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Title: Final Girls

By: Riley Sager

Genre: Thriller

Pages: 342

Release Date: July 11th, 2017

Publisher: Dutton

Audience: Adult

Summary from Goodreads: 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 up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them, and, with that, one another. Despite the media's attempts, they never meet.

Now, Quincy is doing well—maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé, Jeff; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life all those years ago. Her memory won’t even allow her to recall the events of that night; the past is in the past. 

That is, until Lisa, the first Final Girl, is found dead in her bathtub, wrists slit, and Sam, the second, appears on Quincy's doorstep. Blowing through Quincy's life like a whirlwind, Sam seems intent on making Quincy relive the past, with increasingly dire consequences, all of which makes Quincy question why Sam is really seeking her out. And when new details about Lisa's death come to light, Quincy's life becomes a race against time as she tries to unravel Sam's truths from her lies, evade the police and hungry reporters, and, most crucially, remember what really happened at Pine Cottage, before what was started ten years ago is finished.

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Review: I've noticed there has been a lot of hype around this book, but frankly I can't see why. I guess I'm not really a "what happens after," kind of girl.

I found myself wanting to know more about what lead up to this story, which distracted me from what was really going on. It was hard to get into for me.

The writing was well done, but I didn't feel a connection with the characters. I guess I'm going to chalk it up to not being interested in this story. I'm sure if you are a fan of thrillers. you will enjoy this book.

Received an advance reader copy in exchange for a fair review.