Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

28 reviews

miya37's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

A delightfully creepy read. First book in a long time I’ve crushed in one day. Very cathartic read for any queer person with religious trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, and Torture

dealingwithdragons's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Outing, Child death, Religious bigotry, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Medical content, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Blood, Child abuse, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Ableism and Abandonment

jaedia's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Ableism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

whattaylorreads's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Hate crime, and Body horror

throwback682's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Blood, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Torture, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

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ashyq's review

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Vomit, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

fens_library's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

A wonderful and thrilling story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Death, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Hate crime, Grief, and Panic attacks/disorders

nixieba25f's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Honestly I’m just ecstatic to read an autistic character who knows she’s autistic written by an autistic author. Even though my Way and Rose’s Way are very different, I still felt more at home in her head than I have been with any other character in my 25 years of voracious reading. And as a horror fan and queer person, I was compelled by the narrative and pleased at the avoidance of certain tropes (cough bury your gays cough). I definitely would have loved a more extended novel where I could spend more time falling in love with these characters and drawing out the tension, but Camp Damascus was a perfectly good snack-sized story.

Thank you Dr. Chuck for proving love once again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Vomit, Ableism, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Violence