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We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

247 reviews

tottles's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.0

i mean. alright! a little more context at the end there would’ve been nice, but alright!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

cateycat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Stalking

Minor: Gore

morebedsidebooks's review against another edition

2.75

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault, is a book for the online age showcasing the unreliable narration of a lesbian former content moderator. 

See an in-depth review on my blog. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Stalking, and Alcohol

As the (unreliable) narrator's job is in Trust and Safety for a major tech platform there are also descriptions of a variety of content flagged for review or guidelines around. So further assume ALL CONTENT WARNINGS apply.

bookbird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

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

aseppa's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Antisemitism, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

micasreads's review against another edition

2.0

Author: Hanna Bervoets
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Started: June 23, 2024
Finished: June 23, 2024
Format: Audio
Genre: Literary Fiction

Kayleigh takes a position as a content moderator for a social media platform. The longer she works there, the more she realizes how much it is affecting her and her co-workers - they are becoming desensitized to violent images and seeing the "truth" behind conpsiracy theories. It's not until she does something illegal that she sees what she has become.

This book was short, which I appreciated. This author is well-awarded in the Netherlands, so this is a translation to English. This book has a lot of foul language and inflammatory content, which was hard to hear but works with the context of the story. The characters were unlikeable and cold from the start. This was a take it or leave it book for me.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing 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