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Lucky Day
by Chuck Tingle
This, I think, is Chuck Tingle's darkest traditionally published novel yet. I think it's very well written and tells its story, but I cannot say it's on par with Camp Damascus or Bury Your Gays for me. I think the casts of Chuck Tingle novels really make them and I enjoyed Rose, Willow and Saul and I adored Misha and Tara in Bury Your Gays. However, Agent Layne grated on me the entire book... though i suppose that's the point. I'm still seething from him saying bisexuals don't exist. Between that and being in the mind of someone with intense depression, it was a rougher read for me. I hardly disliked it, but comparison is inevitable in an author's work. It's also very cosmic horror where I think Damascus and Gays pulled away from that in the long run. It won't be in the running for my book of the year (tragically I've read too many phenomenal books this year), but it will absolutely be taking the place it deserves on my favorites shelf. Maybe one day Chuck will give me a book about someone nonbinary. I'd really, really like that.
However, the pain of "Eight million people died... what's 77 more?" is real and a reminder of humanity that I think we often miss in real life.
However, the pain of "Eight million people died... what's 77 more?" is real and a reminder of humanity that I think we often miss in real life.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death