Hell Followed with Us

English language

Published Aug. 24, 2022 by Peachtree Publishing Company Inc., Peachtree Teen.

ISBN:
978-1-68263-324-3
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4 stars (11 reviews)

Benji, un chico trans de dieciséis años, huye de la secta que lo crio, una secta fundamentalista que desató el Armagedón y diezmó a la población mundial. Desesperado, busca un lugar donde no lo puedan encontrar, aunque realmente lo importante es que no encuentren el arma biológica con la que lo infectaron. Pero cuando se ve acorralado por unos monstruos nacidos de la destrucción, Benji será rescatado por un grupo de adolescentes del Centro Acheson LGBTQ+ local, conocido cariñosamente como el CAL. El líder del CAL, un chico guapo, autista y con una puntería mortal llamado Nick, conoce el secreto más oscuro de Benji: El arma biológica de la secta que está dentro de su cuerpo lo está convirtiendo en un monstruo lo suficientemente letal como para borrar a la humanidad de la faz de la tierra. A pesar de saberlo, igualmente le ofrece cobijo entre su variopinto grupo de …

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5 stars

Hell Followed With Us is an amazing book.

As a queer person who grew up in a cult and got to deal with all the shit that came along with that, Hell Followed With Us is like a breath of fresh (or rotten) air; I grew up in hell on earth and this felt like an acknowledgment of all the shit I went through. A nod of solidarity between two suffering souls, a hopeful gaze to the other in the fire. The first chapter brought up memories for me, of freedom, of death, of uncertainty. I've had writing speak to me before, but this is an affirmation of my hellish life, an ode to queer people suffering under the weight of religion everywhere! This book falls into the category of the shit I'm into perfectly: Religion and queer things! The chapters seemed a bit fast-paced, but well-done with rapport throughout. …

the most annoying pacing

3 stars

I loved the unique science-fantasy concept explored in this book. I liked the characters. I liked the (eventual) plot. What drove me batty was the rimming--can I say that here?--of the pacing. Each chapter read like there was going to be a pay-off, a release of fury or emotions, and then nada. Nope. Over and over and over for 400 pages. It made me want to tear my hair out. What's that musical thing that sounds like it's increasing constantly without ever reaching climax? Yeah, that. It kinda ruined the end for me, honestly, because by then I just didn't care and wanted it to be over.

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4 stars

All the content notes needed here — the 16yo trans protagonist escapes a Christofascist cult that released a genetically-engineered plague that has killed most of the world and has himself been infected to transform him into a tool of their god’s wrath and deliverance. There is physical and emotional abuse, body-horror, deadnaming, and even shaming about “doing queer wrong”.

But underneath all of this is an entertaining (if horrifying) tale of, as the author puts it “trans kids with claws and fangs, and what happens when they bite back”. I’m not sure I’d want to offer this much body horror and religious trauma as a present to a queer young adult, but I’m sure I’d’ve devoured it as a queer teen myself, so I should prolly just get over myself.

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