Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

386 reviews

mountainfox's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Death of parent

cas56's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Felt seen with the trans-ness of the main character. The story overall is such a reflection of today’s society and its flaws. Will be reading everything written by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Transphobia, Blood, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

ehmannky's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

An interesting horror story following the aftereffects of a worldwide plague that an Evangelical Christian group unleashed on the world that has wiped out most of humanity. We follow Benji, a trans teen who is slowly metamorphosing into a monster who will be the vector of a new deadly version of the virus and can control the quasi-zombie things that have transformed most of the world, as he escapes the Evangelical cult that destroyed the world. He finds a group of teens hiding in a former-LGBTQ+ center who are fighting to stay safe and things get even wilder from there. The pacing is a bit fast for my tastes, and I felt like beyond Benji, Theo, and Nick the characters didn't have a ton of depth, but that might just be me aging out of how a lot of YA treats its world-building. 

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Content Warnings

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

perfectionism's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

Amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

kristigoesboom's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.0

Beautiful and grotesque story of queer rage 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Transphobia

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Outing, and War

spacememories's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

Loved the imagery, very religious tones there. Very queer which was nice. Wish it was more in-depth/ had more of an exploration of the world. I find it very interesting but wish there was more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sabrinaleaf's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

First of all, stunning cover.
Now on to my review, the first half of this book doesn’t have as much action as I would have liked. But things were picked up in the second half.

But one thing was left open and it’s bugging me: what the hell happened to Calvin in the end?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Transphobia and Alcohol

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Grief and Dysphoria

introverted_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gore, Sexual content, and Violence

dani_aurora_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Dark, apocalyptic, gory, LGBTQ+, religious trauma, love, abuse and autism with a transmasc protag. Good book that keeps you hooked, especially the last chunk of it. Recommended!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and War

Minor: Genocide