A review by booksandbongs
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

“Dying isn’t the important thing. It’s nothing more than the punctuation mark on the end of your life. It’s everything that came before that matters. Punctuation marks, most people skip right over them. They don’t even have a sound.”


The Final Girl Support Group is a horror novel by Grady Hendrix. 
The story follows Lynnette Tarkington, 22 years after she became a real final girl. For over a decade she has been meeting with other final girls in a therapy support group. When a fellow final girl misses a meeting, Lynnette realizes their horrors are not over. 

While technically classified as horror, I feel like this one is more of a psychological thriller. Every time I thought I had the plot figured out, there was another twist!
The social commentary in this one is spot on — specifically the way society is entertained by violence against women. That being said, I think Hendrix struggles a little with writing female characters/the female experience. I felt like the female character development left something to be desired. I really enjoyed Lynnette as an unreliable narrator, but felt like the ending was a little too easy/cut and dry. 
A fast read with lots of blood and gore that is an homage to classic horror tropes. Not my favorite from Hendrix but still an enjoyable read. If you’re a fan of slasher films from the 80s/90s, definitely check this one out!