Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

4 reviews

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

the_true_monroe's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Beautifully written. At first the at times poetic writing style and content had me confused but as more world building went on, the premise quickly became clear. This book captured so much. A dystopian setting surrounded by religious bigotry, genocide, trauma and abuse,  and a badass group of resilient queer and neurodivergent youth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Body horror, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Confinement, Death of parent, War, Child death, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, and Torture

Minor: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Abandonment, Genocide, Slavery, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Suicide

thearieslibrary's review

4.0

Even though this book took me a bit of time to get into (not anything to do with the writing or book but more to do with I haven’t read much sci-fi or horror before), I absolutely loved and enjoyed this book and it has my favourite trope in it - found family. However, there was one part of this story which to me was very predictable as I guessed what was going to happen.

I really loved how inclusive and diverse the characters were within this book - it made me so happy to see. The chapters were quite short and easy to get through fast. This book made me cry because there was one moment in particular that was absolutely beautiful and warmed my heart.

I quite liked how this book used multiple POVs (Benji, Nick and Theo), however one of them I didn’t see the point as to why it was there as we only heard from that character once - it didn’t feel like it added much.

I think this is the one time where I wish the book was longer because I would have loved the ending to be longer to see how certain things would play out as it felt unfinished.

Also, there was an error within this book - on page 359 it says “castinga” but it should be casting a.

⚠️ TWs: gun use, murder, transphobia, derogatory language, misgendering, domestic abuse, self-injury, attempted suicide, victim self blame, terrorism, religious abuse, abusive parents, forced detransition, threats of transphobic violence, deadnaming, profanity, vomiting, body horror, racism, physical assault, ritual of absolution, strangulation, ableism, hanging, blood, dysphoria, mentions capitalism, sexual situations, grief, genocide, homophobia, death, alcohol use, martyr and colonialism ⚠️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Murder, Slavery, Vomit, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, and Transphobia

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Violence, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, Colonisation, Genocide, and Ableism

spooderman's review

adventurous dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexism, Colonisation, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Genocide, Child death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Medical trauma, Deadnaming, Gore, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Deportation, Misogyny, Body horror, Mental illness, Gun violence, Self harm, Transphobia, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, War, Ableism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Vomit, Torture, Mass/school shootings, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Slavery, and Cannibalism

Minor: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Rape, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Eating disorder, Xenophobia, and Suicide attempt