Reviews tagging 'Death'

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

114 reviews

acechemicals's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

I can't objectively review this book in any meaningful way. It resonated with me in every single way, from

memory loss due to religious abuse

to

finding a family that understands the need to protect others.

It took me four hours to read and I'm sure everyone I love is completely irritated by me reading passages or sending heart-rending quotes in DMs (or setting the book down so I could cry several times during the last quarter or so). 

Entwining religion and horror is not new by any means, but done to great effect here. Everything is scarier through Rose's eyes, because she's sheltered. And we're so used to denial of the protagonist's experiences as a trope of horror that "you didn't see anything weird" seems normal, "I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this" isn't out of the ordinary, but it ratchets up seamlessly and quickly for Rose in a way anyone familiar with high-control religion would recognize immediately.

I want everyone to read this. I also want to cry for the next six months. And I couldn't have asked for a better ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, and Car accident

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, and Gun violence

kaneebli's review

dark funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Gun violence and Vomit

hendrixpants's review

adventurous challenging dark inspiring tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence, and Religious bigotry

maregred's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

judassilver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Gun violence, Torture, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Death, Medical content, Car accident, and Alcohol

megj23's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, and Murder

meagan123's review

adventurous dark hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Drug use and Gun violence

Minor: Gaslighting

katbotelho's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

i dunno if this book is just not meant to be consumed as an audiobook but i felt like this story was very disjointed like i blinked and suddenly i didn’t know how we ended up where we were.

but i did love the autistic representation🫶

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Violence, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

zarelaeda's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

A great summer read and the perfect book to get me back into reading horror. Loved the dip into theology and the ending was very apt. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Gaslighting

kenzielireads's review against another edition

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Body horror