Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

54 reviews

imaginesysiphus's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

Better than I expected. A short punchy read, even if less about content moderation ans more about the effects of it on people. Super dark and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Homophobia, Murder, Violence, Child death, Death, Hate crime, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, and Self harm

enbeefinery's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

it was a good read overall, made me think  about a world i’d never thought about before, but i feel like the book had a lot more potential (“great idea, poor execution” except the execution started off great but slowly lost its flow.).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual violence

kp_brynn's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Addiction, Bullying, Child death, Gore, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child abuse, Antisemitism, Homophobia, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Alcohol

nitroglycerin's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Racial slurs, Genocide, Violence, Racism, and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Blood, Animal death, Suicide, and Stalking

cady_sass's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-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

3.25

This is a fascinating topic but the execution is just okay. The author ends the book by stating clearly that while the novel is entirely fictional, the similarities to actual happenings is on purpose and goes on to list many, many sources about real life content moderators and legal action taken against Facebook. Unfortunately, I feel that those articles would be more interesting. The entire premise revolves around the idea that our main protagonist does not want any involvement in legal action against her former employer and promises the reader we will come to understand why. Well, I don’t. I think you just wrote 100 pages about getting dumped while you worked a shitty job. 

If this is supposed to be horror, it didn’t go far enough. If this is supposed to be social commentary, it’s too weird and the focus is placed on the wrong parts of the story. In my humble opinion this could’ve used another 100 or so pages and have one of the characters really, truly fall off their rocker.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

kmsander4's review against another edition

dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.0

TikTok told me that this book was messed up and would disturb me. I thought the concept was really interesting and I do think it skimmed the surface of some tough topics that really do need to be explored, but because it is just a novella, everything felt rushed and I left the book unsatisfied.

We have become highly desensitized in the online world - and maybe that's part of the message here - but I think SO MUCH more could have been done with this topic.

If you're looking for a quick read, you could pick it up but watch for trigger warnings and I wouldn't come in with high expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Antisemitism, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Child abuse, and Murder

elwhits'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Child death, Animal death, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racial slurs, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

mermaidsherbet'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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Antisemitism

Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Stalking, Blood, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Violence, and Suicide

chadcloete's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Gore, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, and Animal death

scheller_bg31's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Antisemitism, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Trafficking, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Eating disorder, Excrement, Homophobia, Self harm, Stalking, Suicide, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Incest, and Violence