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We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

30 reviews

alkarasi's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

1.5

Not really what I was expecting, I read it all in one sitting since it's so short. It ends rather abruptly and thus the book feels incomplete. I didn't like the ending at all, it didn't even feel like a proper "end" and felt more like the end of a chapter. I also feel like it tried too hard to shock the reader with a final twist that didn't really hit. A real shame, since I actually really enjoyed the first half of the book, I just wish it went differently. I recognize the fact that it's well written, but it's not my thing, I see why some people might like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

faduma's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Xenophobia, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lamen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense 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

Die dunkle Seite von Social Media

Die faszinierende Prämisse von „Dieser Beitrag wurde entfernt“ hat mich dazu gebracht, es in die Hand zu nehmen, und es hat mich nicht enttäuscht. Dieser kleine Roman ist prägnant und wirkungsvoll. Wir folgen Kayleigh, einer ehemaligen Mitarbeiterin von Hexa, wo sie als Content-Moderatorin für soziale Medien arbeitete. Ihre Aufgabe ist es zu entscheiden, welche Beiträge (Posts, Videos etc.) auf der Seite bleiben dürfen und welchen nach den Richtlinien des Arbeitgebers gelöscht werden müssen. Von Anfang an möchte man beim Lesen mehr über Hexa und die Ereignisse erfahren, die dazu führten, dass Kayleigh schließlich gegangen ist.
Die Erzählperspektive ist interessant, die Geschichte wird in Form eines Briefes an einen Anwalt, der eine Sammelklage gegen Hexa wegen der dortigen Arbeitsbedingungen im Namen einiger ehemaliger Mitarbeiter einreicht, erzählt. Im Verlaufe des Briefes bekommt man Einblicke in Kaleighs Leben und ihre Arbeit bei Hexa und wie diese sich negativ auf die psychische Gesundheit und das private Leben von ihr und ihrer Kollegen auswirkte.

Insgesamt hat mir dieses Buch sehr gut gefallen. Die Sprache war teils ironisch und teils provokant und der Schreibstil fing die erstickende Atmosphäre der Arbeit gut ein. Die Wirkung, die die Überprüfung der Social-Media-Inhalte auf die Moderatoren hat, wird beim Lesen richtig spürbar. Auch wurde überzeugend dargestellt, wie die Arbeit als Content-Moderatorin die Menschlichkeit einer Person zerstören kann. Einzig die Geschichte von Kaleighs persönlichen Leben und die Liebesbeziehung zu einer ihrer Kollegin war nicht ganz so stark und störte manchmal etwas den Erzählfluss, vielleicht auch aufgrund des seltsamen und abrupten Endes des Buches. Bedingt durch die geringe Länge des Buches fehlt bei manchen Themen die Tiefe. Ebenso wirft das Buch mehr Fragen auf, als das es beantwortet, was nicht jeden gefallen wird.

Trotz allem ist „Dieser Beitrag wurde entfernt“ definitiv ein Buch, das sich zum Lesen lohnt und das zum Nachdenken anregt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

megnzhang's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

tspice24's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

orireading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.25

I thought I was going to like this more; the letter/monologue(??)/somewhat second person format was really interesting though. Intriguing twist in the narrative and I thought this worked v well as a novella. Not what I was expecting but made me think about consent and the internet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Xenophobia

szpetot's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Death of parent, and Alcohol

sarabook's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, War, and Injury/Injury detail

honeyreads1066's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

3.0

I think I just expected too much from this book.

This book follows a group of young colleagues who work as moderators for an unnamed social media site. Between the atrocities, they see daily and their messy personal lives, the violence seems to affect them a lot more than they cared to admit.

I sped through this book. Not only because it was short but because it was weird and I had a type of morbid fascination with the blase way Bervoets describes what the moderators have seen.

I guess what I found lacking was the depth in which certain things were explored. I felt that a lot of what happens was by inference and there was a lot of areas that needed more development, especially in terms of the relationships between the main characters.

I would have overlooked that because it was short and I understand that certain things cannot be explored in that many pages but the ending ruined it for me. It felt rushed and I was left wanting more but not in a good way. The final page especially just felt like it was unfinished.

Overall k would recommend it but be clear not to expect too much. I was hoping to like this book a lot more than I did. I would also like the mention the translator Emma Rault who captured the tone beautifully. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Torture, and Violence