Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

317 reviews

birdieex's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow. I can't even find the words right now. Trans joy; trans rage; a queer kid finding his community; queer kids in general, banding together to destroy their oppressors. As someone with religious trauma, this hit deeply. I had to stop reading several times because it dug into the deepest parts of my soul and ripped everything to the surface again.

The gore was excellently written. I could imagine every horrifying little detail. And I loved the plot twists throughout. I almost wish it was longer, simply because I loved the characters so much. I was pleasantly surprised at the representation of the mixed emotions that can come with abusive relationships. Love and revulsion often go hand in hand, and it's often ignored that we can feel both at the same time, especially while healing from trauma.

I loved this book with my entire heart.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Vomit, and War

Moderate: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Child death, Sexism, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Torture

Minor: Sexual content, Classism, and Dysphoria

astroem's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

I loved this one. The characters in the romance actually communicate and attempt to talk thing out with each other? wild?! Unabashedly a queer story for the queer kids filled with rage and the queer kids who never got to be out without scrutiny, who always had to hide from their family. And ESPECIALLY for all those queer kids with religious trauma. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, War, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Grief, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, and Deadnaming

hazelwood's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

I really, really enjoyed this book.  Benji was very relatable with his anger at the religion and the hatred that turned his world into hell. It gets messy when the people who raised you and loved you all your life are also the ones who want to watch the rest of the world burn. Sometimes you just want to turn into a monster and rip their throats out. Especially when they threaten your friends. And Benji gets his vengeance for every bit of disrespect they hurled at him and his friends in terrifying monsterous glory. So this was incredibly satisfying in that way, even though I personally prefer restorative justice rather than violent retribution as the solution to human conflicts. It was also very nice to watch Benji find solace in a found family of other queer kids. I will be reading any more books in this series or by this author, because wow I felt so seen here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Body horror, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Mental illness, Death, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Medical content, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Grief, Cursing, Chronic illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Blood, Suicide attempt, Child death, Xenophobia, War, Transphobia, Gore, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Murder, and Medical trauma

trhyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Grief, Transphobia, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Death, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

jjacobs1126's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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

4.25

This book tickled my religious trauma in ways I didn't know were possible... But also in the best way possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Domestic abuse, Violence, War, Hate crime, Gore, Body horror, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Homophobia, Genocide, and Physical abuse

laurenkimoto'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

4.0

Almost biblically accurate angels? 
Please do heed the tws

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, Child abuse, Confinement, Homophobia, Biphobia, Blood, Death, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Pandemic/Epidemic, Racism, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Vomit, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Murder, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Cursing, and Gore

chloe_601's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

“Do you believe in God?

—I do, please stop, there’s so much blood“

This book is YA but holy shit it was insane. It is very gory and there is a lot of transphobia, body horror, and religious extremism depicted.

This book might be really triggering especially if you have religious trauma or experience with transphobia, so definitely not for everyone.

There were so many parts I related to and got angry over, but i also felt hopeful reading it. The main character, Benji, meets a found family of queer teens after a Christian fundamentalist cult ended the world. The way they survive in this world gives hope that queer people in this world will make it through anything, even as things seem to be getting worse across the world.

I do wish some of the side characters got a bit more time to shine, but that is probably the only main criticism I can think of.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Body horror, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Gore, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and War

ashlitas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Gaslighting, Genocide, Gore, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Body horror, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Torture, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

theotherallie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Dysphoria, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Deadnaming, Genocide, Death, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Confinement

Minor: Blood, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, and Gaslighting

ellislock's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

I love queer trans people and I love queer trans rage. I don’t normally read YA but this resonated so much with me. I wish I read this when I was a teenager — even reading it in my 20s the themes of body horror and transness put something was never able to articulate about myself into words.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Body horror

Moderate: Homophobia and Toxic relationship