A review by ehmannky
Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

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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