Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

85 reviews

anarmandameg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Torture, and Violence

eggboy397's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture

bookishmillennial's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

disclaimer: I don’t really give starred reviews. I enjoy most books for what they are, & I extract lessons from them all. Everyone’s reading experiences are subjective, so I hope my reviews provide enough information to let you know if a book is for you or not. Find me on Instagram: @bookish.millennial or tiktok: @bookishmillennial

Rose, an autistic 20-year-old begins having visceral reactions and confusing memory blocks, much to her parents’ weariness and unease. She sees commercials for Camp Damascus, a gay conversion therapy camp which has a 100% success rate and no “reversions”.

I liked the overall messaging of curiosity as a necessary and “good” thing for anyone. I also enjoyed that Rose began creating her own verses rather than subscribing to a religion that essentially gaslighted the fuck out of her ❤️‍🩹 This ultimately wasn’t my favorite work by Chuck Tingle, but I’m still excited to continue reading more from him! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Gaslighting, and Vomit

wednesdayzombie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Torture, Homophobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, and Car accident

jjcoochie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Car accident, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Lesbophobia

_meeg's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Body horror, Biphobia, Physical abuse, Stalking, Car accident, Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Grief, Blood, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Confinement

chrobin's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

Some nice lighthearted Christian/cult queer revenge fantasy with some good body horror moments - that’s a pretty unique genre! Excellent concept, pulpy one dimensional delivery, but I think that’s what they’re going for.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Torture, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Self harm, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, and Vomit

rajaraks's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Death, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Blood

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Gaslighting, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Outing, Torture, Mental illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical content, and Murder

miya37's review against another edition

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