Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

21 reviews

inamerata's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

1.0

This book asks bold questions, like "is it worse if your PTSD turns you into a nazi or a rapist?" and "would that be fucked up or what?"

It reads quickly. It has an interesting premise and some technically competent foreshadowing. Even a few clever paragraphs. But that's the limit of my praise. The framing device makes increasingly little sense, the random details felt meaningless too often, the twists undermined the story, and the ending is abrupt and unsatisfying.

Presumably, Bervoets is trying to comment how all the characters' morals eroded in different ways, but the execution is stupid.

"Oh, Sigrid is an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and fascist/apologist but she was right that Kayleigh is abusive and obsessive. Kayleigh is the only one to unequivocally speak up against Holocaust denial, but she did assault Sigrid and broke into a dead teenager's house because she is also delusional. So there's points on both sides and we'll explicitly end showing Sigrid in the right and Kayleigh in the wrong." Come on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, and Death of parent

By its nature, many awful things are brought up and even said by the main characters. In addition, Kayleigh is a lesbian and revealed to be an abusive, obsessive, delusional stalker who sexually harassed and assaulted her girlfriend, and breaks into a dead teenager's room after their breakup because she's just so #crazy. Sigrid is a bisexual woman who is a bigoted, gullible idiot and it's hinted she cheated with her ex-boyfriend. They're not supposed to be good people, but the facts remain.

themeadowlibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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

3.5

Talk about bad decisions. 

An insightful look at abuse in the digital age. 

This is a startling book, and will not be for everyone. However, the things it says about the depravity of the world, abuse, relationships, and PTSD are important. When does an abuser cross the line? How does an abuser convince themselves what they’re doing is ok? Can trauma justify horrible actions? This story takes unreliable narration to another level. It absolutely left me thinking. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicide, and Alcohol

Minor: Death of parent

emimli's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Violence, Antisemitism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

spaghettireads's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

erinj_96's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

1.75

Ugh! I wanted this book to be so jarring and messed up and it fell so flat.  The premise is super strong and I wish it was more the moderators having to watch the videos and do something about it and less about the characters outside of work.  Like many people, I’m super confused by the ending and how we go there.  I mean, Kayleigh isn’t a good person but the breaking and entering thing seems random and out of character.  I’m rating this low bc I’m disappointed that it’s not what I thought it would be

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

necroplasm's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

4.5

somehow i accidentally read another book about traumatized women in a relationship with each other that steadily gets worse and worse as the book goes on?? not a very feel-good read at all but provides an interesting premise that i haven't seen before and thankfully didn't drag things out too much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Antisemitism, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

helsbelle's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

flapjackzs_'s review against another edition

challenging 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

kaii's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

I wish there had been... more to this? a better exploration of how watching this kind of content fucks you up and what sort of effects it has. kind of felt like a but flat flat, and it seemed like some threads were kind of left hanging. but, I did devour it! it scratched an itch and I liked the writing style

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Self harm, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Islamophobia, Stalking, and Death of parent