Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

638 reviews

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

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

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

izzy0727's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, Transphobia, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault and Vomit

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

mlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.25

Intense, gory, and righteous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Body horror, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

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

fynn_jls's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Transphobia, Violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Deadnaming, and Death