Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

22 reviews

molliundera_'s review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

0.25

Literally nothing like I was expecting? This turned into a book about a toxic relationship pretty much. Yes I get the point that the images they were seeing at work was what was making them mentally ill and toxic, but the focus was on a romantic relationship, not even really on individual mental health. The ending was awful. And also the fact this was supposed to be written as a letter to a lawyer was completely irrelevant and unnecessary. 
That’s not even mentioning the unnecessary homophobia, racism, antisemitism, and fat phobia. Slurs and conversation of these topics were played off as a joke at first, then by the end were cemented as actual beliefs several characters held. 
It has a pretty cover. Literally the only good thing I can say. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Rape, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

fi_reads_books's review against another edition

dark informative reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

annavdmout's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

1.0

Dit boek heeft mij er weer aan herinnerd waarom ik geen Nederlandse literatuur lees.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Murder

gwynny's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Antisemitism, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Fatphobia, Gore, Racial slurs, and Islamophobia

ruddsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

christineazopf's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Thanks to Harper Books for the free copy of this book.

 - Is there anything more terrifying than reading a horror novel that is fully based in reality? WE HAD TO REMOVE THIS POST is just that: a barely fictionalized story of a group of online content moderators slowly losing their grip.
- The imagery in this book is unsurprisingly horrific, along with all kinds of slurs and nastiness. Pushing through that, though, is part of what makes this novella so great and awful: you're doing the same thing as the characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

julesleigh's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail