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The Last Final Girl by Stephen Graham Jones
3.75
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Last Final Girl walked so that Jade Daniels could run.

Not the most easily accessible book - the structure takes some getting used to and I think the audiobook really helped me get it (it's written in a multi-pov fluid screenplay style that is pure chaos and very abstract much like the story). But what is clear is that this is a love letter to horror and slasher movies and having seen a lot of the films/characters mentioned really helped me get into the story more.

I'll definitely need to listen to it again though, I feel like I missed some bits and I need to do the horror character / actor name scavenger hunt to try and pin book character name inspirations!