Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

887 reviews

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

spookyaz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

shawnapantzke's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

Moderate: Gore and War

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

jasper_moon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-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

4.75

As someone who has never been religious but is trans, this hits hard. Coming from my growing up atheist, I sort of saw Seraph as a way of showing what it feels like to be forced to be something you're not. It feels like being ripped apart from the inside out just to be what everyone else wants you to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Genocide

pheenic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

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