Reviews

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

sheppyblooming's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

strikingthirteen's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? No

4.5

books_baking_barks's review against another edition

5.0

This book is one of my favourites of all time! Horror and queer as hell (pun intended), this story takes religious zealots and mixes with a world ending virus to create the apocalyptic events of the near future. I binge read this I’m two days and loved every moment in this world.

librinteatro's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional

4.5

emilysummer_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

campbell_hight's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.0

mangocult's review against another edition

5.0

THIS is the divine trans body horror that I came for. Pulsating, bleeding, shuddering, befingered stone churches with scrawled-message walls and a literal Holy Communion of not-quite-living-but-not-quite-dead flesh at the altar? This is the real shit. There's something so gratifying about a body-changing trans narrative that fulfills itself with horror and gore and monstrosity rather than pretty gender-conforming magic. Sometimes you are the sunset over a healing world, and sometimes you are the redeemed ugly little thing that follows your found family home, yes you are!

I cared so much less about everyone who wasn't Benji that I sort of got tunnel vision around him. My only real nitpick about this book is that there are so many damn characters. Hell's bells, it was a lot of characters. I literally could not keep them straight. Maybe I needed a chart. I also have aphantasia, so I didn't get to experience the full majesty of Benji and The Flood the way other readers might have, but I loved it all the same.

cyberwire's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring 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

4.0

High rating due to how much I connected with the characters. Seeing both queer and neurodivergent characters in media is extremely important. 

graycatreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

with_discipline's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5