Reviews tagging 'Racism'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

78 reviews

emilyatthelibrary's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

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xashleyxvix'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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail

aliceloyallaleon's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and War

babblefishgirl's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

kfergy's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

4.0

Really interesting read, great translation - anyone familiar with the dark reality of online content moderation wouldn't be surprised, but if you're not familiar, this is a short work of fiction but we'll-researched

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Racism, Suicide, and Terminal illness

themoonsheep's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

2.0

An intriguing character study focused on the ways we train ourselves to look away from the unbearable. The prose is an easy read, and the narrator's voice is conversational and casual, but I found the story slow despite the novella length, which was also too short to really provide closure. I went into the book expecting a supernatural or surprise element of some sort, and was disappointed when there wasn't really one; the twist was not surprising to me. All in all, 2.5 stars

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

breanneporter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

A very short, strange book. It’s told from the perspective of a late-twenties lesbian working as a content moderator for an unnamed media conglomerate (such as Meta), and mostly details the rise and fall of her relationship with one of her coworkers. I liked the premise and the writing style (second person - the whole book is written as a response to the lawyer representing her former coworkers in a suit against the company for hazardous working conditions) quite a lot, and was riveted / quick to finish after I had started it. But the open ending…. So abrupt and so strange. I don’t hate it (

I do love an unreliable narrator and this is one of the most extreme examples I’ve read of revealing the unreliability of the narrator, who may have SA-ed her ex gf??  

) but I don’t love it either. I have a lot of questions. I think this idea could have been fleshed out into a longer novel. I’m not sure I would recommend due to the trigger warnings and unsatisfying ending, but I’m glad I read it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, and Grief

withlivjones'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

An interesting look at content moderators who review the worst things people put onto the internet, and how becoming desensitised to such content might affect their own sense of morality. The concept was super intriguing but the execution felt very rushed. There were a lot of different topics and themes covered that could have had more time spent on them, and the open ending felt anticlimactic and unfinished, like the author just didn’t know how to end the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

woweewhoa's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

An interesting book where I understand that what it's trying to do is show the different ways that being a content moderator, in the vein of the extreme conditions ie facebook, affects people and how lack of proper support alongside forcing a certain 'performance in the workplace' at the end of the day destroys them in all the ways it can. 
It's an interesting book to think about, especially now that I'm finished with it, but I don't think(and it's not meant to in all fairness) it's enjoyable to read at all, and I kinda wanted to get the experience over with. It does help that bit as the book isn't very long or complicated and, aside from content, is easy to read. 
Dunno. Had mixed feelings about this book but land more positive than negative. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Self harm, Violence, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

pabi's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Very abrupt ending. I definitely think more things could have been elaborated on and more details about the job could have been exposed. It was a gripping story but ultimately let me down.

ps. I wish I could read the book in its original language.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail