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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

46 reviews

zw_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content

alite428's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Body shaming, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gun violence, Homophobia, Transphobia, Violence, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail

isleoflinds's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content

Minor: Ableism and Alcohol

mo345's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Alcohol

flowerparrish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring 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

This book won my heart early on and fully delivered on my expectations. It has the diverse queer rep we need, and particularly the rep young readers are starving for. This is a book that sets out with this goal: to make everyone who doesn't fit neatly into the expected box of what your label should look like feel seen. Those elements of diverse queer rep coupled with a nuanced representation of religious trauma and neurodivergence, made this book not only healing for my mid-20s self, but made me desperately grateful it exists for teens today, because wow could teenage me have used a book like this. A stunning debut, not without faults but phenomenal in spite of them. I can't wait to see what this author comes out with next; I'll definitely be keeping my eye on him.

Note: This book contains many potential triggers, but in my opinion all triggering topics are handled with grace. Please do not read them this book if you cannot handle these themes, but if you are worried about if they're handled well vs poorly, I think they are well handled and the book is healing because of that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Death of parent

Moderate: Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, and Acephobia/Arophobia

snowydaze's review against another edition

dark emotional 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 received an e-ARC of Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Overall, this book is probably one of my favorite ones of the year so far. It has everything one could ask for in a dystopian novel without having it feel too similar to the rest of them. There's a cult that takes over the world and a badass group of queer kids that work together to better their current situation. The main character, Benji fits perfectly into that category of morally gray in the best way. Furthermore, the cast of characters within the LGBTQ+ center is diverse and dynamic with at least a bit of character shining through for more than one character.  Additionally, there are neopronouns used for one of the characters, which is refreshing and not seen too often. Plus, there's an autistic character who's allowed to exist without his autism being treated like a character flaw. There's also that aspect of religious trauma and coming to terms with how a religious upbringing both affects and fits into one's identity.  

I will say that this book does have an unbelievably long list of trigger warnings and is filled with a lot of gore. It truly fits into the genre of horror and as such does get very dark at times. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail