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A review by mxbluet18
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
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? No
5.0
Trigger warnings for Hell Followed With Us include: transphobia, deadnaming (on-page); misgendering, dysphoria and forced detransition; child abuse,
abusive relationship; attempted suicide and self-injury (self harm); blood and gore depiction; body horror, graphic emesis (vomit); death of a parent (recounted and off-page); death of a friend (on-page); murder and mass murder; gun and knife violence; kidnapping; arson and a building fire and cults.
☆
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This book has a fairly diverse cast of characters, with people who believe in religion and those who don't. Cisgender people, and transgender males and females, people who use binary sets of pronouns, and people who use neopronouns. There's also an autistic character, and it talks about stimming and the way shutdowns can feel. Personally, I think, in terms of the variety of representation in this book, it's one of the best I've come across so far.
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This book follows the stories of Benji: a trans gay boy; Theo: Benji's boyfriend, fiancé and eventual husband (they're literal teenagers though); and Nick: a gay boy who is the appointed leader of a ragtag group of queer teenage survivors of the Flood.
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As a basic summary, Benji tries to escape the abusive relationships involved with the religious cult he was put into, and the story evolves from there.
abusive relationship; attempted suicide and self-injury (self harm); blood and gore depiction; body horror, graphic emesis (vomit); death of a parent (recounted and off-page); death of a friend (on-page); murder and mass murder; gun and knife violence; kidnapping; arson and a building fire and cults.
☆
☆
This book has a fairly diverse cast of characters, with people who believe in religion and those who don't. Cisgender people, and transgender males and females, people who use binary sets of pronouns, and people who use neopronouns. There's also an autistic character, and it talks about stimming and the way shutdowns can feel. Personally, I think, in terms of the variety of representation in this book, it's one of the best I've come across so far.
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This book follows the stories of Benji: a trans gay boy; Theo: Benji's boyfriend, fiancé and eventual husband (they're literal teenagers though); and Nick: a gay boy who is the appointed leader of a ragtag group of queer teenage survivors of the Flood.
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As a basic summary, Benji tries to escape the abusive relationships involved with the religious cult he was put into, and the story evolves from there.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, War, and Injury/Injury detail