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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

33 reviews

mylazybones's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

3.0

if i had read the is book in middle school, it would have been my new gospel. i loved the body horror elements. i couldn’t practically hear my own mom saying all the things the Angels said. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Medical content, and Transphobia

Moderate: Genocide

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Blood, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Bullying

maresuju's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body horror, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Genocide, Grief, Murder, Torture, Deadnaming, and War

Minor: Dysphoria, Death of parent, Body shaming, and Bullying

raccoonfoo's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

Dark, powerful, thrilling, and mind consuming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Child death, Confinement, Violence, Torture, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Child abuse, Misogyny, Death, Deadnaming, Body horror, Bullying, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

spadedigsbutts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Vomit, Child death, Deadnaming, Ableism, Body horror, Sexism, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Death, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Gun violence, Murder, Misogyny, Grief, Genocide, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Outing, Child abuse, Body shaming, Classism, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Bullying, Lesbophobia, and Confinement

Minor: Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Alcohol

sunflower7skull's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Abandonment, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Vomit, War, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Body horror, Deadnaming, Bullying, and Genocide

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

Wow. Wow wow wow are my lasting and not very articulate thoughts after finishing this book. I throughly enjoyed the very deep insights into religion, religious trauma, and gender identity that this work centers around. How insightfully written and creative. I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time, I think. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Dysphoria, Vomit, War, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Body shaming, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Death, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Genocide

Minor: Rape and Sexual content

bottleofink's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Hate crime, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, War, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Violence, Body horror, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gun violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Torture, Murder, and Transphobia

peggyluwho's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Blood, Gore, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Homophobia, Body horror, Genocide, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Body shaming, Ableism, and Deadnaming

Minor: Sexual content and Bullying

winterhartarts's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Was a little slow for the first roughly half of the book, and most of the main characters felt slightly undeveloped at that point. However, once the halfway point happens, this really turn wild, and I was far more engaged until the very end. The world building kept me through the first half as well, so there’s a lot to be said for how the author fully actualized this kind of post-apocalyptic world filled with zombie amalgamations that all at once resembled ones from the games in The Last Of Us series and specifically the big blob from the game Inside. Imagery was always on point too, and I really felt engaged during times it was utilized. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Eating disorder, Xenophobia, Body shaming, Vomit, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Hate crime, Gun violence, Genocide, Dysphoria, Death, Deadnaming, Child death, Murder, Medical trauma, Medical content, Body horror, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Ableism, Grief, Gore, Classism, Homophobia, War, Cannibalism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Torture, Slavery, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Colonisation, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

persephonefoxx's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

• 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

“Hell has followed us onto Earth, and I am the monster that has brought it forth“

This is a blood-soaked tale of wrath, revenge, and queer rage. Wrought with pain, body horror, and gore. Bursting at the seams with representation. Add in commentary on religious cults and systematic oppression and you have this story of teens with talons, fangs, and fury. 

This book feels like the catharsis of screaming into the abyss. Primal and raw. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Vomit, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Death, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Bullying, and Alcohol