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Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

47 reviews

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Outing, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Dementia, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Classism, Infidelity, Vomit, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

maggiefaerie's review against another edition

DNF @29% This book bounces from microaggressions to flat out racism, transphobia, fat shaming, and it's laced with right wing values. These elements don't provide any societal commentary. They're unnecessary and I found reading this book to be extremely uncomfortable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Transphobia, Fatphobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

honeywine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Stalking, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Infertility, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Murder, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Car accident

Moderate: Alcohol and Infidelity

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

OMFG! This book is insane! Extremely good! Fast-paced and creative. I don't want to spoil it, but damn, this was a good read. I couldn't stop reading. The spirit stuff was creepy, and the drawings, omg, it's wild. The audiobook companion helped a lot. Wow! Jason, it would be amazing if you wrote more books, my man. Thank you for the ride❤️🔥 Mallory Quinn, the Maxwells,  Caroline, Ted, Teddy. The revelations were astonishing💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

sydoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

I did guess the twists, but they were still CRAZY like this book went hard. So good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Violence, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Infertility, Dysphoria, Racism, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement and Dementia

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Wow what an intricate creepy book. Did not expect the plot twists at all and I love when I can look back and see the little clues. Really really good. The illustrations just added so much to it and made it feel real. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Child abuse, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Infertility, and Classism

monstersinspace's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

1.0

For the first half of this book I was bored and found Malory fairly annoying. The constant commenting on other people's weight and life style was completely unnecessary and real judgmental coming from someone who used to do heroin. Like we get it, you found jesus and started running again, do we really need several pages discussing the calories in the lunch you are eating. Also, if you're going to have a character lie all the time stop having them talk about how much they hate lying. It was so annoying for Malory to keep going on and on about how guilty she felt and how perfect the timing was to not lie but then keep doing it. Another thing that annoyed me was the SUPER Christian overtones, the family was evil because the kidnapped a kid not cause they didn't believe in god I even had to Google the author in the middle to figure out if I had accidentally borrowed a Christian novel. The whole part of the husband being in love with Malory and wanting them to run away made no sense because I felt like he was barely in the book. Two awkward interactions don't really lead to a lets runway together moment and having him watch her sleep just seems like a cop out. The ghost being a different ghost was kind of a cool point and I feel like the clues worked well to lead to both conclusion. keeping Teddy as a boy even after they left upstate New York and no one was suspicious was just weird and  unnecessary, and that coupled with the constant reference to JK rowling makes me a little more then suspicious of the author's intentions.  </Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Transphobia

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I just...😬. I don't know! This was a fun thriller with the added bonus of beautiful drawings interspersed. But the twists were so improbable, the characters so cringily stereotyped, and it didn't land. If the author had leaned into the genre instead of trying to elevate it, I think he would've been more successful. Instead, it's kind of a ghost story, psycho-thriller, addict's redemption tale, and class commentary mushed into an admittedly interesting framework. But it just all felt...off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Alcohol, and Mental illness

tanyalazanya's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

kelsoups's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

Quick and easy read, but predictable. Ending felt unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Racism, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Police brutality