The Summer is Ended and We Are Not Yet Saved by Joey Comeau -- Starting January 9th 2022

[Jenn]

Martin is going to Bible Camp for the summer. He's going to learn archery and swimming, and he's going to make new friends. He's pretty excited, but that's probably because nobody told him that this is a horror novel.

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Starting it now. I'm excited, I'm hoping for a good and gory horror book.

[j2yde]

gonna start it in a bit! also hoping for the same thing lol

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

19 %, Ch. 3 (view spoiler)[We're at the camp, so the fun part can begin now. I wonder if we get to find out what happened between the mother and the grandparents. Also, I feel like the mother is very irresponsible to have a party and drink so much, while her 11-year old child is next door. Martin seems very grown up for someone his age, probably because he has to take care of a lot of stuff on his own. (hide spoiler)]

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

48 % (view spoiler)[Wow, that priest is crazy! What happened to him? Was he always a maniac and never acted out or did something happen and now he's turning all crazy-camp-killer? (hide spoiler)]

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

84 %(view spoiler)[I do hope that Martin gets out of this camp alive and that the woman who found Courtney believes her and not just brings her back. Adults tend to not believe kids... (hide spoiler)]

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

The End (view spoiler)[What a sad ending. I really hoped Martin would get away. This last e-mail from his mom... :( (hide spoiler)]

[j2yde]

*speechless*

you finished it all in one day? i'm so behind-

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Jayden wrote: "*speechless*

you finished it all in one day? i'm so behind-"

Yeah, had a lot of reading time today :) Don't worry, I'm looking forward to your thoughts.

[j2yde]

Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "19 %, Ch. 3 [spoilers removed]"

starting chapter 4 now! definitely agree that the mother is a bit irresponsible, though i don't want to really bad-talk her since we don't know her backstory lol. then again, imagine throwing an adult-af party while ur child is trying to SLEEP. it's an apartment, not a mansion. but okay lol.

not gonna lie, i really enjoy the narration so far! the book has been pretty smooth. completely forgot about the bible camp being a part of it, though, so that part was a surprise.

[j2yde]

end of chapter five has...
okay MIXED FEELINGS.

for one, i sort of dislike the mother very much. this book feels a bit ableist to me (personally). yk, the whole "i'm glad you turned out *alriGht*" and "ik im supposed to be nice to them bc of THAT but like-" just...no, thank you?? it's a major put-off for me.

but the end of chapter five...oh my lord, i was not expecting that. father tony scares me so much. i feel so bad for mitchell. i'm literally so- stunned/speechless/at a loss for words

also i feel like that pov change just came out of NOWHERE. first we had martin, then more martin, and more martin, then a letter from dearest mother - then bAM third person pov following tony/mitchell

i don't dislike it necessarily but like definitely caught me off guard

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Jayden wrote: "end of chapter five has...
okay MIXED FEELINGS.

for one, i sort of dislike the mother very much. this book feels a bit ableist to me (personally). yk, the whole "i'm glad you turned out *alriGht*"..."

(view spoiler)[Yep, know definetly what you mean. The first time the POV change came, I was a little confused and had to flip back to see if I had missed anything... :D My kindle-edition was also really weird formatted, that didn't made the POV changes easier... :D (hide spoiler)]

[j2yde]

yeah exactly! there was no sort of indication of the pov change in the ebook i'm reading :,)

[j2yde]

finished it and oh my god- ajnhegshgieuj??

[j2yde]

Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "The End [spoilers removed]"

it broke me JJSJSJSJ

[j2yde]

the priest is so...scary and weird

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Jayden wrote: "Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "The End [spoilers removed]"

it broke me JJSJSJSJ"

Me, too!!!! (view spoiler)[But after thinking about it, it made sense. This is a book full of slasher-tropes and the most famous trope of them all is the final girl. But Martin!!! I wanted him to live. (hide spoiler)]

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

If you want to read another great and gory horror book I can recommend Camp Slaughter. I read it last year and it was really good.

[j2yde]

Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "If you want to read another great and gory horror book I can recommend Camp Slaughter. I read it last year and it was really good."

omg thank you! i've always wanted to get into horror but didn't know the good books, so tysm lol. and thanks for buddyreading this with me! i don't think i would've read it otherwise

[Ta || bookishbluehead]

Jayden wrote: "Ta || bookishbluehead wrote: "If you want to read another great and gory horror book I can recommend Camp Slaughter. I read it last year and it was really good."

omg thank you! i'v..."

Me too :D I'm always looking for more horror-books - if you get to read Camp Slaughter, let me know what you think :) And thanks for buddy reading with me, it was fun!

[j2yde]

will do! looking forward to more buddyreads with you~