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Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez

23 reviews

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Every summer I like to read a slasher for Summerween season and this year o finally read Camp slaughter. As the title suggests, this one is gorey, gruesome, and has a low survival rate for its characters.

I love summer slashers so this was a fun one that actually had characters with some background development, still minimal, but a lot for a slasher.

I think the only thing that bothered me with this one was how fast some of the characters died. We spent the majority of the book with these characters and for them all to die with most only getting a paragraph was rough for me. Also, a lot of the characters made very poor, very stupid decisions, or had no reactions at all making them super easy to kill. I get this is a slasher with dumb teens but at times it felt the decisions were just a little too stupid.

Despite my one issue I still greatly enjoyed this one, and loved the supernatural aspect that was interwoven with the slasher. I’m excited to see what happens in the next book in this series.

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all_things_books21's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Going into this book, I definitely expected blood and gore due to the title of the book, however there were somethings that definitely shocked me. The book was definitely more graphic and darker then I expected. Regardless, I actually really enjoyed this book and definitely can’t wait to read book two.

While I did really enjoy this book, I did find myself confused in the beginning. Each chapter was about a new set of characters, with no connection to the previous ones. After a few chapters however, the old characters made appearances and the story made a lot more sense.

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outsmartyourshelf's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

It’s exactly what you would expect from a slasher read: a group of college kids, a creepy isolated cabin, & a cannibal killer nearby. Mayhem ensues.

Obviously don't read this if you are of a sensitive disposition, there's a lot of killing going on. Heads & legs chopped off, spines broken, that kind of thing. The beginning is very much like the start of a particularly scary Criminal Minds episode (& I love CM) so it grabbed my attention straight away. It's a quick read but brutal in parts.

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dolores_lola's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

4.0

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amweber's review against another edition

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All of the female characters had a bad case of women written by men syndrome, even in the short amount of time I spent reading the book. I got nearly a quarter way through and every character felt so wooden, in addition to a random acephobic comment thrown in, so I just decided to give up.

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