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Straight by Chuck Tingle

34 reviews

ratgrrrl's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

CN. Queerphobia, Queerphobic Violence, Graphic Violence and Gore.

THAT WAS SPECTACULAR

Finished Straights by Chuck Tingle and now I'm all out of Horror Tinglers, but my absolute love and appreciation for the good doctor knows no bounds.

I am absolutely going to write something about how Horror has had a historic lack of what Tingle has in spades; compassion and understanding for those associated with, but are not perpetuating the evil/violence/ supernatural. Something that has been a bugbear of mine/ intersectional feminism/ all weirdos (complimentary). The horror in Tingle's cracking oeuvre is cisheteronormative patriarchal capitalist society and the ignorant and cruel ideology it is founded upon

I genuinely couldn't be more proud and inspired by the care and respect Tingle laces his absolutely brutal nightmares with.

In BYG it's the not the absolute worst Hollywood execs, in CD it's non-bigoted/ hateful Christians, & in this, it's innocent straight people, even those driven to violence by forces beyond their means.

Essentially, he's criticising what he's criticising specifically & getting their arses, but he is not allowing people to catch strays.

Promised Horror Tingle Write Up when brain play ball.

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limina's review against another edition

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tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I liked this a lot- having read Camp Damascus it's a close second place. Straight is a heavy handed but sincere allegory of homophobia if it were experienced as a zombie outbreak.

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finnthehuman217's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wish this was a full length book! It’s so engaging and the amount of body horror that permeates this book is fucking crazy!!!!

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callidoralblack's review against another edition

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emotional tense

Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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somelitreference's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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

4.0

A refreshing combo of The Purge and zombie tropes. A little heavy handed about the topic of LGBTQ allyship, but otherwise a great novella.

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aingealwroth's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Set up is slower at the beginning and then it hits the peak and snowballs

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kshertz's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Wow. It feels like it is trying to be dystopian but it’s wild in the fact that you can absolutely imagine it happening. The idea that straight people will be affected by something in the universe and need a vaccine but queer people will remain sane but now targets. As with most things chuck tingle it has really deep messages hidden in wild and out there antics. It was dark and as a queer person, full of triggers. But I found it poignant and at the end, I was so glad I read it.

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