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Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

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sky899's review

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dark mysterious 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

4.25

chrissypops's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

5.0

Thank you Andrew Joseph White, Daphne Press and Netgalley for the eArc of Hell Followed with Us.

I requested this on recommendation from my daughter who is also a Netgalley user, so I was really excited when I got approved. This dystopian tale follows Benji a transgender teen trying to find his place in the world, After making a run from the Evangelical death cult, Benji falls into a crowd of teens who use a LGBTQ+ who use a community centre. As Benji maybe has a few weeks to live given he became the unexpected and unwilling vessel of the end of times, He starts to truly understand who he is and gets his revenge on those who have hurt him.

I love the dystopian world that Andrew built for this book. It definitely has an end of world feel about the whole thing, wrapped up in elects of religion,LGBTQ community and raw gory horror. Times are changing are they not? These elements flowed together very well, tackling many issues that Queer people endure and the fight they have on their hands to even be acknowledged. In some places, it raised a lot of emotions for me, sadness and complete anger to what Benji's family put him through, especially near the end of the book.

The pacing of this narrative was like walking down a hill. You start off at a great pace, the pull of gravity turning your feet over. Just like the turning of these pages, The pace is medium and just unravels slowly until you're just completely enthralled in this world until you're pretty much running to keep up with the latter end of the book. The pay off at the end is brilliant and I really enjoyed reading until the very end,

This book won't be the only one I pick up of Andrew's. I love his writing style and the way he is able to weave different components together, respectfully and colourfully described.

As a bonus, I also listened to the audio version with Shaan Dasani , Graham Halstead, Avi Roque as narrators. These people are fantastic and bright to life and already fantastic book. Thank you to these too.