Camp Damascus

256 pages

English language

Published Jan. 5, 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:
978-1-250-87462-7
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ASIN:
B0B9KVYNHC

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4 stars (18 reviews)

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.

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3 stars

This was aggressively fine. Short, entertaining enough, pretty well paced. The thematic content is very important. As an exvangelical, I found a lot of it relatable.

For a story told in first person, however, there’s remarkably little introspection. The story is more a tale of “I did this and then I did this” with minimal reflection. I was also hoping for some kind of epilogue to wrap up the story of Rose and her parents, but that doesn’t happen.

I like how Saul and Rose have different responses to the situation in terms of their faith, and the book doesn’t judge either of them for where they land. They also don’t judge each other which was refreshing.

Overall the book was just too surface level and honestly didn’t get as horrific or as dark as I thought it would. I wasn’t as moved as I wanted to be as …

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4 stars

My curiosity has finally done what everyone warned it would, and I've bitten off more than I can chew. The only thing left to do is see if I choke or swallow.

Yes I was traveling through airports for a good chunk of the day yesterday, but I still think the fact that I - a notoriously slow reader - ripped through this in two days is a ringing endorsement on its own.

At face value, I didn't expect to get much out of this book. Say what you will about the author's... uh... unique previous body of work, but I knew this one was meant to be a more ~serious~ story. The opening chapter gives us a protagonist with major Christian Horse Girl™ energy with an extra serving of awkward autism on top. I was afraid I was about to buckle in for a test of literary endurance being …

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