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We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

108 reviews

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

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

chrishham's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Blood

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

maryfranvs's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

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

michachi's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault

biblionam's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

2.5

The concept was so interesting. That was what made the book redeemable for me a bit. I understand that the author was trying to portray the harmful effects of such a job. However, this was not done well. I found it terribly hard to care about any of the characters because I hardly felt like I knew who any of them were. They weren’t flushed out well (to be fair though, this was a very short book). Some pieces felt unnecessarily convoluted and the ending was just… what? It wasn’t poetic or hard hitting, even with some reflection.. It just felt like a chunk of the book was missing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

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