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Final Girls

Written by: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Erin Bennett, Hillary Huber
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The national and international best seller.

Ten years ago, six friends went on vacation. One made it out alive...

In that instant, college student Quincy Carpenter became a member of a very exclusive club - a group of survivors the press dubbed “The Final Girls”: Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout's knife; Sam, who endured the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape the massacre at Pine Cottage. Despite the media's attempts, the three girls have never met.

Now, Quincy is doing well - maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life. Her mind won’t let her recall the events of that night; the past is in the past...until the first Final Girl is found dead in her bathtub and the second Final Girl appears on Quincy's doorstep.

Blowing through Quincy's life like a hurricane, Sam seems intent on making her relive the trauma of her ordeal. When disturbing details about Lisa's death emerge, Quincy desperately tries to unravel Sam's truths from her lies while evading both the police and bloodthirsty reporters. Quincy knows that in order to survive she has to remember what really happened at Pine Cottage.

Because the only thing worse than being a Final Girl is being a dead one.

©2017 Riley Sager (P)2017 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

Winner of the 2018 International Thriller Writers Award for Best Hardcover Novel

“If you liked Gone Girl, you’ll like this.” (Stephen King)

“Sager does an excellent job throughout of keeping the audience guessing until the final twist. A fresh voice in psychological suspense.” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

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I had the ending kinda figured out. The characters were fairly predictable. I would reccomend it to someone who doesn't read a lot of mystery thriller type books though. The premise of someone being a Final Girl was great and enjoyed the originality of it.

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Kept me guessing ..... and it was a shock by the end

I loved this book. It was amazing to read.

I was convinced that one person is the killer then I change my mind to another person then I was surprised by someone who was not a primary suspect in my mind lol

It was a smart book not the kind of book I like to read in one sitting I needed to think about the beautiful scenes and the build up of the story.

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Siri- Who’s the killer?

I really enjoyed this story. However, the narrator’s voice sounds like Siri. I don’t think I could listen to another story with that voice. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Did not see that coming!

Definitely kept me guessing, beautifully written! The ending was a twist I didn’t see coming at all!

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Effective Suspense

After discovering Riley Sager about a year ago, he has become a go-to Psychological Thriller author for me.
Sager's characterization is impressive (although he inevitably writes flawed females), he makes his prose feel like the storyteller is sitting on the stool at the end of the bar (although dropping frequent modern/pop-culture references dooms his work to being dated someday - honestly, who is even going to know who 'Oprah' is in 50 years?), and the only thing predictable about his plot resolution is that it's going to be unpredictable (although I guessed this one).

'Final Girls' fits that pattern reliably. Quincy Carpenter - the lone survivor of a Slasher-Flick-styled massacre -  is a mysterious protagonist with suppressed memories & psychological damage, the sinuous plot is engrossing & relatable (and nail-biting), and the twist at the climax of the story is shocking but plausible.

Erin Bennett beautifully reads the First-person (modern-day) parts of the book, with Hillary Huber impressively doing Third-person perspective descriptions of the terrifying events in Quincy's past. Both readers provide admittedly imperfect but far above-average performances. Penguin Audio did a marvellous job casting this project.

I rate this Sager effort 8.5/10 stars. It's definitely worth a Credit if you're looking for a quality Thriller.

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Disappointed at the twist, the ending.

I really wanted to like this...I purchased because the ratings were so high and so many had taken the time to rate it.

I was excited and thought oh maybe Ill listen to this and then the others by this author that are also so highly rated it seems. Now I don’t know if I should risk it.

The story was good up until the twist was revealed...and I was bummed. The ending was saccharine and disappointing.

Narration was great. Love Erin Bennett!!

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Thriller

An intense mystery with a group of characters and a plot that keeps you guessing till the end.

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F A N T A S T I C !!!

one if the best reads !!!!! i hope we get a Part 2 !! so great !!

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Slow and redundant

It was pretty slow and repetitive until the end, and the characters weren’t very interesting or well developed. There were two narrators, one of them was almost impossible to listen to as she sounded very robotic. It was redundant and would’ve been better if it was half the length

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Exciting!

Although the middle felt long at some points, I loved the beginning and ending. The flashbacks were the best part and I enjoyed the characters. The performance was good overall. I'd recommend this book.

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