Reviews tagging 'Violence'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

175 reviews

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

verilystilt's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

arlingtonchamberofgay's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, and Vomit

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

ruthlemon08's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Antisemitism, and Gaslighting

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

museoftheviolets's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Antisemitism

rgs's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Antisemitism

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

pamshenanigans's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

We Had to Remove This Post dives into the dangers of disturbing content posted in social media not just towards the audience viewing them but also towards the people moderating them. While I wasn’t exactly wowed by the book, I can sort of relate, as someone who works in the digital marketing space. The story is written in a way that the MC, Kayleigh, is talking to a lawyer or representative for the lawsuit the other ex-employees were working on. 

Kayleigh is desperate for a job and needed the money so she signed up to be a content moderator. Moderators are tasked to view disturbing, violent, and offensive content to decide whether to keep this on the platform or not. 

Dangerous job aside, Kayleigh also had to navigate fragile relationships that may or may not be affected by the nature of their job. 

Another disturbing detail about this book is that it happens in real life, albeit not exactly how it happens in the book. There are content moderators around the world tasked to evaluate certain content. Moderators who have experienced long-term exposure to disturbing images and videos and are dealing with anxiety and paranoid thoughts. 

I’m also pretty sure that similar to this book, there are ridiculous nuances that need to be followed, content that may be dangerous but could generate clicks and views as long as they fit a certain absurd standard. A sample from the book: “Death threats against a pedophile are allowed; death threats against a politician are not; a video of a religious zealot blowing themselves up in a daycare center should be removed, on the grounds that it’s a terrorist propaganda, not because it depicts violence or child abuse.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, and Violence

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