geminioats 's review for:

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

3.5

dark 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

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This book was really great.I struggled to put it down and devoured it in two sittings. Sure, some of the characters aren't as fleshed out as I might have liked, some of them kinda felt like the author was ticking a diversity box but I loved them all the same. I've heard some people criticize Benji for being annoying or whiny but I just put that down to his youth. I really would have liked to get to know some of the background characters a little better but I think that was my main gripe to be honest. 

Mostly I just think books like this one are so important for queer youth. I think if books like this had been around when I was a young adult I might have made peace with myself a lot earlier :)

Reading Compound Fracture next and very much looking forward to some more Andrew Joseph White :)