Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

166 reviews

peskilanim's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Death of parent, Gore, Genocide, Vomit, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, and Body horror

hatchetbat's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad 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

5.0

If you want to understand trans rage: Read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Transphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Body horror, Religious bigotry, Classism, Death of parent, Pandemic/Epidemic, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

danteeeh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Religious bigotry, Blood, Death, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Dysphoria, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Deadnaming

sophiemattholie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Transphobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Genocide, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

anastasiamakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-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

4.0

OK so I really should have checked the horror tag. This book is GORY.

But for someone who struggles with gore, I enjoyed reading this (only skipping one bit involving teeth 🤢). There was so much in this book to keep me going - with a strong, driving plot; and sympathetic, multi-dimensional characters... Especially great to find in a YA book, where these things can sometimes be oversimplified for a younger audience.

The central themes of faith and LGBTQ+ and acceptance are more blunt, but that is made abundantly clear by the cover and blurb, so it's not like you don't know what you're getting into!

Where it lost the one star for me was on logic - I would have liked a bit more detail on the Flood, and at the beginning I very much felt like I'd been thrown in at the deep end. Maybe the chapter epigraphs could have been used a bit more tactically to do some of that worldbuilding? But equally they did a great job at building ~atmosphere~ that I wouldn't have wanted to lose either.

Definitely recommend checking content warnings, but if you're up for it, give this book a go!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Gore

ctara2123's review against another edition

dark 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: Gore, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Deadnaming, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death of parent, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Transphobia

Minor: Homophobia

jasminegray's review

dark emotional hopeful sad 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, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Transphobia

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Dysphoria, Violence, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Ableism

savazelena's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Thank you to NetGalley for an ARC, even though this was released in 2022 and I don't know why it's offered as an ARC? Anyway,

I barely have any notes, this truly gripped me by my throat like good old times. It doesn't feel very specifically YA, which I really appreciate, but there's definitely themes and moments that are YA. 

This is the first book I've read that has a character with neopronouns and it was really nice to have that experience, because they do kinda stick out of the ordinary. But far from this being a defining part of this work.

I loved the worldbuilding - very gory and chaotic. I would love to see more details on history and development of the situation, I feel like it has enough material for a proper series. On the other hand it stands perfectly well by itself, this is just my personal preference.

I was attached to Benji from the first page and it stayed that way for the entire book. It just generally felt like such a personal, enthusiastic piece; I don't think anyone could help getting into it. Can't wait to read more by Andrew!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, Grief, Pandemic/Epidemic, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Gore, Deadnaming, Cursing, Death, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Vomit, and War

cnaccarato's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Blood, Murder, Sexism, Dysphoria, Police brutality, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, Torture, and Toxic relationship