#47 in Horror
Camp Damascus
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Our view
“Camp Damascus” is a horror novel about faith and memory in which the real fright is a young woman’s growing doubt about her own past. Chuck Tingle makes Rose devout, eccentric and easy to root for as the pious town around her turns sinister. Some readers who expected a slasher set inside the camp found the violence arriving only late; some also sensed gaps in the story or thought the writing closer to young-adult fiction.
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About the book
Welcome to Neverton, Montana: home to a God-fearing community with a heart of gold. Nestled high up in the mountains is Camp Damascus, the self-proclaimed “most effective” gay conversion camp in the country. Here, a life free from sin awaits. But the secret behind that success is anything but holy. And they’ll scare you straight to hell.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 201 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 58% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 10.0 | 9 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 192 | 96% |
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