Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

82 reviews

aspen_suxs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Gore, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Vomit, Death of parent, Outing, and Dysphoria

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

hippievamp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexism, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

Minor: Ableism, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Classism

yashaflwrs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

noura's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Deadnaming and Self harm

izzysn's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A moving, horrifying post-apocalyptic story. Religious trauma: the book. Heavy-handed allegory for transness woven seamlessly with horror and pain. I wish I had read this book as a teen. I found the ending (last 1/3 of the book, really) felt a bit rushed and the story minorly suffered because of it, but still enjoyed it. LONG CW list, read the whole list before you dive into this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

todrick_the_tree's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative inspiring reflective 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

4.0

be not afraid

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gun violence, Homophobia, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Genocide, Gore, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

devs_frog's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Death of parent

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, and Transphobia

Minor: Self harm

ruthlessreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Queer, trans Appalachian teen turning into a monster to defeat the religious trauma he was raised with? Absolutely yes, in every way <3 The pacing was a little uneven and some of the gory parts were quite literally nauseating but that's the only things that altered my rating. Overall, an incredible debut!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Sexism, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria

hollowspine's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

Really well written gory horror story that will have readers grit their teeth to get through. Set in a dystopian world where a religious cult unleashes Armageddon on the world, then tries to control it.  Or rather him. Benji is the bioweapon that the cult wants to use to control the fate of humanity, but he's not under their control any longer. After escaping, he's taken in by a local group of LGBTQIA+ teens who he hopes could become friends, maybe even a family, but he's still a walking biohazard with a well armed cult after him. This book has a lot of visceral descriptions of body fluids, violence towards LGBTQIA+ folks, body shaming, misgendering/deadnaming, abuse and self-harm.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, and Blood

msrae89's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Self harm, Transphobia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Pandemic/Epidemic