Reviews

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

origamy's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Did enjoy most of the plot and everything but there were some problematic issues throughout the book, especially during the end regarding the twist that was just not good. 

linette's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

samirahmaidi's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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

nedg0's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

anaknien's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

abbycharpentier's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

jesmroberts's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

aderrick's review against another edition

1.0

What in the transphobic, Christian nationalism did I just read? The plot: all over-educated liberals are bad. The only good guys are Christian’s (which I know, because the author made sure we knew

lmc_phd's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Drug use

Moderate: Addiction