moment

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This was the book that first made me aware of Grady Hendrix and I was keen to read it from the blurb. However quite soon into it I lost interest. The final girl hook just didn't hold my attention and I drifted off by chapter four never to return to it

Not his best story

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It was fun listening to the back stories of the women and figuring out who they represented. I've read a lot of remarks about the narrator but I didn't have an issue with her. I think it added to the story that the narrator, Adrienne King, played Alice in the original Friday the 13th movies

An enjoyable story

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