Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

278 reviews

nightmarebees's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

this was a lot different than what i expected, but i really enjoyed the ride. very creepy in fundamentalist christian ways and very gross in bugs-coming-out-of-your-mouth ways. 

i love rose and i was not expecting the mc to be openly autistic, so that was a nice surprise. i wish we got more time with willow in the present, but i am always a sucker for lovers who have been made to forget each other but inevitably find their way back to each other. 

we don’t actually spend that much time at the titular camp itself, but the slow burn and mystery of the first half was so well executed. it honestly felt a bit too fast in the second half just because the pacing changed so abruptly, but the reveals and explanations for how they do their brainwashing and torture were thoroughly satisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Gaslighting

bookishbisexual's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

A fun horror novel for those who love Buffy and But I’m a Cheerleader. I fully expected for the plot to go in a different direction but I’m glad I was wrong! Loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Child abuse

yoursam's review against another edition

dark inspiring fast-paced

3.75

"You've got no shadow."

My shadow stretches on for miles, fully engulfing the city below.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Gore, and Religious bigotry

shadowykittenwizard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Confinement, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Biphobia, and Blood

sortabadass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident and Forced institutionalization

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, Lesbophobia, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Torture

kaia_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Body horror, and Homophobia

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

archaicrobin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.0

Camp Damascus is fun campy horror at its best but with a terrifying under-layer that touches on the evil of gay conversion camps and organized Christian based religions overall.  Excellent representation, excellent characters and story! This one is very out there so I recommend to those that can look past logic and appreciate fun horror. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Homophobia, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Religious bigotry

zenzi2read's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

I have to give this book credit. It did a rare thing. after a supernatural occurrence, we characters took time to think about the real world repercussions of that. Is there an afterlife? Is it as represented by the Bible or something else. Most books don’t stop to ponder this although I imagine that most people would think about it, my only disappointment was that this book did not take place during the main characters time in a conversion camp. My expectation is that. It would be a slasher of some sort taken place during the camp. That’s not what this was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

sk_thrillerreads's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

This was a thought provoking read about religious extremism and the efforts to pray away the gay. It was dark but also left readers with hope that Rose will find her way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Religious bigotry