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A review by whatyoutolkienabout
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
5.0
After reading Camp Damascus I was excited to read Bury Your Gays and let me tell you Tingle does not disappoint. A scary thriller with elements of horror that takes us behind the silver screen and exposes what really happens in Hollywood. Being a bit of a geek I adored the pop culture references throughout for a start. Secondly Tingle took several things that are relevant right now, particularly the use of AI in arts by corporations and turned it into a chilling horror.
Of course it would be remise to not consider the title, Bury Your Gays, which most who have an interest in media will have heard and understand. The idea that gay or LGBTQIA characters are often fodder for storylines or killed off before they can get a happily ever after. This ties in perfectly to Misha who is seemingly a closeted gay screen writer in Hollywood facing a corporation and establishment with very set and antiquated views of homosexuality and the like. As always Tingle is brilliant at bringing real life to their horror and fixing their characters firmly in the middle of it.
But Bury Your Gays is a lot more than that. In fact in a relatively short space Tingle manages to combine several aspects into one book while making it all work. If you love horror that is a bit meta, characters that are well developed and written this one is definitely for you.
Of course it would be remise to not consider the title, Bury Your Gays, which most who have an interest in media will have heard and understand. The idea that gay or LGBTQIA characters are often fodder for storylines or killed off before they can get a happily ever after. This ties in perfectly to Misha who is seemingly a closeted gay screen writer in Hollywood facing a corporation and establishment with very set and antiquated views of homosexuality and the like. As always Tingle is brilliant at bringing real life to their horror and fixing their characters firmly in the middle of it.
But Bury Your Gays is a lot more than that. In fact in a relatively short space Tingle manages to combine several aspects into one book while making it all work. If you love horror that is a bit meta, characters that are well developed and written this one is definitely for you.