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fanboyriot's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Read For:
Theater Kids
Summer Camp
Everyone is Queer
Wholesome Friendships
Destroying Toxic Masculinity
Absolutely loved the idea of a queer summer camp. This was really wholesome and there was SO much queer rep I can not get over how amazing the setting of this was. I wasn’t sure if I’d like it with the whole plot of being someone you’re not to get a guy but it was actually written really well. The characters were detailed and the character development was done really nicely.
(First Person POV)
Spice: 🌶🌶🌶
Rep: Gay Jewish MC, Gay Half-Korean Jewish LI, Demisexual Lesbian SC, POC characters, Trans characters, queer characters
Content Warnings
Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Minor: Transphobia, Death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Acephobia/Arophobia, and Injury/Injury detail
daya_fae's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-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
3.0
This was a sweet story with high levels of realism. Tho the plot is something that is out of a romcom even the characters acknowledge it. There we’re definitely some moments I thought this definitely would never happen in real life. But I just went with it cause at the end of the day it is a fictional story. Also the end was what really made this story for me. A lot of YA stories queer or not usually end with very unrealistic or just straight up cliff hanger ending. And I applaud this story for ending in the most realistic way while it also being very sweet and somewhat happy ever after-ish.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content
therainbowshelf's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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
Absurdly adorable. I loved how committed Del is to his absurd plan, and how convinced he is that it’ll work. Things didn’t quite go where I expected, which was fun. This story is incredibly sweet and hilarious, and I loved the characters and LGBTQ+ camp. It was nice having a demi side character too. Maybe not as appropriate for us YA-reading adults due to teen sex.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Internalized homophobia, homophobic slurlittlewishling's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Rosen has created such a beautiful queer story that I adore. I was stressed about the ‘shoe’ dropping but I trusted Rosen and they delivered with so many loveable characters and cute moments.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Homophobia
greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia
tinytrashqueen's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia
angietheace's review against another edition
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia and Sexual content
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Death, and Transphobia
taylorsevalia's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I’m so bittersweet over this one… I need a sequel! Also, Ashleigh/ Paz and JORDAN getting their own books when?💔
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Homophobia, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Addiction, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing
Minor: Bullying
I’m so bittersweet over this one… I need a sequel! Also, Ashleigh/ Paz and JORDAN getting their own books when?💔caseythereader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
- CAMP is one of the most adorable books I've ever read. I loved the setting of a camp for queer kids: a place where they could fully be themselves, even if it's only for a few weeks out of the year.
- I loved that this book tackled toxic masculinity within the gay community, showing clearly how internalized homophobia and misogyny can embed themselves out of fear of being punished by cishet people.
- A few times it felt like it was verging on Very Special Episode territory, but it's YA, so there's room there. The one thing I simply could not get my head around was exactly how big was this camp?? There are like 19 cabins but everyone fits under the tarp to roast s'mores in the rain? Lol.
- I loved that this book tackled toxic masculinity within the gay community, showing clearly how internalized homophobia and misogyny can embed themselves out of fear of being punished by cishet people.
- A few times it felt like it was verging on Very Special Episode territory, but it's YA, so there's room there. The one thing I simply could not get my head around was exactly how big was this camp?? There are like 19 cabins but everyone fits under the tarp to roast s'mores in the rain? Lol.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Grief and Death
Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia and Transphobia
jules098's review against another edition
emotional
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Sexual content