Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

38 reviews

scifi_rat's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Plot: 4★
Prose: 3★
Pace: 4★
Concept/Execution: 5★/4.5★
Characters: 3.75★
Worldbuilding: 4★
Ending: 3.5★

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Deadnaming, and Vomit

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Self harm, Cursing, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Genocide, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, and Racism

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.

errie's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Animal death, Torture, Toxic relationship, War, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Blood, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Vomit, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Transphobia, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Physical abuse, and Violence

justmehayleyb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Confinement, Child death, Bullying, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Death of parent, Genocide, Gaslighting, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Body horror, Self harm, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child abuse, and Blood

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.

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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

kelsokake's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Genocide, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Child death, Deadnaming, and Panic attacks/disorders

msradiosilence's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Racism, Religious bigotry, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Death, Vomit, and Child death

Moderate: Alcohol, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Sexual content

magnan1mouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

I can't describe how much of a sucker I am for the found family trope. 

I found it to be well-written and while I HATED Nick at some points (for his actions, not how the character was made), 

Spoiler

I'm glad he was good in the end.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Grief, Gore, Death, Violence, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Vomit, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, War, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Terminal illness, Mass/school shootings, and Child death

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

With much inspiration taken from the ancient horror stories of the Bible, Hell Followed with Us is a post-apocalyptic adventure featuring queer teens as the heroes.  A new plague has been released upon the world by an evangelical cult, The Angels.  Benji’s mother is one of their leaders, his father his greatest ally, and he: a trans boy trapped inside their compound, slowly transforming into a monster, a “savior” of their own creation.  Benji escapes—at a great cost—and joins a group of queer teens hiding out in an LGBTQ+ center, a place beyond his wildest dreams.  This primal scream of a novel is, at its heart, about survival.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Genocide, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Vomit, Alcohol, and Confinement