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A review by rionstorm
We Had to Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets
challenging
dark
sad
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
3.75
Definitely check the trigger warnings for this one. Parts of it are predictably difficult to read, especially some of the descriptions of gore (although they are brief).
The most interesting part of this book to me is the insight it gives into how content moderation affects the people who do it - both in terms of the impact on their mental health, and in terms of some of the material they are viewing having the intended radicalizing or desensitizing effect, even if they're not someone who is coming across the material organically. I thought it was also quite interesting to see how the material being viewed affected each person, for example how the others' antisemetic radicalization was incomprehensible to Kayleigh, even as she was herself being desensitized to sexual violence to the point of possibly re-enacting it, seemingly without any self awareness.
If you're interested in the consequences of the growing volume and consumption of difficult material on the internet, online radicalization, or the way trauma is increasingly built into the experience of someone who uses the internet, you might like this book. Be warned though, it's pretty grim the whole way through.
The most interesting part of this book to me is the insight it gives into how content moderation affects the people who do it - both in terms of the impact on their mental health, and in terms of some of the material they are viewing
If you're interested in the consequences of the growing volume and consumption of difficult material on the internet, online radicalization, or the way trauma is increasingly built into the experience of someone who uses the internet, you might like this book. Be warned though, it's pretty grim the whole way through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Racism, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Animal death, Antisemitism, Genocide, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Violence, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Islamophobia, and Bullying