Final Girls by Riley Sager Summary
Overview of Final Girls
Stephen King called it "the first great thriller of 2017." Final Girls reinvents horror's lone-survivor trope, exploring trauma's aftermath through three women who survived massacres. This International Thriller Writers Award winner asks: what happens when a killer returns to finish what they started?
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Shadows That Never Fade
Imagine surviving the unimaginable-a bloody massacre that claims everyone around you. Now imagine being forced into an exclusive club you never wanted to join. This is the reality for Quincy Carpenter, who walked out of Pine Cottage ten years ago as the lone survivor after five friends were brutally murdered. Though she remembers nothing of that night, she's been branded as one of the "Final Girls"-a term borrowed from horror movies for the last girl standing. Lisa Milner survived a sorority house bloodbath nine years earlier, while Samantha Boyd escaped the "Sack Man" motel killings. Three women connected by trauma they never asked for, and a media that won't let them forget it. While Lisa embraced her survivor status, becoming a public advocate, Quincy has constructed a seemingly perfect life-successful baking blog, handsome boyfriend Jeff, beautiful Manhattan apartment-all held together by Xanax and her relationship with Coop, the officer who saved her that night. But when Lisa is found dead in her bathtub and the mysterious Sam appears at Quincy's door, the carefully constructed facade begins to crumble. What if normal is just another mask? What if the past refuses to stay buried?
Baking Away the Darkness
The Black Void of Memory
Wearing Trauma's Mask
Sisters in Blood
Wolves in Protector's Clothing
The Final Reckoning
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"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
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