Hell Followed with Us

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title from famous prophets (stars) by car seat headrest Language: English Words: 2,055 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 2 Kudos: 15 Bookmarks: 3 Hits: 135 Achimera of horror, romance, and something stranger. Hell Followed with Us won me over to its vision of a grotesque future where we’re still here, still queer, and more monstrous than ever.”— Rose Szabo, author of What Big Teeth A compelling, powerful, and ultimately reassuring message for teens deep in their own varied versions of misery.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books I won't get into more of the plot, but this book is brutal, raw, and smart. There is a LOT of body horror and gore, but it's using Benji's transformation as a way of literalizing the perceived monstrousness of trans people and simultaneously exploring the experience of body dysmorphia. While I'm not trans myself, I am a former evangelical and the religious piece of this hit hard for me. The unfair and gendered expectations placed on women, the gaslighting, the acceptance of abuse, the blindness to how you are dehumanizing or harming people you claim to love. It's a statement of a debut and I look forward to seeing more from this author. I received a copy of this book for review from the publisher, all opinions are my own.

In the aftermath of a plague, a furious transgender boy seeks to end the movement that plans to wield him for their genocide in the name of salvation. At its core, Hell Followed with Us is seething with rage. Rage against the systems that oppress the most vulnerable, rage against violent transphobia and rage against fundamentalism of all kinds. It is a burning, screaming testament to the power of anger. Few things excite me more in fiction than characters, particularly teenagers, who get to be unapologetically angry. So many stories require their characters to be nice, soft and agreeable. Hell Follows with Us sets those expectations aflame. Benji is filled with righteous rage and honestly, I don’t think there’s any other way to survive in the world of this book. what the book does well in my opinion, is the amount of representation is gives. none of it is casual and the rep is very much an integral part of the story and is therefore also very much in your face (as in you get reminded that character x is identity y over and over again) - this isn't necessarily a BAD thing and i would argue can also be a GOOD thing. i didn't mind the constant repetition that much but i understand why one could argue that many characters sole personality trait was being a token representation of a certain identity.We’re not going to hurt you. The ALC was built to help queer teenagers, and that’s what it’s always done. It’s just that the specifics have changed in the past few years.” is the year of darker yet hopeful and powerful queer YA stories like All That’s Left in the World and The Honeys, and without a doubt, Hell Followed with Us belongs to this category. It’s equally gorgeous, breathtaking, eerie, and at its heart so very queer. However, while these aspects are horrific in their own right, I had the strongest reaction to all the world-building around a fictional pandemic. Descriptions of dead and mangled bodies? No problem! Mentions of masks? No thank you. Encountering my lived reality of existing in a pandemic in a fictional story was somehow scarier than anything else. Burning It All Down with Queer Rage Honestly, I had quite the struggle to just… write this review, because I just feel that no words can express just how amazing it was, & I mean that with all of my pan & neurodiverse/ neurodivergent (though I prefer the term neurodiverse because it has more positive connotations ! ) heart. ]

I need to write a proper review and I want, no scratch that, I NEED this book on my personal bookshelves! So damn good!

Burns54321 Fandoms: Shall We Date?: Obey Me! (Video Game), Hell Followed With Us - Andrew Joseph White This would be a perfect read for the readathon I’m hosting in October (#Rainboween) but I can’t wait any longer. Well, at least I’ll hopefully be able to recommend it to other readers. This book made me feel as understood and validated as I was unsettled and pissed off. With vivid prose and a mirror held up to the ugliest parts of ourselves, Andrew Joseph White is poised to become a defining voice of our generation.”— H.E. Edgmon, author of The Witch King<.b> This book contains depictions of graphic violence, trans-phobia, domestic and religious abuse, self-injury, and attempted suicide.