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An] astounding and exhilarating debut. . . . This fast-paced adventure is chaotic in the best way, featuring diverse and relatable characters that readers will fall in love with, despite their flaws, and a heartrending love story that reminds us that humanity seeks comfort even in the most painful of times.”— Booklist, Starred Review you know, when i started this reading challenge i was worried that it would go too well. that i would give every book at least four stars because they would all just be too good or because i would start being too nice because i love good representation too much. (take a shot every time i say the word "too" in this sentence).

The beginning of this book had me hooked & then it got worse & worse & *worse*. The only thing I can say I liked was the concept & the gore (though it made me cringe at times). The world building wasn't there, the characters didn't have any development, I hated the romance (though in the book's defense, I don't usually like romance), it wasn't great. I was confused at a lot of the points in the book & it doesn't really explain anything about what's happening. Prepare to see the New York Times-bestselling series like you’ve never seen it before, now with new cover art! A utopian model for queer community masquerading as a dystopian YA novel. Andrew Joseph White has dared to create a story where queer kids of all stripes love, fight alongside, and care for each other despite their personal differences and the myriad of things looking to kill them. It is as beautiful as it is hard to read. This is what horror can and should be."— Cliff Helm, Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO some of benji's thoughts are expressed in this especially. Language: English Words: 31 Chapters: 1/1 Collections: 2 Comments: 4 Kudos: 5 Hits: 37 What's going on in my head? What do I believe? How much of it is me, and how much of it was put there?

it's always the books i buy a physical copy of without reading them in another medium first. why is that. why does the book god hate me that much. Are you trans?” Salvador blinks. “Uh.” “Wait, no.” I can’t just ask people if they’re trans. “I shouldn’t have…” “No, it’s fine,” Salvador says. “I mean, yeah, of course. I’m super trans. Like, an honestly heretical amount of trans. Why?” In exchange, he gives me the trans bead lizard he finished last night. I cradle it in my hands, admiring the pale pink, baby blue, and gentle white. All I can manage is “thank you,” even though I want to say, This is the first time I’ve gotten to hold something with my colors.” Abusive parents and domestic partner violence (including returning to an abusive partner and victim self-blame) I do think theres an audience for this, one I hoped I would be a part of but sadly am not. If your interested in reading please be aware of how dark and gorey it is, because I’m a horror fan but this was to much for me. I will say as someone with severe religious trauma, it was healing to see a trans boy wipe out hundreds of evangelicals

White draws incredibly profound parallels to our present reality, especially in relation to the effects of our own pandemic on our everyday lives, both on a large and small scale. The systemic struggles of this apocalyptic world are eerily familiar to that of our own, and are able to cut to the core of some of our major societal issues. This book points a finger at the upper classes who hoard resources while asking marginalized individuals to risk their lives on the front lines. And how these exact privileged individuals refuse to take the smallest of actions (like pulling their masks over their nose) to protect them in return, despite refusing to share the accessibility to health and safety resources. But even more than that, it unleashes fire and fury on the elite, those that put the systems of oppression in place and those that uphold them. Theo snorts. “How did I manage to land a straight guy?” “How dare you imply I’m heterosexual. I am disgusted and appalled.” i was debating whether or not i should finish it because i just ... really didn't want to. but i hate dnf'ing books that i actually own as that feels like a massive waste of everything. i still had to get the audiobook to even entertain the thought of finishing it because getting the audiobook meant i could at least also do other things while reading (my gym session went great, thanks for asking).Using evocative and visceral language, compact storytelling, and inventive worldbuilding, White delivers a transformative depiction of apocalypse through a queer lens. This debut is a moving and timely tale of queer perseverance, offering hope for those fighting for the right to exist without apology.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review for a day. two. a week. several weeks. then i took it off my currently reading shelf and decided to give it another go in the new year. 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.

I’ll be the first to say I don’t read a lot of post-apocalyptic stories, it’s not a genre Im usually drawn to, but what I really liked about this is that it’s an end of the world story not necessarily about the end, it’s about the people. Yes there are...vivid descriptions of guts and rot and disease that brought the world down, but at its heart it’s a story driven by humanity and the resilience of people. All the characters were forced to grow up to fast, to make soldiers out of children, and the fact that there are times in the story where despite everything going on they still manage to laugh and be KIDS? That contrast with all the brutality of the worldbuilding, and the fact that those aspects blend and contrast so well together? I love that so much. A bunch of unrelated poems that have Hell Followed With Us energy because I can't get this book out of my head but I also don't write fiction. May or may not be directly related to the book. I'm going for vibes more than anything else here. Language: English Words: 2,070 Chapters: 16/16 Comments: 2 Kudos: 13 Bookmarks: 1 Hits: 137

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I will be good. I will make them suffer. And I will take the Angel’s created weapon and turn it against them. Hell Followed With Us’ bristles with energy and intensity, written with a kind of gleeful ferocity. . . . It shines in crystalline moments when Benji considers himself and his body, the viciousness of the virus taking hold and the irony of its unexpected gifts. . . . White’s novel . . . [responds] with a long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus.” —The New York Times 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>

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