Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

58 reviews

ashtheaudiomancer's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

Excellent! My first book by Chuck Tingle. I only know him by reputation, and I'm not sure what I expected exactly, but those expectations were definitely exceeded. The reason I'm rating it so low (not that 4 stars is low, really) is I wanted more background/flashbacks once we find out what's really happening to Rose. I wanted more of her history and memories. There's a reason those things are hidden from us, it makes sense for the plot to move forward, but I wanted more. This is just what I needed to reset my brain. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Homophobia, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting and Religious bigotry

This is another example where the content warnings are kind of a major part of the plot. "Conversion therapy" is right there on the cover copy, so homophobia is a given. Vomiting live insects is something I did not expect.

maxolotl99's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Gaslighting, Car accident, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Vomit and Suicide

leof555's review

adventurous funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Homophobia, Vomit, Lesbophobia, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual content

sersi's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

josie_reads_books's review

adventurous dark emotional 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: Violence, Homophobia, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Torture, and Vomit

alex_reads's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Vomit

ekcd_'s review

Pacing was so so so very bad. Let me tell it like this ... at 60 pages into a 250 page book nothing had happened, no scenes set and a very bland introduction or a bland character and a bland world - with a novella like this I can anticipate one of two things: 1) nothing continues to happen (instant DNF) or 2) everything will happen at once for no reason (instant DNF). I didn't find Rose compelling and it felt like the Catholic elements were ... contrived a bit. 

Some books i hate so much I finish them just so I can write a review and justify my hatred. If I try and review a book I didn't finish folks will say "but you didnt read the end? How can you evaluate the whole thing?" Well, I don't give a shit about finding about the ending.  This one I can feel is a waste of my interests al ready, and so I an giving it my first DNF of 2024 - despite being on the library hold list for 3 months for it). 

So my advice to a interested reader is uhhhh good luck, I guess? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Vomit, and Body horror

cuddlygryphon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Body horror, Car accident, and Homophobia

Moderate: Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, and Violence

Minor: Confinement, Medical content, and Vomit

raevenly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Juxtaposes the horror of conversion camps with the horror of an alien invasion. Very creative and suspenseful, and surprisingly optimistic ending given the genre/tone

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror and Vomit

The MC viewpoint is fairly detached from the narration, so the horror elements are not as overwhelming as they could be

jhug63's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Car accident, Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Death