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A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on …
Watermoon feels like a Miyazaki movie with the settings and characters. It does magical realizism well but the characters are a bit flat and a good amount of story+characters are too melodramatic for me. Style was great but under a more talented writer I think this book could have had a lot more potential.
A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on a magical journey when a …
... If we're going to get fucked, Colonel, I prefer to get fucked on my feet instead of on my knees
— The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (Page 180)
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled …
The narration on this book was solid and I loved the story. It weaves an intricate, unique story about religion, capitalism, homophobia, influence and trauma. Rose and Sals perspective on religion highly differ and its great to see all contrasting viewpoints of the same concepts and events. Would definitely recommend the Audiobook. Powerful and cathartic.
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled …
Our relationship wasnt all sunshine and rainbows but it was real. It was misunderstandings, and growth, and forgiveness, and acceptance and of course the beauty that comes with that...
— Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, Dr. Chuck Tingle (64%)
It looks and is a runon sentence but having it said in the Audiobook, I thought it was beautiful.
A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets, and then embarks on …
I liked Cindy Kay's narration for These Violent Delights so willing to try this book
Love the first book. Excited to try the second!
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled high up in the mountains …
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold.
Nestled …
My husband and I are now listening to Vera Wong book together so I needed to pick another audiobook. I doubt its going to be as good as Bury Your Gays but I'm excited to listen to this one!
New audiobook. Ive been in a funk so I need something light and sweet. Hope this is it!!
From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding …
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Wow. This book, rather audiobook completely blew my mind. The narration was great btw. I know its only Feb but it is by far my favorite read of the year and as I can tell, 5 star in a while. The characters are well developed and realistic. Plot and story is original while having many references to other media, companies, and people. There are many parallels to be found, several layers of social commentary, and metaphors used are spot on. Campy in some spots and overall just super fun. I loved how he addressed some of my concerns at the end too about the true villains of the story.
Spoilers I read a lot of horror and can understand why when presented as this genre, a lot of other readers were not impressed. However, I went into this audiobook blind and came out loving this book so much. The meta commentary in this story was amazing about the entertainment industry, late to end stage capitalism, the nuances of queer representation and treatment over the years+now, etc. It really is the board that controls everything, CEOs are just the face, the industry is still very abusive and controlling, and capitalism is evil. I am so happy that there has been so much more queer representation but as this novel points out, there are still tropes commonly used and capitalism still is ruining our country. Just look at the reversion of America and where most people are in the world now because of capitalism. I also loved that there was an additional cautionary tale about privacy.
The way Chuck Tingle also connected Misha's past and present was also very great and I loved his comments on the purpose of horror and story telling. I just have so many thoughts on the book.
It overall was a fun but deep story, wondefully written about very complex topics. The ending was a bit more optimistic than I expected but I appreciated it all the same. I felt like Tingle is correct though that we need to continue to tell stories, connect and support one another. Lastly, that we should continue to love one another and acknowledge that we are all humans.
From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding story about what it takes …
A great book for a debut!! I saw other readers leave some negative reviews because they did not like the characters or found it flat but I picked this up for an easy, breezy read and I got exactly that. Jolene is not a likeable character. Shes an asshole and rather grumpy but these people exist. People exist of all sorts of varying degrees of emotional intelligence and maturity. I enjoyed the story, the characters and the outcome. I found it worth the read to the end and thoroughly enjoyed Jolene's journey into healing as well as development.
From Chuck Tingle, author of the USA Today bestselling Camp Damascus, comes a new heart-pounding …
New audiobook. Have been in the mood for something less serious and a bit lighter to constrast reality. Heard this was a satire
