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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

60 reviews

pacifickat's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

*review to follow*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Misogyny, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Cursing, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Classism

Religious extremism, religious fanaticism, religious terrorism, mass extinction, disease transmission, misgendering, fundamentalist parents, biblical text quotations, the book of Revelation, end times theology, violent rage, guilt, shame, fear, religious indoctrination

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

tea_coffee_sam's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Child abuse, Death of parent, Genocide, Violence, Child death, Colonisation, Confinement, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Cursing, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, War, Body horror, and Classism

Moderate: Alcohol, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Ableism

ezwolf's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I want to say that I can understand why this book has done so well and so many people have spoken highly of this book. But it really just wasn't amazing for me. I think part of it is because I'm not really a huge fan of post apocalyptic stories that are set so close to the actual event, plus I have been avoiding stories about pandemics for obvious reasons. A friend highly recommended I read this so I decided to give it a shot, but I just wasn't as enthused as I had hoped. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Transphobia, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Gore, Terminal illness, Genocide, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Alcohol and Classism

_nem_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Rep: Trans MC, Several LGBT+ side characters, neopronouns

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Pandemic/Epidemic, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Transphobia, and War

Moderate: Dysphoria and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

nightstitch96's review

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Body horror, Vomit, Child death, Death of parent, Death, War, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Blood, Gun violence, and Genocide

Moderate: War, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol

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

laurensgaylife's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Grief, Violence, Vomit, Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Religious bigotry, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Dysphoria, Transphobia, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Medical content

Minor: Alcohol

itsatyepo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Transphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Violence, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Genocide, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Homophobia, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Child death, Death, and Dysphoria

vagaybond's review against another edition

dark tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Gore, Religious bigotry, Torture, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Body horror, Terminal illness, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Child abuse, Confinement, Child death, Deadnaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Transphobia, and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

This book had a lot of things that would be described as extremely gruesome, graphic and horrifying. The protagonist has a terminal disease in which he is turning into a monster, and he routinely vomits up black sludge and parts of his internal organs. He has violent impulses and thoughts that become more and more intense as the story goes on. The cult is also pretty horrible and sacrifices children and cuts them in a ritual way, and uses scarification to put wings into their back. There is also strangulation scenes and scenes where skin and muscle sloughs off the protagonist's body.