The Final Girl Support Group

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix is a mixed bag that's at times fun, confusing, and frustrating. In this book Lynette is a member of a support group for final girls, or the sole survivors of a murder event. Someone starts killing/setting up the members of this group. Lynette tries to figure out who and why. I should probably begin by disclaiming that I'm not very well versed in the slasher films and books this novel is based on. I'm also not well versed in therapy. So there's probably a lot that I simply didn't get, and that deficiency is with me, not with Hendrix. With that said, I found the plot confusing. I didn't care for how Hendrix revealed information in the book (waiting until much too late to reveal critical info about the protagonist's backstory). I thought the book was a bit slow to start and found pretty much every character unlikable (although I came to like Lynette more as the book went on). Unlike all of Hendrix's other books (at least the ones readily available) there is no supernatural element in this one, and I definitely missed it. There were some exciting scenes in the book, but overall this one didn't hook me the way some of Hendrix's other books have. If I was ranking Hendrix books I'd rank them 1. Horrorstor/My Best Friend's Exorcism, 3. SBC Guide to Slaying Vampires, 4. We Sold Our Souls, and then finally 5. The Final Girls Support Group. I'm disappointed to have not enjoyed this book more. Maybe if I watch a bunch of slasher films and read it again I'd have a different opinion. But for now ⭐️⭐️⭐️