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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

230 reviews

ghoulsrfools's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

beautiful book in the most gory of ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Minor: Deadnaming, Gun violence, Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

smothermewithscifi's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

dylanlouise's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

VERY GORY! Had to skip many many paragraphs of this book because the author just loves body horror (which in this novel is a metaphor for transness). The world-building was impressive, and the found family storyline is fantastic, but I just found this a bit fast and gross. I really enjoyed the reflection on evangelicalism and malthusians, but it is INTENSE! I guess I would recommend for high schoolers thinking about gender who really like gross things and thrillers, or to adults willing to confront the pain of transphobia in a very visceral way

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Outing, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Read For:

✓ Autistic SC

✓ Horror Vibes

✓ An Actual Cult 

✓ Transmasc MC

✓ Religious Trauma

˗ˏˋ ★ REVIEW ★ ˎˊ˗

I absolutely loved this book.  This author always has such great queer horror books.  I love the representation in this book, the queer rep was especially wonderful.  There was trans people, gay, lesbian, aromantic, and even a character that uses neopronouns which is not something I read too often so I really loved it.

This had drama, horror, trans rep, and religious trauma and it was written into the plot so beautifully.  Nick was definitely my favorite character, I thought he was a great leader with the ALC.  Benji was also an amazing character, he had gotten through so much in his life and kept going.

Spice Level: 🌶️ (mentioned but not explicit)

Angst Level: 💧💧💧

POV: Multiple, First and Third Person

Release Date: 07, June 2022

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Acephobia/Arophobia, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Classism

thepomegranateseeds's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Self harm, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Religious bigotry, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content

richchilles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

Excellent!! Andrew Joseph White quickly became one of my favourite authors after I read this book and his second book. I HIGHLY recommend this to any queer/trans person. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

The author notes that this book was written in a fit of rage, and I think that emotion really comes through in the writing. It is passionate, vivid, and vicious. This book is not for the faint of heart, the imagery is disgusting and brutal. I found Benji and Nick endearing although I think some of the dialogue was a bit too simplified. I would have loved more chapters from Nick's POV. I also wish there was a bit more

closure

at the end as well. Several reviews commented on the lack of world building but I thought the ambiguity fit well with the plot. Despite not being the target audience for this book, overall I enjoyed it nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Bullying and Sexism

bi_mermaid_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

this book was a little slow for me to get into at the beginning but I'm so glad I kept with it! the body horror in this book is exactly what I want from body horror! it was gross and beautiful and I loved the theme too of body horror in relation to trans bodies it was perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Transphobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Child abuse

eliof's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

What a beautiful gorgeous book. Holy shit. Visceral and angry and cathartic and gory and hopeful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury