Reviews tagging 'Antisemitism'

You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

6 reviews

bookishfaye's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

The sapphic slasher summer camp horror vibes were all so much fun & very Fear Street meets Friday the 13th & I enjoyed all of the horror references/vibes, but around like 60-70% mark this book takes some pretty antisemitic turns with how it represents blood libel/secret societies etc. I don’t really know what to make of this in the end because it was a really good time until the antisemitism came out of nowhere. I read through some other reviews from Jewish readers, & it does look like there’s a common feeling that it doesn’t seem like it intentionally is hateful, however more so speaks to how deeply ingrained antisemitism is within our society and how easy it is to accidentally use caricatures/tropes. I would be curious to know if the author has ever acknowledged this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism

henrygravesprince's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Violence, and Animal death

Minor: Injury/Injury detail

Usage of Antisemitic tropes; Brief domestic violence portrayed as comical in the beginning; Brief use of bioessentialist language to describe orientation

booksdogsandcoffee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

3.5

A quick slasher thriller that keeps you on your toes till the very end!!

Loved the twists and turns of this one and that is was so quick, yet still packed a punch. 

My issue with this one is it did have some underlying antisemitism symbolism. I do not think this was done intentionally or with malice from the author. But do read this book with care. 

Cw
Gore
Body horror
Death
Antisemitism 
Cults

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Body horror and Gaslighting

Minor: Antisemitism

pouletfrit's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

sarah984's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

There were a couple of fun creepy moments around the halfway mark, but otherwise this was just bad. The escape room camp theme is abandoned after only one round and seems to only exist to make sure there are no kids at the summer camp. The characters are really bland - I kept forgetting Paige even existed until other people brought her up - and the 'plot twist' was goofy and borderline offensive.

Unfortunately the biggest sin to me in a slasher, aside from maybe the first two the kills were boring. A good slasher should be about over the top people being killed in over the top ways and this was just like "oh he's dead I guess". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Cursing, Stalking, and Transphobia

valereads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

An overall good read let down by a rushed ending.

I am concerned about parallels to antisemitic conspiracy theories (blood libel) in the direction the plot takes later on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Gun violence