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תמונות נסתרות by Jason Rekulak

130 reviews

bbk8's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Drug use, and Kidnapping

Minor: Infertility and Car accident

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

radtj's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

randeerebecca's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Racism, Car accident, and Death of parent

edsbian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This was a solid (not standout, but solid) little supernatural horror story until the random reveal hit, and everything went kinda off the rails. I don’t know how no one told Jason Rekulak that

having a character who was forced to be trans, a child especially, by their atheist liberal parents

for no other reason than adding more shock value to your twist sucks, is

transphobic

, and is weak writing. I wouldn’t put people through this book knowing the author randomly decided to add that in without considering the real world politics it mirrors. Thank god a good Christian girl was able to save her, right?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Death of parent

claire_reardon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Choices were made…and not the good kind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

Weird and entertaining but also a bit contrived. Did not appreciate the way they took advantage of the general social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people to spin this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

2.0

I am so frustrated by this book!
The good: I'm not one to read entire books in one sitting, but I did with this. The story was compelling, the illustrations were perfectly creepy, and I had no idea what was going to happen in a great way.

The REALLY BAD: The Maxwells are laughably stereotypical. It's like the author listened to a bunch of Alex Jones and was like "yeah, I can make characters on that." Truly ridiculous, pretty shameful.

In summary, it's quite an enjoyable book up until the twist. Then it nosedives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia

katieimre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Car accident, and Death of parent

ivykennerauthor's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism and Violence

Minor: Transphobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Outing, Abandonment, and Alcohol