Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

149 reviews

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Violence, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Sexual content, Transphobia, Blood, Dementia, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

stasquatch's review against another edition

1.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism and Transphobia

mitchell_1'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Body shaming

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

izypup's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Violence, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Dysphoria

arthur_ant18's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Transphobia

empiricalrisk's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Transphobia, and Religious bigotry

derangerblender's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia

kst's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

I really enjoyed this book up until the big twist. I’d love to recommend the book to others, but the ending,

in the vein of the film Sleepaway Camp (1983)

, was just a bizarre and offensive choice for a book that was written/published in the 2020s. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Infertility, and Grief

greyhuigris's review against another edition

1.0

Up until the last 50 or so pages, this was a solid 2.5 stars. The writing was much better than the author’s first book (which I also rated 1 star), but the characters weren’t fully fleshed out and the plot was a bit of a mess. So much of what happens relies on the characters being dumb. But the mystery kept me reading anyways. And then the twist came, and Spoiler it was transphobic and disgusting. How was this published in 2022 is beyond me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia

ratnipulated's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I don't know if this book is intentionally bigoted or not. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia