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Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

19 reviews

sarafinley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Abandonment, Body horror, Violence, and Homophobia

stegs's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gore, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Lesbophobia, Car accident, Homophobia, and Body horror

Moderate: Medical content, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Violence, Cursing, and Vomit

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

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

_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

dealingwithdragons's review against another edition

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

janewa's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Violence, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Medical content, Car accident, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Ableism and Cursing

asajii's review against another edition

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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Homophobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Kidnapping

enchantressreads's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

Camp Damascus was a book I was very excited for. I requested it as soon as I saw it was available. I’m so glad I did, because I loved it.

The concept of this story is so interesting to me. Chuck Tingle is known for his creative titles, and he definitely put that into this story as well. It was a serious story, but Chuck’s personality still shown through. It was one of the more unique stories I’ve read in a long time. 

Camp Damascus is a famous gay conversion camp in Neverton, run by the local church, Kingdom of the Pine. It’s unique because it boasts a 100% success rate. Rose Darling is the poster child for Kingdom of the Pine: she’s pious, she respects her parents, and she loves her church. When weird things start happening to Rose, her curiosity gets the better of her and she starts researching, and what she finds is terrifying.

The conversion camp boasts a 100% success rate because they use alternative means to convert queer kids. It’s no surprise that Christian fascists are complete hypocrites.

This story is full of surprises, and I will leave those for you to find out for yourself. It’s a cathartic story for those with religious trauma, but be aware it also may be triggering.

Thank you to NetGalley and Tor Nightfire for the chance to read this advanced review copy. 

CW: vomit, religious bigotry, gore, torture, death, fire, car accident, homophobia, medical content, abandonment, blood

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Religious bigotry, Blood, Gore, and Homophobia

Moderate: Car accident, Vomit, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Confinement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Medical content