The Final Girl Support Group combines self-help advice with elements of cheesy horror slasher films. This is more of a movie than a book because a movie would cut all of the unnecessary stream of conscious Lynette (main final girl) ranting over how she is not exactly a final girl. Crazy Crissy's philosophical yin yang tirades could have been cut as well. This book felt padded like a cell you might keep Jason Voorhees inside with a big ol' butcher blade. He could never slash his way out.
Despite the padding, I absolutely love Grady Hendrix. His writing style is different from most horror writers like King, Layman, and Little to name a few. It's more tongue in cheek which is why deep philosophical meaning lays on this book like oil on water - Lynette's ranting and Crissy's tirades. I like Hendrix to maintain his flippant irony making me giggle while taking off a few heads. He must have been trying a little something new with this fabulous concept inside the pages of The Final Girl Support Group.
The plot was tied up nicely with perhaps a little twist due to Lynette's perspective which bounced around possibilities leading the reader down an icy road. Her limited perspective worked brilliantly for this novel.
When all is said and done, I will always read Hendrix. His concepts are out of the box fun with double edged humor turning the most gruesome scenes into a Monty Python Black Knight.
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