Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

77 reviews

arlingtonchamberofgay's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Moderate: Suicide, Drug use, Sexual content, and Self harm

Minor: Blood, Vomit, Bullying, Child death, Death, Violence, and Xenophobia

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

While there is a lot of content warnings for this book, it’s a lot less graphic than what it seems to be made out to be when I saw reviews. It is primarily an insight on the effects of being desensitized/over-exposed to disturbing media online than about discussing the disturbing media. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Racial slurs

Moderate: Antisemitism, Sexual content, Rape, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Violence, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Grief, Alcoholism, Death, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Stalking, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Hate crime, Bullying, Blood, and Racism

xashleyxvix's review against another edition

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Racism, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Drug use, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

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

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

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

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: Self harm, Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Antisemitism, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Suicide attempt, Animal cruelty, and Stalking

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: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Self harm

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

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

sapsquatch's review against another edition

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

3.25

When the job as a moderator blurred lines. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Grief, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Stalking

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: Suicide attempt, Cursing, Drug use, Animal death, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Child death, Gun violence, Death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Suicide