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Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror Delight by Shelly Page
4 reviews
jessereadsthings's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
This was unfortunately a disappointing set of short stories. This book was described as young adult horror collection in the summary yet these all seemed more like urban fantasy, paranormal, or magic realism more than horror. Which I could have enjoyed as I like all those genres, but I went in looking for horror. Not to say that any of the ideas behind these stories couldn’t have made good horror either, because they definitely could have. However, that was not how a majority of them read. Not only that, but few of the stories seem well suited to short fiction and really need longer page time to work. Despite my mostly negative feelings I did enjoy a few of the stories and will look up the authors other work. Especially, Trang Thanh Tran whose debut novel got pushed up my tbr. As not only did I enjoy the author’s story it was the only story in this collection that I would even really classify as horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Child death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Transphobia
hxlleann's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Dysphoria
sarrie's review against another edition
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Night the Living Queers is a mostly fun leaning collection of horror stories with a mix of dark and light endings. I enjoyed nearly all of these, finding some to lean more into the ‘campy’ side of horror, and a few had a surprisingly dark ending I enjoyed. A few did throw me out and make me incredibly uncomfortable though, the reason for the loss of a star on the 1 to 5 scale.
The only big issue I had were the two specific stories I remember throwing me out. One focused heavily on the survivor of a Hate Crime which we see on page. Unfortunately this is not warned or noted for the reader in any way. In addition, the tone of the stories proceeding this story was almost entirely light and funny with a few dark but campy ones. So the abrupt switch to something this heavy was upsetting. The lack of trigger warnings was not a HUGE issue, though I genuinely wish they’d been included, what confuses me is that a later story does in fact include those warnings. Why just one? Was it up to author preference? Did the editing team not see them necessary? Or is it simply that the ARC I recieved hadn’t fully been updated? Either way I feel this should have been explained because I was incredibly confused by these, especially after how dark and vivid the story of the hate crime was.
On the whole I enjoyed this, besides my issues with the warnings or lack thereof. Please do be careful as not all of these stories are as enjoyable as others, as mentioned above, but for the most part they are fun. A collection I enjoyed - 4 out of 5 stars.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Death of parent, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Toxic friendship, Drug use, and Mental illness
ollieworm's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I loved the concept of the anthology overall, but I only enjoyed about two-thirds of the stories. They started off very strong, emotional, and creative - some of my favorites were Leyla Mendoza and the Last House on the Lane by Maya Gittelman & In You to Burn by Em X. Liu - but by the end, the stories started to feel bogged down by unrealistic teen dialogue. Overall, I thought this was a worthwhile read.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Homophobia, and Transphobia
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