Reviews

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

izzysn's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

interesting premise but left something to be desired

ewing_syd's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

sophiassanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

emmacarroll27's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Stalking, Xenophobia, and Mental illness

danithezombie's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, and Suicide

ferris_mx's review against another edition

5.0

Lovely novelette about the stressful and formulaic lives of the people who moderate content so we can survive on the internet.

glett's review against another edition

2.0

Meh. There were a lot of plot holes… I saw someone say this was a thriller and I would highly disagree lol

ladynoir_sai's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

seventhswan's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

3.75

I saw a lot of criticism of this book after borrowing it from the library so I was apprehensive going in  - but I enjoyed it, and found much of the criticism to be unwarranted. It is true that the ending felt a bit rushed and incongruous with the rest of the book, but that was my only real complaint. Otherwise, the characters felt very real, the plot did not rely on gratuitous violence despite the subject matter, and I came away with a fair amount to think about. Many of the characters do spout views that are offensive, but in my opinion it's clear that that's because they have come to believe untrue and bigoted things, not because the author wants to promote those views. It's also true that the book was not as gory or graphic as I expected from the subject matter, but I think it managed to be unsettling and unpleasant without resorting to endless pages of detailed violence.

Finally, shoutout to the translator! I would never have guessed if I didn't know that this book was not originally written in English - the writing flowed beautifully and was very pleasant to read stylistically, if not content-wise.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content

burbagebrook's review against another edition

emotional funny

3.5