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A review by notalek
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
4.75
I feel like some parts that were skipped over as a timeskip could've been, well, a biiit less timeskipped, but besides that it was sooo good!!! Really felt like a book written for me (as a queer and very probably autistic person who was REALLY into the bible and generally catholicism as a child, and also was a big fan of Peter Pan). I really don't recommend reading this while eating something, especially if what you're eating is pasta and you're at the 1st chapter.
I do wonder what happened after the ending but I guess I can imagine that if I try. (EDIT: I'm now reading what Chuck Tingle wrote about this book on tumblr and I like it more now)
Also I didn't expect the way the camp will play into this story and when I realised Things I was like DAMN OKAY. Same with the Peter Pan references. (I really encourage yall to read what the author wrote about this book in aforementioned tumblr posts!!! Only after finishing it though)
Long story short – I strongly recommend!
BTW through the entire second half of this book i had the song 'Sinners' by Lauren Aquilina playing in my head:
Our lives are stories waiting to be told
In search of silver linings, we discover gold
And judgment taught us that our hearts were wrong
But they're the ones that we'll look down upon
(...)
So let's be sinners to be saints
And let's be winners by mistake
The world may disapprove, but my world is only you
And if we're sinners, then it feels like heaven to me
You showed me feelings I've never felt before
We're making enemies, knocking on the devil's door
And how can you expect me not to eat
When the forbidden fruit tastes so sweet?
(...)
Our hearts are too ruthless to break
Let's start fires for heaven's sake
I do wonder what happened after the ending but I guess I can imagine that if I try. (EDIT: I'm now reading what Chuck Tingle wrote about this book on tumblr and I like it more now)
Also I didn't expect the way the camp will play into this story and when I realised Things I was like DAMN OKAY. Same with the Peter Pan references. (I really encourage yall to read what the author wrote about this book in aforementioned tumblr posts!!! Only after finishing it though)
Long story short – I strongly recommend!
BTW through the entire second half of this book i had the song 'Sinners' by Lauren Aquilina playing in my head:
Our lives are stories waiting to be told
In search of silver linings, we discover gold
And judgment taught us that our hearts were wrong
But they're the ones that we'll look down upon
(...)
So let's be sinners to be saints
And let's be winners by mistake
The world may disapprove, but my world is only you
And if we're sinners, then it feels like heaven to me
You showed me feelings I've never felt before
We're making enemies, knocking on the devil's door
And how can you expect me not to eat
When the forbidden fruit tastes so sweet?
(...)
Our hearts are too ruthless to break
Let's start fires for heaven's sake
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, and Homophobia