A review by harpoonholly
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Audiobook read by Mara Wilson. Wilson is a fantastic narrator, switching between the characters and narrative with subtlety. 

I really enjoyed this and I'm excited for future horror by Dr. Chuck Tingle. It's a slightly rough first outing (as a novel; Tingle also wrote a horror novella that I haven't read yet), but shows a great deal of frightening potential. 

My only complaint is
Spoilerwe don't get satisfying closure with Rose's parents. I feel like her dad is a more prominent antagonist and a very disturbing one. When Rose asks him about her missing bedroom door, Rose's description of how her body was responding to the tension shift was jarring. Another small gripe is that lead pastor Peter Bend should have been a more looming background presence for the final big bad to be really satisfying
, but we can't have it all. 

This'll be a reread for me.
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