Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

96 reviews

ljallday's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

steph_weigle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

This was pretty good. A little slow at first but picks up nicely. Good amount of horror (especially body horror). Love to see gay conversation camps get dismantled and bigots getting their due.
Look at trigger/content warnings beforehand! Nothing too too graphic but def could be hard to read.
Would def check out more from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Car accident

atomicbritt's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

50shadesofrae's review against another edition

challenging funny hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The good Dr. Tingle proves love is real yet again. It’s nice to see someone dive into the deep horror of a mega church in an evangelical small town. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

entityj'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

millionsofmax's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

5.0

As a queer, non-binary ex-Christian… fuck. This book was painful and hopeful and the vindication that I need against the people who called my identity delusion my entire adolescence.

And thank you, Mr. Tingle, for letting the lesbians kiss.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use

Do not read this if religious trauma, especially as an LGBTQ person, is a triggering topic for you. While the book’s message is of hope and anger towards religious institutions that perpetuate hate towards the LGBTQ community, the details of its cult are difficult to read about.

theromanticace's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

telurin's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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? No

5.0

Excellent! Give it a try, it picks up quickly and hooks you quick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, and Alcohol

sheriffrockyraccoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The premise of this book interested me, as well as its popularity online. While I was expecting a humorous horror novel about queerness and Christianity, I was thrilled to also discover how strong Chuck Tingle’s writing is.

My main issue with the book comes from the time jumps. There are a few places where Rose talks about weeks of research she’s done, but we never get to see it. Especially considering how intelligent she is, I would have loved to spend more time seeing what her research process is like and discovering new information. There were a few times I felt I was being told what happened, rather than getting to experience it. I also found the themes of this book to be incredibly heavy-handed, I didn’t need to be told conversion therapy is wrong and would rather see the repercussions of these beliefs without being pulled out of it by somewhat condescending phrases. Trust your readers, Chuck!

My complaints aside, I did really enjoy this book. There are several passages that were incredibly visual and exciting, from monster descriptions to the sunset. I also loved how Tingle built suspense, I felt like I was reading a marathon with how excited I felt. The premise of this book is also a brilliant idea and I enjoyed going on this journey with Rose.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of sci-fi horror. While there are definitely religious themes, it’s the scientific procedure of the characters that really moves the story along.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

These are definitely graphic trigger warnings, be aware!