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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

23 reviews

m3lwar3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional tense medium-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Car accident, Gaslighting, Blood, and Gore

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, and Death

pacifickat's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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? No

4.5

*full review coming...*

"Something is wrong in Neverton, and that something isn't me." -Rose

"Don't worry, Rose. I've got you. I've always got you." -Dad

"Let there be Rose." -Rose

Content Warnings:

Religious abuse,

Demonic possession, Demons, Hell, Eternal conscious torment,

Guilt, Shame, Fear, Thought stopping, Brainwashing, Cults and cult ideologies, Gay conversion therapy, Confinement, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Homophobia, Injury detail, Kidnapping, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Body horror, Toxic relationships, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Child abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Gore, Drug use, Amnesia and memory loss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Torture, Violence, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gore, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcohol

Religious abuse,

demonic possession, demons, hell, eternal conscious torment

, guilt, shame, fear, thought stopping, brainwashing, cults, gay conversion therapy, gay conversion camps

transcendent's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Chuck Tingle they could never make me hate you!
now I know his usual is the haha funny but reading Camp Damascus made me want to get back into reading horror after so long, which is absolutely a feat.
the symbolism of the flies, the religious imagery, the unabashed gayness, the way that contemporary issues like conversion therapy camps was handled and it wasnt sensationalised- but rather given a place in the society which our protagonist Rose grows up in and is seen as necessary in the religious sect that they're in (love when somethings built up just to get burnt down to the ground!).
needless to say, autistic gay people stay winning, we will be weird and we will burn down your outdated institutions one demon at a time (but maybe not as literally as Rose).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Gore, Car accident, Cursing, Religious bigotry, and Death

Moderate: Drug use

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug use

trashkingmax's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Homophobia

Moderate: Violence, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Drug use, Cursing, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Stalking

jessicadoom's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Going into this, I knew I was going to likely compare it to the movie They/Them just because they both center around conversion therapy in a horror landscape. And, unfortunately, that comparison left me wanting more.

I wouldn't say the book was bad in any way. The story was intriguing and new, but it definitely could have been developed more. It either needed to be shorter and focus maybe on just the retribution act, or be longer and flesh out some of the details more.

Overall, it was all right. Could have used a bit more terror, and maybe a bit less Jesus, but still all right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Homophobia, Gore, Blood, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Drug use

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quoth_thepaperraven's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

Loved this book. I would’ve liked the end to be stretched out. It felt too cinematic. And while the audience already understood

that the demons would go after the camp workers

it would’ve been nice to see

rose figure that would slower

in order to build tension. Otherwise it was great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Gore, Homophobia, Medical trauma, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Drug use and Abandonment

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

A call to love in the face of self-righteousness and wilful ignorance, this book is horrifying, entertaining, and incredibly loving to those who need it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder, Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Homophobia, Sexism, Outing, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Emotional abuse, Animal death, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Misogyny

Be aware of people vomiting bugs out of their mouths, gay conversion therapy, using religion for hate and oppression, and demon imagery.

l0v3lu's review

dark hopeful 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Drug use

trashgobby's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Gore, Medical content, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Abandonment, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Torture, Gaslighting, Ableism, Gun violence, and Drug use