Final Girls
Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls....
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Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781101985380 (1101985380)
Publish date: 2018-01-23
Publisher: Dutton Books
Pages no: 342
Edition language: English
Basically a slasher movie in book form, complete with dumb decision-making and shallow college students. It has a few good misdirections and an unexpected (for me) final reveal, but the path to get there feels convoluted. The narration for the flashbacks sounds rather unnatural and robotic, although...
The front cover of this book has a quote from Stephen King that says, "If you liked Gone Girl, you'll like this." I have no idea if this is accurate as I've never read Gone Girl. That being said, I did enjoy this. The story is focused around Quincy Carpenter, the sole survivor of a massacre at a r...
Bevor ich mit der Rezension des Thrillers „Final Girls“ von Riley Sager beginne, möchte ich euch theoretischen Kontext zum Titel bereitstellen. Das Final Girl ist die einzige Überlebende eines Slasher-Horrorfilms. Normalerweise entspricht sie einem bestimmten Typ: sie ist brünett, klug und introvert...
Final Girls, written under the pseudonym Riley Sager, is another entry into the popular: “Unreliable female narrator has no memory after a tragic event, and tries to figure out what occurred while battling substance abuse, only to discover that her trust in others has been betrayed” premise that so ...
April 23- June 23Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the F...
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