Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

85 reviews

3martini's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Violence, Child death, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Transphobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Cursing, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.25

I’m not much of a horror reader so this was VERY gory for me but the gore was done in a way that painted a realistic picture. I did not question anything about the characters or setting, I was there with them. Awesome LGBTQ+ rep and disability rep. Love the exploration of religious trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Dysphoria, Genocide, Deadnaming, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Colonisation, Cursing, Confinement, War, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual content, Sexism, and Alcohol

mixmousereads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Gore, Medical content, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Genocide, Vomit, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Confinement, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual content

woweewhoa's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Child abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Medical trauma, War, Racism, and Medical content

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

jamielikestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Body horror, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual content

emjams's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and Child death

Moderate: Xenophobia, Self harm, Mental illness, Medical content, Abandonment, War, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Outing, Domestic abuse, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Alcohol

This book has basically every imaginable TW on it EXCEPT for sexual assault, but even that is briefly touched on. Benji has trauma from assault, but only from physical/emotional abuse, not SA.

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

Love the themes and imagery (as someone who enjoys gore, body horror, and religious symbolism a totally normal amount), but the characters and world just don't feel well fleshed-out enough and the writing is a bit too repetitive and heavy-handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Body horror, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Vomit, Gun violence, Death, Child abuse, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Religious bigotry, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Misogyny, Homophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Grief, and Dysphoria

Minor: Sexual content, Ableism, Racism, and Alcohol

lreeve's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, War, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Death of parent, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Genocide, Terminal illness, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Deadnaming, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Sexual content

loverrbboy's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

i don’t think i’ve torn through a book this fast in years. it’s the first body horror i’ve ever read, and the most trans thing i’ve ever read. the gore was palpable, but necessary. the use of religious terms like angels, grace, seraph, made this feel so heavy and real. the flood obviously feeling like a reflection of the virus, maybe the only time i’ve seen that done well. 

from just reading the blurb, i expected a fanfic-y depiction of queer rebellion in the post-apocalypse. however this was full of nuance, spiritual exploration, and of course, found family. imperfect people, in a ducked up world, making the most of what they have. expressions of queer rage, insecurity, and beauty. 

quote from the author: “if i wanted to write authentically about myself, i had no choice but to write about a trans boy turning into a monster.” like yeah 

also i HAVE to mention.

Spoiler

good on theo for giving benji head even as he was actively rotting like that. my respect for theo in that one scene only📈📈📈

soooo many cw tags on this one so i’ll highlight the biggest: VOMIT, GORE, GUN VIOLENCE. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Dysphoria, Gore, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Deadnaming, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Trafficking, Eating disorder, Child death, Excrement, and Genocide

raisinreads's review against another edition

tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

I'm always glad to have more autism rep 

There were a lot of instances where I think the book could've benefitted from utilizing the "show don't tell" idea, the descriptions just kinda felt like they were defining things to me sometimes, which like I know a lot of ppl have poor understandings or autism and queer experience, but you can still express it in a way that doesn't sound so simply explanatory

I wasn't invested in the main romantic pairing, it didn't have much build up to me and I didn't feel much of a connection bw them

But it was a fun novel and an interesting idea & I enjoyed the rep

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Murder, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Body horror, Deadnaming, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, and Blood