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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

48 reviews

sunflower7skull's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

I LOVE THIS BOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Child abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Abandonment, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Murder, Outing, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Vomit, War, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Medical content, Body horror, Deadnaming, Bullying, and Genocide

tea_coffee_sam's review against another edition

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

grey_jayne's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.0

I read this book for the Trans Rights Readathon and was barreling through it for the first 2/3. Granted, my life got busy so it's hard to know if I fell out of pacing or if the story slowed down but I definitely enjoyed things a little less as it was ending.

Holy Body Horror tho! The creature and mutation sequences are excellent. I think I honestly wanted more monsters than I got, but I am not sad about the abundance of body horror description. 

I do want to warn people that the hinge romantic edge of this story includes an abuser. This book is targeting messy emotions so I get why this is included but anyone looking for the romance may be appalled by this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Terminal illness, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Vomit, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Chronic illness

nikoops's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

This book is absolutely amazing. The author is a fantastic writer, and the worlds he creates are richly detailed and leave you longing for more. Hell Followed with Us is emotionally devastating yet still carries just enough hope that these characters you come to love will be as okay as they can be in this hellscape of a world they are forced to exist in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Homophobia, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexism, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, War, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Transphobia, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Body horror, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Suicidal thoughts

Main character experiences a horrific transformation of his body against his will

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Transphobia, Death of parent, War, Gun violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Abandonment, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

chloe_601's review

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

peroxide_princes's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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

5.0

I had the pleasure of reading this book shortly after it came out, and I am so glad it jumped off the shelf at me. This book is so powerful and fast-paced, and speaks not only to my trans trauma but my catholic trauma as well. A disgusting and epic story of survival in the very darkest of times. This book truly made me fall in love with AJW’s writing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Sexism, Transphobia, Grief, Violence, Blood, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Chronic illness, and Cursing

ziracrow's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Homophobia, Gore, Blood, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Gun violence, Death of parent, Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, and Death

lil_goblin's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Kidnapping