Reviews tagging 'Death'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

263 reviews

savergano's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Car accident

soluxos7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Death

michelereads17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

There were so many twists I did not see coming. Refreshing thriller with a lot more current topics that are brought up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

laruru's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism, Transphobia, and Kidnapping

kayjoy92's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really did enjoy this book. I like how it was written, and the ending definitely caught me off guard. I loved the picture concept as it really brought another layer of imagination to the book and upped the creepiness factor.  I’d agree I felt the ending was oddly rushed compared to the first 75% of the book. Also, the antagonist’s initial justifications didn’t sit quite right with me. But overall a fun read!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

snowhite197's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Overall enjoyed the story but the ending was drawn out and some of the main characters behaviors and reactions were jarringly unrealistic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kduh32's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, and Murder

thebookcat217's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent

chelbelle122's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Wow.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rnbhargava's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

The end portions feel a bit rushed and contrived but I was gripped and steadily reading for much of this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child abuse, Deadnaming, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

A large aspect of the conclusion of this book’s plot could be described as potentially transphobic, making a kid conform to a gender identity that isn’t their own