Rating: 4/5
I was on the fence about this book. I really liked the concept; it is about a girl, Quincy Carpenter, that survives a horror movie style killing in the woods. She is amongst a small group of women known as Final Girls because each one is the sole survivor of such an event. Shortly after the book begins, one of the other Final Girls is found dead and everyone looks to Quincy for her reaction.
I thought the sensationalism that surrounds the murders, these women, and the aforementioned death was fantastic. Sager captured the reactions of the general public to these events in a realistic way. Quincy's grasping for control throughout the book makes perfect sense for the tragic situation she survived. I particularly enjoyed the shifts between the present and the night of the massacre and how the glimpses into the past coincided with the events in the present.
On the other hand, Quincy is generally not very likable. I can't think of anything that made me want to root for her during this book. It is the appearance of the other Final Girl that keeps the story moving along. Her motives and objectives are hard to decipher and she acts pretty awful, but she gets Quincy to act.
Once this book hits its stride, it moves at a great pace. Despite some misgivings over the main character, it caught my attention and held on right up to the end.
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