Reviews tagging 'Racism'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

78 reviews

nathanielcrossinggum's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.75

Okay maybe 2.75 is a little harsh I was just kinda left with a "meh" feeling about this one. It's very confronting and genuinely does make me feel for the people who had to work here and does present interesting relationships between this people as they're slowly radicalised. I just found a lot of the substance to be quite.... Meh. 
The characters are not very likeable. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. You don't need likeable characters for a good story. But I just feel that I needed to find someone likeable. Or at least interesting. But they truly do just represent the worst of western politics. Apathetic or entirely radicalised in the wrong direction (the fascist direction).
Maybe in its original language this is a much better, more craftfully told story but as the translation, I just think the writing was not doing its job. Short stories like this need to be much more interesting and I'm sick of short novellas like this where the vibe is "bleh, humanity is horrible and here are some horrible humans" and the writer doesn't even bother to make the writing good.
Again, perhaps the original language version is better but this just left me feeling... Bleh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Self harm, and Antisemitism

ootoom's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Hmm. Eh?

I liked the story a lot for most of it. Took a turn right at the end that made the ending fall flat, in my opinion.

That said, I think the characters facing intense personal and psychological consequences of being subjected to horrendous media day-in day-out is a type of realistic horror that I typically love. 

Couldn't bring myself to rate it higher, couldn't bring myself to rate it lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Self harm and Violence

there is a character that is incredibly terrible, but it is acknowledged and not supported. Also, it's about content moderation, so there are some pretty graphic descriptions of bad online posts

ewwa18's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual violence

stellahadz's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

While the premise of this book was interesting, the story felt incomplete. It had a lot of potential, but it didn't quite live up to it, in my opinion. The ending felt like it came out of nowhere. I would've liked for it to be longer, with more time and space to flesh out the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Bullying, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

echo_chamber's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Fatphobia, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism

wowsmeows's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rowanelisa's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

While there is a lot of content warnings for this book, it’s a lot less graphic than what it seems to be made out to be when I saw reviews. It is primarily an insight on the effects of being desensitized/over-exposed to disturbing media online than about discussing the disturbing media. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racial slurs

Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

sherri_berri's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Interesting topic but it fel  unfinished. I actually got to the last page and was confused where the rest of the book was? I understand its a novella, and short books are great, but I feel that it ends abruptly and prematurely, seemingly without intention. Other than that, I found the character to voice to be strong and the plot to develop well. These two aspects benefited the

reveal of sexual coercion

quite well, while majntaing the blurry uncertainty of the setting & storyline. I would have loved to delve further into how the main character - either growth or devolution. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child death

kproc381's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I hate to say it, I didn’t love this book. I found some parts engaging but others a bit boring. It felt like a black mirror episode that was thrown out because it lost its original plot. I would have loved for them to go deeper about the harm the company causes the employees, instead we spent too much time on a toxic relationship. It had the outline to be great… but was not. The harmful language also did not do anything for the book. It was just for shock value.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, and Antisemitism