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A review by drakoulis
Camp by L.C. Rosen
5.0
Standing ovation for Lev Rosen and his roasting of the toxicity of fake masculinity in the whole book ! I was laughing every time that Camp was casually making fun of Grindr stereotypes.
The story was really enjoyable from start to....almost-finish.
The book is unapologetically sex-positive, does not shy away from the fact that teenagers have sex, and is quite descriptive sometimes. It is realistic and awkward and sweet.
The side characters were amazing, George, Ashleigh, Brad, Mark !
Randy has done an extreme makeover on himself to become a jock-style gay and make his long-time summer-camp crush Hudson fall for him. Hudson is only into "masc" types and he doesn't know anything about Randy's plan - although the rest of the camp does. The tension is real !
5-stars cause the book is unique in style, in the issues it touches, is funny, engaging and underrated !
The story was really enjoyable from start to....almost-finish.
The book is unapologetically sex-positive, does not shy away from the fact that teenagers have sex, and is quite descriptive sometimes. It is realistic and awkward and sweet.
The side characters were amazing, George, Ashleigh, Brad, Mark !
Randy has done an extreme makeover on himself to become a jock-style gay and make his long-time summer-camp crush Hudson fall for him. Hudson is only into "masc" types and he doesn't know anything about Randy's plan - although the rest of the camp does. The tension is real !
Spoiler
I have one issue with the final part : the message seemed to be that Hudson should hide his real self from his parents, which I find strange and against the overall message of the book (that you have to be yourself and proud of who you are). Not sure where Rosen was going with this. And yeah I'm a sucker for happy ever after endings so this left me a bit of a sour taste.5-stars cause the book is unique in style, in the issues it touches, is funny, engaging and underrated !