Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets

34 reviews

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

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: Xenophobia, Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Stalking, Antisemitism, Animal cruelty, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Rape, War, Biphobia, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Alcohol, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Bullying, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, and Self harm

trippalli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

It's a challenging book full of awful things happening on the Internet and the witness stress of those paid to review flagged posts and the hardships of that job, their coping.... Their fallout of beliefs from flat Earth to denying the Holocaust, the tiers of what most need taken down and what isn't is hard, the hopefully things they see, some described, is really hard to hear. Especially a young girl cutting her face before killing herself.. And how they take the cutting post down and find out about her suicide later because they can't stop thinking about the girl and remember her real name and investigate. Along in the story is the narrator trying to have a relationship with her girlfriend that goes through it's own hardships in parallel to the harshness of this job both women and their friends work at.


It's well written but full of so many trigger flags, most of not all of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Body shaming, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, and Suicide

daniellekat's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

1.75

This had potential but was strangely boring. I liked that it was short, but hated the ending and found the unreliability of the narration irritating. Overall a miss for me but I did think the author wrote well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Stalking, Antisemitism, and Suicide

offensive slurs

pabi's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Very abrupt ending. I definitely think more things could have been elaborated on and more details about the job could have been exposed. It was a gripping story but ultimately let me down.

ps. I wish I could read the book in its original language.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Drug use, Child death, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Racism, Toxic friendship, Blood, Suicide, Stalking, Alcoholism, Self harm, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Racial slurs

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.5

A pretty heavy read. I think it’s a good narrative on how what we see online really affects our behaviour in real life, hence we see how some of the characters change throughout the course of the book. It’s a short read - read it in a hour and a half. I would have liked a bit more exploration on the topic personally - because it’s so short I don’t think it’s as in depth as it could have been, but still a decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Toxic friendship, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Death

read_al_about_it's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Addiction, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, and Xenophobia

laurenhill2142's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cultural appropriation, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Racial slurs

danithezombie's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Violence, Toxic friendship, Antisemitism, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Alcohol, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Gore

josiee's review against another edition

challenging dark informative 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Vomit, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Colonisation, Deadnaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Medical content, Murder, Racial slurs, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Addiction, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Outing, Rape, Sexism, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Trafficking, Transphobia, Ableism, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Dysphoria, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cannibalism, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicide attempt