Reviews

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

jessisreadin's review against another edition

3.0

Novellaween: Day 2
This one is HARD. I enjoyed the writing style here and found that the content being discussed was covered well. The insidiousness of the work environment and watching some of the characters spiral. 

Normally I am not someone who needs a plot to enjoy a book, but this one meandered so much that I think it could've really benefitted from a more cohesive driving force. 

Overall an okay time, but not one I'll be shouting from the rooftops telling people to read.

jackalexdale's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

Very heavy content warnings needed!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

monkeysbecausewhynot's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Novellaween: Day 2
Not as much horror as I expected but what was there was definitely horrific, and really made me think of the darker side of *nameless online platform* that I don't see (I'll be honest my feed is 90% memes and reels at this point lol).

Still I did find the commentary quite interesting, and

holy crap the reveal of the video was fucked uppp and made me wonder how unreliable the narrator really is!! I will say I was disappointed with that ending but overall a really interesting read on the guidelines for taking videos down, the toll this repeated exposure had on the characters and  how almost insidious it felt seeing them change their minds with the conspiracy theories.

jauyer's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

The author narrates details of working as a content moderator, so the she describes a range of horrible images that moderators have to see and engage with.

clurrkimbley's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

seraphf's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-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

3.5

tupelomagnolia's review against another edition

1.0

this book was woefully underwhelming. through high praises and the author’s interviews, i can assume the intent of this book was to prompt larger conversation on the prolonged effects of exposure to “harmful and disturbing” content online, and evoke “shock” per the author… however this book was lackluster and fell short of all expectations. if anything, the book contributes more to the shallow conversations about “social media addiction” that further demonize the internet.

kaleileest's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

sarahetc's review against another edition

1.0

LOL what?

perusinglit's review against another edition

We had to remove this post ❌
We had to remove the premise ✔️