Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm so angry. Truly. You all know the feeling you get when you first read the synopsis of a new book, and in that moment you JUST. HAVE. TO. HAVE. IT. It goes beyond elated anticipation. It's a NEED! Yeah, well, that was me when I first stumbled across 'Final Girls' by Riley Sager. I'm a sucker for slasher films-- Modern, 80's retro, Italian giallo... I simply love the horror field in general, truth be told. Anything likened to that area of obsession falls along the vein of must have/must see/must read. So, to say my eagerness to read this novel was bursting at the seams would be a gross understatement. I've expended so much energy these past few days just abso-freaking-lutely HATING this book, that I really can't force myself to write up this review much further. If you're reading this, though, just know that the plot is predictable, the characters make dumb decisions nearly every page (because if they actually HAD IQs greater than a chipmunk, there would be no plot progression or story), the detectives are so awful at their jobs that I wondered what alternate universe this was happening in, and the entire book itself felt like a cheap, PG-13 thriller your great Aunt or fellow pre-teen friends might find "chilling": "OMG, I'm soo scared." "Oh Em Geee, I knoww." It really isn't that hard to put together who the killer is; I've seen more slasher films than I've read books. But I was hoping the writing would at least be on par with other suspense thrillers I've read and loved. It wasn't. This book could have been redeemed with anything unique or witty or clever, but it remained generic and bland and redundant in its idiocy. Riley Sager seems to think the "twists" were more clever than they actually turned out to be (predictable and stupid, in actuality). Long story short: I'm ticked off. I thought I was going to enjoy this one more than I did, and I'm severely disappointed and frustrated and will never trust another book like this again.