A review by 10000bees
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

dark mysterious tense medium-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

I had a feeling I'd love this book, and I did. It was campy but not unserious, perfectly straddling the line between. It's like laughing at a news headline because it seems so absurd, then reading the whole article and being crushed by the weight of realizing that it's not a joke and this is the world we live in. The monsters were very interesting and provided a lot of diversity in the types of horror on display. The worm scene had me cringing for real. But it's really about queer trauma and how to fully explore a queer character's complicated and traumatic past without sensationalizing it. Misha does it for his characters in his stories, and Chuck does it for Misha in this book. But it's REALLY about the horrors of AI and capitalism teaming up.

The audiobook was fantastic, and I really liked that other authors got cameos. Just as a little treat.