Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

430 reviews

pjlovesyou's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Vomit, Violence, Transphobia, Suicide attempt, Murder, Hate crime, Grief, Blood, Medical trauma, Gore, Genocide, Deadnaming, Body horror, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Dysphoria, Death, Suicide, Self harm, Torture, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

finntheknight's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Blood, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, Outing, Vomit, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Ableism, Animal cruelty, and Classism

kb_icarus3's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Genocide, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Abandonment, Death, War, Torture, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Gore, and Blood

religious trauma

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

miles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, War, Gore, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Genocide, Death of parent, and Gun violence

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

ximajs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense

2.75

I wish I'd liked it more, and maybe I would if I read the physical book rather than listened to the audiobook, but here we are. I liked the narrator's voice for Benji, but found it a little hard to distinguish Bible quotes and such if I didn't pay 100% attention.
I might adjust my scoring if I end up relistening to the first chapter, to see if I missed something important (like I felt I did).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Gore, and Transphobia

alexlynx's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved this book a lot. I read 'the spirit bares its teeth' before this, so I was already used to the body horror that White likes to use. The representation of so many different queer people was so heartwarming to see and also the neurodivergent represenation was great. I do think it is a little difficult to understand the main character's thoughts sometimes, mainly because the christian upbringing and its long-lasting effects on his brain are so well written but it's easy to forget them. It honestly should be five stars. The -0.5 come from completely subjective reasoning: I was called out so hard by this book multiple times. /pos How dare you, Andrew. /lh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Genocide, Deadnaming, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Grief, Cursing, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Religious bigotry

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