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A review by beckykphillips
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
5.0
If you are even horror-curious, get yourself this book and settle in for an incredible ride. Bury Your Gays is Chuck Tingle's second horror novel, after Camp Damascus (which was also fantastic and I also highly recommend). It centers on Misha Burns, a closeted screenwriter, who has just been nominated for an Oscar for his live action short. Despite his success, he finds himself fighting with the studio executives over their desire to have him kill off two gay characters in his TV show. Things...go haywire from there. Along the way, we meet his partner, Zeek, and his best friend, Tara.
This is one of the best horror books I have ever read - you get a sampling of everything here, we get ghosts, we get body horror, we get creepy aliens, bad robots! Most importantly, a incisive commentary on the intersection of queer culture and capitalism. The real enemy is unchecked capitalism and monetizing trauma.
I listened to this as an audiobook, and the narration is outstanding. André Santana voices the majority of the novel and truly brings it to life. There are a few scenes that are also written as screen plays and we get some guest narrators from the likes of Mara Wilson and T. Kingfisher, which was a real treat.
Thank you so much to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy.
This is one of the best horror books I have ever read - you get a sampling of everything here, we get ghosts, we get body horror, we get creepy aliens, bad robots! Most importantly, a incisive commentary on the intersection of queer culture and capitalism. The real enemy is unchecked capitalism and monetizing trauma.
I listened to this as an audiobook, and the narration is outstanding. André Santana voices the majority of the novel and truly brings it to life. There are a few scenes that are also written as screen plays and we get some guest narrators from the likes of Mara Wilson and T. Kingfisher, which was a real treat.
Thank you so much to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the advanced copy.