Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Desenhos Ocultos

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Desenhos Ocultos by Jason Rekulak

136 reviews

hannanni41's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

It had a lot of promise but just had too many plot contrivances and required too much suspension of disbelief for me. The pictures were a lot of fun though

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maggiefaerie's review against another edition

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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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lydiagarcia's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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karmachamillionaire's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

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

1.0

This book is entertaining enough if read mindlessly, but it’s deeply problematic on multiple fronts (transphobic, fatphobic, contains unchallenged racist stereotypes, has an extremely misconstrued view of sex education for children etc.) cannot recommend and am really shocked by how many readers are missing it’s clearly anti-leftist, far-right/conservative dog whistles & agenda.

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ryan_mitchell's review against another edition

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0.25

Transphobic, racist, not even scary.

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chrisdennismyers's review against another edition

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medium-paced

1.25

I really liked the concept and the art was good and added interest, BUT....

it is extremely transphobic. The ending amounts to a religious lady saves a girl from having to act like a boy in a very atheistic home....Bad.</spolier>

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kmoore98's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

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angelsprite's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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ertrunnell's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? No

2.5

There were things I hated about this book, but I still couldn’t stop listening so can’t knock it down too much. I definitely didn’t guess the major plot twist like some other readers did. Had more of a YA feel than adult.

Hated: transphobia, religious commentary, plot holes, irritating narrator, fatphobia

I thought it would have been interesting if the twist was that the whole thing was based on an unreliable narrator.

Other than what’s mentioned in “hated,” the writing was decent and I did want to figure out what the hell was going on.

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bretsky91's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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