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Book of the Month sent me all the selections this month, but I thought we’d talk about Final Girls.
❃ Final Girls by Riley Sager – Judge Liberty Hardy: I’m only a few chapters in, but I think this is going to end up getting turned into a movie! It’s a quick read (so far) and, while it’s a bit out there, it’s not too far removed from being an episode of Dateline.
From Guest Judge Liberty Hardy
Have you ever watched a horror movie and yelled, “Don’t go in there!” at the screen? Do you flee at the first sign of trouble? Do you always trust your instincts? Then you too could be a Final Girl, a member of a very exclusive club in this epic, adrenaline-fueled thriller!
“Final Girl” is the term the media gives to the sole survivors of horror movie-like mass killings. Quincy Carpenter is a Final Girl, having lived through a massacre in the Pine Cottage cabin in a forest in Pennsylvania, in which her college friends, as well as the perpetrator, were killed. There’s also Sam, who survived The Sack Man motel attacks near Tampa, and Lisa, who escaped a sorority house bloodbath. Despite the plights of each of the girls being well publicized, the girls never meet.
Years later, Quincy is living a quiet, somewhat normal life. She has a successful food blog, a loving boyfriend, and when she needs to talk about her past, she confides in Coop, the police officer who rescued her from the homicidal maniac. But when she learns that one of the other Final Girls has taken her own life, and another one shows up at her doorstep in distress, Quincy is thrust back into reliving her ordeal as she tries to find out the truth of her past.
Holy cats, this is a fun, twisted thrill ride that moves at a breakneck pace! It’s a slasher film, a mystery, and a survival story all rolled into one. Think ‘Gone Girl’ meets ‘American Horror Story.’
I sped through the book in one sitting. With each twist and turn, I changed my mind about these girls. Are they the victim of horrific crimes, just disturbed young people, or something else entirely? The answer will shock and amaze you. Sager teases out the details of past and present just enough to keep you reading the book long into the night—and leaves you afraid to go to sleep.
— Liberty Hardy
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July Options
❃ Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong – Judge Isaac Fitzgerald
❃ Final Girls by Riley Sager – Judge Liberty Hardy
❃ American Fire by Monica Hesse – Judge Elizabeth Kiefer
❃ The Child by Fiona Barton – Judge Fiona Barton
❃ The Windfall by Diksha Basu – Judge Rachel Syme
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