Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

258 reviews

bop_a_lop's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Gore, Religious bigotry, War, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

cluelessavian's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Vomit, Transphobia, Body horror, Death, War, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Dysphoria, Deadnaming, and Genocide

vusvusik's review

dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

Very interesting story, the world building was a bit confusing at the beginning but I got the hang of it, love the development of the 3 main characters 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Transphobia, War, Dysphoria, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Deadnaming, Genocide, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Homophobia

melll_brisk's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Transphobia, Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

percival_wise's review

challenging dark emotional reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Death, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Child abuse, Homophobia, Cursing, Transphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Deadnaming, and War

attackrat's review

challenging dark

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

bloody and raw and painful, this book is like pulling out a splinter. god I can’t wait to read the next one

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Deadnaming, Body horror, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, and Violence

pacifickat's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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? No

4.25

*review to follow*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Grief, Child death, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Misogyny, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Cursing, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Classism

Religious extremism, religious fanaticism, religious terrorism, mass extinction, disease transmission, misgendering, fundamentalist parents, biblical text quotations, the book of Revelation, end times theology, violent rage, guilt, shame, fear, religious indoctrination

sylexlibris's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Death of parent, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Child death, and Vomit

haylee_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

This book was an absolutely wild ride from page one and it never slowed down. I am so glad my hold came through at the library because I’ve been wanting to read this for a while. I think, for how grotesque of a book this is, it was handled with so much love and care. It touches on religious trauma, found family, and self-identity and discovery. There were so many Bible verses sprinkled throughout, which I think added so much depth and nuance to the story. Even though I am not religious, I think that aspect of the story was so intriguing. The representation in this story was also amazing! I would have loved to dive even deeper into how the world got to where it was when the story started. Also, this book was really….descriptive, so please make sure to check the CWs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Gore, Religious bigotry, War, Vomit, Deadnaming, Death, Blood, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

spadedigsbutts's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief, Ableism, Child death, Transphobia, Vomit, Blood, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Child abuse, Hate crime, Body shaming, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Confinement, Outing, and Classism

Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Torture, and Toxic friendship