Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

251 reviews

throwback682's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• 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

0.5

Edited: I initially thought I didn’t know if I liked it or not but after telling my partner about it and reading other reviews… I hate it. The half star is for the audiobook narrator who I thought did a great job. This book is a heavy handed morality tale a la after school specials, disguised as a ghost story. It’s transphobic, for one thing.

The people that turn out to be the bad guys are liberals who force their kid into gender transition against their will???

Gross. Just one example of the right wing propaganda in this novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

There is a content warning that I can’t give without spoiling a major plot point. If you have a marginalized identity or might be sensitive to topics related to marginalized identities, I’ll say which one it’s related to here:

transgender

There’s not a character with that identity exactly… again it’s very complicated without giving total spoilers. I’m kinda squicky about them using it as a twist. I don’t know. Edited: okay I thought of a content warning but THIS COULD ABSOLUTELY SPOIL A MAJOR PLOT POINT VERY VERY EARLY. The extremely spoiling trigger warning is

forced gender transition

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

honestly, didn’t really see the ending coming, but I have never read anything like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, and Car accident

luna_98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

perfect mix of paranormal activity and weird white people shit

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Deadnaming

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Car accident, and Classism

madisonjordan5693's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Kidnapping, Car accident, and Infertility

triple_m's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

The actual drawings included in this book made it go from good to great. Definitely an engaging read and I didn’t predict the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Kidnapping

carlaa_aa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

organizedxchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

This was an enjoyable read, I liked Mallory’s character a lot because it makes for the best sort of questionable narration. You know she’s clean so none of what she’s experiencing can be blamed on her using drugs or anything like that so you know it’s real. Unfortunately I predicted where the story was headed early on or I probably would’ve rated it higher. Overall, it’s a great book with a decent twist, but if you’re like me and you pay attention to every little detail you might see the ending coming.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death

vrlewellen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book really pulled me in and I was surprised by how hooked I was. The audiobook was really good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

adeavila's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

starrfishandcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Drug use, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Dysphoria