Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
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Web ID: 17868554Queer Horror is back!
Whoa the pages of this book jumped out and came to life, I loved Camp Damascus and so I was expecting Chuck Tingle's new horror book to hit it out of the part again and Chuck didn't disappoint. The horror in this is palpable, the descriptions of the monsters was so clear that I felt the dread myself as I was reading this book. The way that Chuck Tingle builds tension should be studied because I have at the edge of my seat waiting for what happened next. The characters were lovable and you wanted to root for them. The gore in this was surprising, I'm normally not a squeamish person but there was a certain scene in a bathroom that made me yell out load because of how intense it was, something that no book has done in the last two years. This book deals with homophobia, both internalized and from outside and it does it so well. The trauma of queer people is described in such a real and heart wrenching way that I very quickly understood character's choices and motivations. I do see Chuck Tingle as a master of Queer Horror as Misha is in Bury Your Gays.
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Chuck Tingle Slays Me
Ok Chuck Tingle knocked it out of the park with this one! I know I talked smack about not liking Camp Damascus but did I love the reference to it in Bury Your Gays? You better believe it ๐ But this was great, incredible even! I feel like this book had everything, I loved this book so much I made a playlist about it. I didnโt rate it 5 stars just because I feel like it took a while for the action to really kick in and then the ending felt a bit rushed. Oh and I feel like the script parts were a fun vessel for the B plot but I donโt feel like it was all that successful. Anyways this was so gross and visceral and such campy F U N though! OH! And the book cover being relevant to the plot? Chefโs kiss! Iโm so thrilled I gave this a chance despite my trepidation. Stop what youโre doing & read this. Perfect for fans of queer slasher horror & those of us who absolutely hate AI.
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Peak Genre-Bending
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐๐ข-๐ ๐ข? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐๐๐๐+? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ-๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐/๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ซ? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ฒ? ๐๐ก๐๐๐ค. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ค ๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐-๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ . ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐ซ๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ค ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐๐ธ๐ ๐ฏ๐พ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ถ๐ธ๐๐พ๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐น๐พ๐, & ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐ถ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐! ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐.
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Excellent thriller tangled with media world faults
This was my first Chuck Tingle book and definitely wont be my last! I dont normally read these genre but the description really had me interested and I'm glad I checked this one out. The entire novel is well crafted with twists and turns to keep the reader questioning the truth and endgame. The main character is engaging and someone you really root for and his horror creations he's facing are unique and unlike anything from current horror/thriller media. I think this book has a great underlying tone regarding the overuse and overtaking of media by AI, from art to writing full books its clear that one of Tingle's points was to highlight this. Additionally its a great play on the overused (even in 2024) trope of killing off your gay characters or putting them through some other tragedy. While I cant break down all the nuances myself layered in this one I can absolutely recommend it. An excellent and fun read!
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Best lamb ever!
Being in the splash zone when someone is Wile E. Coyoteโd piano style isnโt the strangest thing thatโs happened to Misha this week. Heโs been nominated for an Oscar and heโs probably about to lose his job. Oh, and a bunch of the characters heโs written are out to get him. If heโd chosen any genre besides horror, this might not be quite as scary, but here we are. Misha is dealing with the evils of AI in creative spaces and the unscrupulousness of the entertainment industry, with a good dose of past trauma intruding on the present thrown in for good measure. โItโs no fun when your plotline goes sideways, is it?โ Supporting Misha through the ups, downs and โOMG, weโre gonna die!โ are his boyfriend, Zeke, whoโs the kind of too good to be true that you really want to be true, and his aromantic and asexual best friend, Tara. I loved Zeke and Tara in their supporting roles and spent much of my time with them hoping they wouldnโt be collateral damage. I needed more page time with Tara, though. There arenโt enough asexual characters, especially ones with personalities that bound off the page. Taking place in the same universe and after the events of Camp Damascus, this book has the body horror, the heart and the WTF that I was looking for. I didnโt even attempt to try to figure out what was going on when the impossible started showing up. I was happy to sit back and enjoy the ride, and enjoy it I did. This was such a fun blend of โwhatโs going to happen next?โ and โI need to see that movie!โ I wanted to watch every TV series and movie described, even the sequels. Especially the sequels. Best lamb ever! Thank you so much to NetGalley and Titan Books for the opportunity to read this book.
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LOVED
This book was such a treat! Weird thing to say about a horror book, but it's true. I enjoyed this book on audio, and I might be biased in saying this butI feel like this was the perfect way to consume this book. I am not much of a horror fan, can't watch scary movies and typically don't read horror, but I found this to be so good. It was shockingly funny at times, while slightly gory in some parts, but overall I had a very good time reading this book. I thought the content was thoughtful. I found the "bury your gays" concept to be explained fully, something that I was not fully aware of. I loved all the queer representation in this book, and appreciated the main characters own growth within this story and theme. I also loved how the author took on the thought of utilizing artificial intelligence in screenwriting and what sort of impact that it could have. It read more like a book about social commentary with a side of horror, which was the perfect mix to me! I enjoyed this book very much, and look forward to reading more of this author in the future. Thanks to NetGalley and MacMillan Audio for an advanced copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.
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Unique and well written
Misha is a screenwriter with his first Oscar nomination and feels ready to take on Hollywood by storm. He is summoned to the studio and told that he needs to kill off his gay characters in a show that he has been working on and is quite passionate about. If he doesnโt want to kill them off then they cant be gay. Misha doesnโt like either option, and wants to stick to his original story. The cost of doing this might cost him more than he could ever imagine. This was a well written, beat the clock type story that is best going into without knowing what is happening. The discovery is one of the best parts. Tingle delivers a smart story that not only takes shots at greedy corporations but also at stereotypes and homophobia in the media. This has some subtle humor, well written dialogue and some very horrific scenes that were terrifying and gory. I loved the tension that was created by giving us insight into Mishaโs childhood. Those chapters effectively led up to the climactic ending and delivered a unique horror novel that I will not forget.
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In Chuck We Trust
5/5โจ This was my first Tingle book and absolutely loved it. I was about to listen and read this title and let me tell you, the narrators were amazing! This was so much more than a quirky story about how Hollywood always kills off the queer character. It represents the power of chosen family, being true to yourself to live your most authentic life, and doing what you know is right, even when the world says it is "wrong" by the masses. The zany characters and vivid descriptions of the situations, horror, and environment really made this a top read this year! If you are looking for a unique and thrilling read with a dash of horror, this is your next read. Narrated by: Andrรฉ Santana; Charlie Jane Anders; CJ Leede; Georgia Bird; Liz Kerin; Mara Wilson; Mark Oshiro; Sarah Gailey; Stephen Graham Jones; T. Kingfisher; TJ Klune
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