rachel_jozie 's review for:

Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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*I'm not going to give you the 'what this book is about' blurb - you can read that elsewhere.

1. Well, this one hit. As someone who has gone into the woods for cabin or camping weekends with friends multiple times in and since high school, and plans to continue to do so, holy. crap. Varias Caras might be the most terrifying villain I’ve encountered in quite a while. He’s very Michael Myers-esque, but worse. Much worse.

2. That said, Ignacio is also such an endearing character; his struggles really made me want to protect him. Simultaneously, he’s a brutal murderer. It was such a mind-F to have such polarizing feelings for the same character...or is it for the same character??

3. Cannibalism isn’t usually something I can stomach (pun intended), but for some reason, it was fine in the context of this slasher. Maybe because it was a slasher? To me – the slasher genre is kind of ‘over the top’ and not very deep, which makes it fun. I love it! But it’s not a deep dive into social commentary – I think that’s where I can’t deal with cannibalism.

4. The action started IMMEDIATELY in this book. Like, no messing around, you know you’re in for a wild ride, and the rest doesn’t disappoint, unless you don’t like the idea of being hunted by a maniac cannibalistic killer with a super heightened sense of hearing. You can run, but you can’t hide!