Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

36 reviews

shinypurplepants's review against another edition

4.0

Gross, horrific and romantic! Long, long list of content warnings and the biggest one isn't even recognized by Storygraph: do not read this if you cannot handle bugs, body horror and religious abuse.

Otherwise, this Tingle title is a visceral romp from abuse to self actualization. As a queer person raised in a religious household I felt seen. It is a cathartic and horrifying feeling. 8/10 highly recommended!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

jessawilson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

It was okay. I loved Bury Your Gays so I wanted to read this but this was a little more religious based than I liked. It's horrible what happens to the characters but it wasn't what I thought it would be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

oliviajreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

spaghettii's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

3.0

I don't know what I expected, but it wasn't this (in a good way). When I was able to predict something, it would be only shortly before it was revealed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

r3allybadusername's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was great! My only complaint would be that I wish the ending felt a little unfinished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Gaslighting

irrationaltide's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

5.0

I went into this expecting a Friday the 13th level queer camp horror. What I got instead was an escape from a cult with so much religious trauma, it was hard not to relate to. This book was fantastic and a thrilling ride to the end. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

elysianbud's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Murder, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

aspiring_reader's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Torture, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

raptorq's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content

Minor: Ableism and Drug use

mcuthill's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.5

Loved the concept, but the writing style is very stereotypical YA; every emotion or reaction is ratcheted up a few notches too high, and nary an opportunity is missed to punch things up with an extraneous adjective or adverb. Despite obvious efforts to flesh her out, the MC feels oddly hollow in that 'insert self here' kind of way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body horror, Child abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting