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Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle

2024 · 295 pages · Horror

eerie moodfast pacedbalanced toneresolved and happy ending

How it reads

Bury Your Gays is horror (lgbtq+ horror satire, specifically), and its dominant mood is eerie. It's atmospheric and uncanny, with a sense that something is wrong. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are identity, justice and art and creativity. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 295 pages it's a quick read. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something eerie
  • you want a book that pulls you through
  • you want a complete story in one book

Maybe not if…

  • you need something cosy or heartwarming
  • you want dense, lingering prose

All 15 dimensions

Genre
horror
Author gender
male
Author experience
established
Setting: place
big city
Setting: time
contemporary
Mood / feeling
eerie
Tone / weight
balanced
Length
short
Narrative style
third person, one viewpoint
Publication era
new release
Popularity
moderately known
Series vs standalone
standalone
Themes
identity, justice, art and creativity
Ending style
resolved and happy

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