A review by chaosbooked
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

3.25

I liked it. To me it read more like an upper middle grade. I would be fine with my 12 year old reading this but unfortunately some parents would rather send their kids to this camp then let them read this book. So from that perspective I would give it around a 4.  As an adult I found the extensive internal dialogue of Rose off putting

I was fine with random facts, her logic vs religion was exhausting, and her making her own bible verses seemed off,

. Rose is super confident and didn't have a whole lot of self doubt which one would think would be a biproduct of her childhood and the camp but maybe the unwavering trust in the Lord provided her confidence

but then when that world shattered It would be crushing

but then again maybe that's why she is the hero. . . . While I am cool with

attachment of demons, mind altering larvae, ECT

it has unbelievable series of event that has to be chocked up to destiny that don't sit well with me

Saul and Willow still living around there but just utterly alone? But maybe that is trauma/grief/ memory sucking larvae inside them. They are also the only ones who kinda remember? And there is villain monologuing, the heros trying to talk reason with the villains

So I am closer to a 3.  Love all the Bible references and I am sure I missed some. Fun fact there is a Religious Summer Camp Damascus in Ohio.