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A review by apollo0325
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
dark
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
After reading Camp Damascus and wishing more from it, I was not necessarily looking forward to Bury Your Gays because while the concept was cool, I do find Tingle's writing lacking in the internal monologue category. While this book still struggles with having internal monologue that drags on for much too long sometimes, I did enjoy this one A LOT more than Camp Damascus. It still took me until my 3rd try to actually listen to the whole audiobook.
I do have to laugh at the reasoning for the entire conflict in this book because it feels so millennial to have it beNANOBOTS. IT'S ALWAYS NANOMACHINES/NANOBOTS LOLLLL Genuinely when the twist was revealed, I cackled out loud and facepalmed. I felt bamboozled, but it was different than a straightforward slasher, which was what I was expecting, so you got me there, Chuck.
Aside from the farcical plot twist, the hyper-exaggerated way the studio execs were droning on and on about queers not selling to queers selling was cringeworthy but in a good way! It made the central themes behind the book continue to be slammed over your body like a sledgehammer. (Too soon?)
I may have enjoyed this book more if I read it in tandem with the audiobook and a physical copy as some moments were jarring, specifically the 3rd person POV of Misha. The audiobook was enhanced by the multi-cast performance, but I don't think it was necessarily that impactful. Still, it was cool to see some big names (hi T. Kingfisher and Mara Wilson!)
Will I give Chuck Tingle another try? Sure. This one was a more fleshed out concept and story in my opinion, although I did find it strange thatTara and Zeke could come out of the Ms. Why's funk before a lot of other people reportedly did? How does that work? Why them? The inconsistencies in the fictional world's fictional worldbuilding was rather shoddy, but I suppose with horror, there's always a suspension of disbelief for some things. Maybe I missed something, but it didn't seem like there was an explanation anywhere or even a "whoa, how are you guys okay and no one else that she's touched isn't okay??" Did y'all also find the solution to the problem almost... too easy? I was waiting for some sort of gut punch, but when I saw I only had about 10-15 minutes left of the audiobook, I was a bit annoyed.
Anyway, it wasn't bad. I just wasn't wowed.
I do have to laugh at the reasoning for the entire conflict in this book because it feels so millennial to have it be
Aside from the farcical plot twist, the hyper-exaggerated way the studio execs were droning on and on about queers not selling to queers selling was cringeworthy but in a good way! It made the central themes behind the book continue to be slammed over your body like a sledgehammer. (Too soon?)
I may have enjoyed this book more if I read it in tandem with the audiobook and a physical copy as some moments were jarring, specifically the 3rd person POV of Misha. The audiobook was enhanced by the multi-cast performance, but I don't think it was necessarily that impactful. Still, it was cool to see some big names (hi T. Kingfisher and Mara Wilson!)
Will I give Chuck Tingle another try? Sure. This one was a more fleshed out concept and story in my opinion, although I did find it strange that
Anyway, it wasn't bad. I just wasn't wowed.