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Straight by Chuck Tingle

35 reviews

chase0w0's review

emotional funny inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Grief, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Religious bigotry and Outing

mandi_lea's review against another edition

dark funny hopeful 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

autisticwhimsydreamgirl's review against another edition

funny 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Dementia, Grief, and Murder

love_bookswillbetheendofme's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Transphobia

nixieba25f's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

kardinalkalamity's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

A good novella! It could have used a few passes from an editor, as there were some typos and some passages could have been made clearer and/or slightly less repetitive, but overall a good story with a good message. I liked the discussion of fair-weather allies, and it hit home for me. I can see how Dr Tingle got picked up by publishers to write horror novels from this! Can't wait to read Camp Damascus!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

throwback682's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This is a great twist on the usual zombie apocalypse stories. It touches on so many LGBTQIA+ issues (right wing politicians being outed as queer, biphobia and transphobia within the community, fair weather allies) and also nods to pandemic attitudes. Definitely gory and sometimes pretty emotional but overall kind of a romp. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

The book is about a phenomenon that causes allocishet people to attack LGBTQIA+ people once a year. A twist on zombie apocalypse stories. So obviously there’s a lot of queerphobia/violence towards queer folks but it’s not glorified. The author is queer and trans.

ceeess's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Calls out "allies" who leave when it gets tough. Also calls out anti-vaxxer COVID deniers under the guise of a zombie outbreak. Deserved.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ashielovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

A satirical survival horror-thriller written by Chuck Tingle of all people is not something I expected to be my fourth read of 2024 and for it to be this good (????!) is something that I didn't expect at all. Straight deals with a lot of heavy topics and does it really well, it's quite scary to think of such a prospect irl. The slasher parts were super good and got me on the edge of my seat. Overall am I happy that I stumbled upon the name of this book on a youtube video's comments, damn right I am. Go pick this up rn folks (if you can handle the satire, woke parts with your horror). Added bonus that the cast is super diverse!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Biphobia and Transphobia

eggboy397's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Biphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Grief, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing