Final Girls, Mira Grant
Final Girls, Mira Grant
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Final Girls

Author: Mira Grant

Narrator: Jennifer Pickens

Unabridged: 3 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/08/2022


Synopsis

What if you could fix the worst parts of yourself by confronting your worst fears?

Dr. Jennifer Webb has invented proprietary virtual reality technology that purports to heal psychological wounds by running clients through scenarios straight out of horror movies and nightmares. In a carefully controlled environment, with a medical cocktail running through their veins, sisters might develop a bond they've been missing their whole lives—while running from the bogeyman through a simulated forest. But . . . can real change come so easily?

Esther Hoffman doubts it. Esther has spent her entire journalism career debunking pseudoscience, after phony regression therapy ruined her father's life. She's determined to unearth the truth about Dr. Webb's budding company. Dr. Webb's willing to let her, of course, for reasons of her own. What better advertisement could she get than that of a convinced skeptic? But Esther's not the only one curious about how this technology works. Enter real-world threats just as frightening as those created in the lab. Dr. Webb and Esther are at odds, but they may also be each other's only hope of survival.


About Mira Grant

Mira Grant is the author of the New York Times bestselling Newsflesh trilogy, along with many other works of biomedical science fiction and horror. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award multiple times, and her first book, Feed, was chosen as one of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers. She lives outside Seattle.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on June 28, 2018

man, i'm so glad i didn't have to spend 40 bucks on this. not because i would have regretted the purchase if i still had disposable income to toss madly at things i love, but because the relationship between "things i want" and "things i can afford to want" is uneven and the more money i can allocat......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on May 07, 2017

Recently Mr. Humphrey and I watched an episode of Black Mirror where a man volunteered to be a test subject for a video game that supposedly was a realistic way of being inside the game itself. The idea was to see how long each player lasted, as the game fed on your imagination and brought your wors......more

Goodreads review by Debra on November 03, 2022

3.5 stars Mira Grant dazzled me with Into the Drowning Deep and I have been on the lookout for books by her ever since. When I saw this audiobook was on NetGalley I had to jump on it. Dr. Jennifer Webb has created virtual reality technology to help users heal psychological wounds by running them thro......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 11, 2017

Another win for Mira Grant (Seanan Mcguire). :) This is a short psychological technothriller involving virtual reality, psychological therapy, and a bit of industrial espionage.... but if you're REALLY worried that you'll be missing out on a few nom-nom moments, don't be. This has everything we've ev......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on July 13, 2024

Final Girls is a quick sci-fi horror that runs the gauntlet of elements like virtual reality, zombies, and assassins in 112 pages. It was a fun read, and for sci-fi it doesn't feel that far into the future to imagine doctors using virtual reality for therapy in some form or another. The characters w......more