Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

92 reviews

ciebrie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Violence, Gore, Deadnaming, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Dysphoria, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

4.5

This book is a cathartic, messy, gross, beautiful cry of queer resilience and solidarity in the face of bigotry and persecution. If you can stomach a bleak story full of body horror, this story rewards you with loveable, flawed characters, a unique take on the apocalypse, and one hell of a message to queer youth. Definitely read the content warnings though, no punches are pulled. I wish this was a series!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and War

jaysreads1626's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

I will probably make a lore detailed review at some point hit for now I need to say I loved this book! It’s was dark and emotional and contained so much on page gore that I’m not entirely sure it should be considered YA, but even with that it was an enthralling read. I’m not a fan of horror normally but honestly I loved the horror elements of this book. Though I do feel like it could be triggering for a lot of people so heed the warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Medical content, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Deadnaming

mothman19's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Transphobia, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Sexism, Self harm, Terminal illness, Body horror, Bullying, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Genocide, Medical content, Abandonment, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, War, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Eating disorder, Pregnancy, and Excrement

voilajean's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Genocide, Dysphoria, Blood, Gore, Medical content, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Religious bigotry, Confinement, Sexual assault, and Transphobia

macabrebookwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, War, Blood, Body horror, Deadnaming, Genocide, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Sexism

beebidon's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Gore, Blood, Child death, Deadnaming, Body horror, Transphobia, Violence, Sexism, Grief, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Terminal illness, Cursing, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Genocide, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Death, Dysphoria, and Gun violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Excrement

atlanticgiantpumpkin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is now my favorite book. I love the characters, the fact that I felt like I knew these people in real life. Theo ripped my heart in two, Nick intrigued me beyond belief, and I felt Benji’s pain every step of the way. I felt punched in the gut, betrayed, stabbed in the back, and I resonated with so many emotions and thoughts. I totally recommend this to anyone during spooky season — if you can stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, Gore, Vomit, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Blood, Deadnaming, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Violence, Body horror, Hate crime, Homophobia, Transphobia, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, and War

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual content, Body shaming, Misogyny, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexism

Don’t read this if you’re easily queasy.

chris_crossed99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Medical content, and Death of parent

cameronreads's review against another edition

4.0

I really loved this book, and it’s definitely an upper 4 stars for me. It embodied trans rage in the exact way I wanted, and I loved watching Benji come into his own and take his revenge. I loved the conversations it had about fitting into the world as a trans person, as an autistic person, and the criticism of religion, but also the nuances it took in those discussions; not all religious people are the same, not all trans people are the same, etc. As a trans masc person and an autistic person I felt both Benji’s and Nick’s struggles with my entire chest, and just thought this book encapsulated the experiences perfectly. 

The reasons it didn’t get a five are twofold. One is completely a me problem - although I really liked lots of the writing and descriptions, I didn’t quite gel with the writing style, I think because I’m just growing out of YA. Secondly, I wanted just a little bit out of the ending. I think the main battle was done interestingly, but I wanted it to take up a little more space, and also see a little more of the aftermath. I think the relationship between Nick and Benji didn’t come to a peak because of the slightly abrupt ending as well.

Still, I loved this book, and if you can handle the trigger warnings, I’d definitely recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Genocide, Body horror, Dysphoria, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Medical content, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcohol, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts