Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Straight by Chuck Tingle

23 reviews

annathechaoticreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Dr Tingle did it again! This was one of the best novellas I have ever read. Straight was creative, terrifying, disturbing, heartwarming (at the end), cathartic and incredibly impactful. This should be mandatory reading for all people who consider themselves allies to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Books very rarely genuinely scare me but this one did, I have been thinking about it consistently and it has changed the way I think about ally ship and queer solidarity. No notes. I do not have a single criticism for Straight. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

midsummerbri's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Blood

kshertz's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Acephobia/Arophobia, Murder, Lesbophobia, Outing, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

maryellen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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