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A review by coca_reads
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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
4.5
This was wild.
This follows Misha, a partially out and partially closeted, screen writer in LA.
Misha writes for a hit show where the 2 female leads are headed for the season finale, and the biggest story arc, their romantic feelings for each other.
When Misha is asked to kill off his gay characters though, he flatly refuses and then things start to get strange, pianos falling, people dying, and a strange stalker who bears an uncanny resemblance to a character Misha created years before.
This was my 2nd Chuck Tingle novel and it was better than the 1st I read. It was equally funny, gory, and insightful.
It laid bare the tropes we rely on in our media consumption, and drives home the point that representation in media really matters. Not just representation that makes the most money, but the kind that can help people see others as real people and not just their stereotypes.
This follows Misha, a partially out and partially closeted, screen writer in LA.
Misha writes for a hit show where the 2 female leads are headed for the season finale, and the biggest story arc, their romantic feelings for each other.
When Misha is asked to kill off his gay characters though, he flatly refuses and then things start to get strange, pianos falling, people dying, and a strange stalker who bears an uncanny resemblance to a character Misha created years before.
This was my 2nd Chuck Tingle novel and it was better than the 1st I read. It was equally funny, gory, and insightful.
It laid bare the tropes we rely on in our media consumption, and drives home the point that representation in media really matters. Not just representation that makes the most money, but the kind that can help people see others as real people and not just their stereotypes.