Reviews with content warning for Transphobia - Hidden Pictures

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Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

149 reviews

stonecoldfaux's review against another edition

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1.5

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sup_demons's review against another edition

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At best innocently ignorant and at worst dangerously provocative and manipulative subtext. The forefront is a cute haunting drama but at the back everything reeks of projection and caricatures filled with prejudice and false stereotypes.

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linda_elaine's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed the book but the pushy/over the top religion is good and atheist are bad was a bit much. Also slightly transphobic.

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howesj's review against another edition

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dark 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

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gritsgritsgrits's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

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onceandfuturereads's review against another edition

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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

Until about halfway in I didn’t *hate* it. But by then even the pictures couldn’t save it.

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x3melly's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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voidcrawler's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

0.5

littered with right wing propaganda, primarily in the form of transphobia. sprinkle in some casual fatphobia, racism, and religious bigotry, and you have this book.

i’m now convinced booktok, especially the horror side of it, either don’t read the books they promote or they severely lack reading comprehension skills. everyone’s more obsessed with how “wOw fUcKed uP!!! 🥴” something is in terms of gore and jump-scares over the actual problematic shit in this book. bonkers, really, since so many horrortok creators are left-leaning and lgbtq+.

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alisonfaith426's review against another edition

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mysterious slow-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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megemac's review against another edition

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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

3.75

This is difficult to rate, and not for the reasons I normally struggle to rate a thriller. I enjoyed the story, it kept me captivated and I do love a good ghost story. However there are a few things that I wasn't really comfortable with.

I think using infertility as a reason to abduct a child, is a cop out in a lot of ways. Infertility is a very sensitive topic to many and so I do think that this could have gone a different route or be handled a with more care. There is also the very transphobic vibes that I got. Again, I do understand where Rekulak was trying to go (or at least I hope that was his direction) - but a bit more research would have been a major help for this author. Leaving it as it was smacks of privilege and lack of wanting to understand. Honestly, the same goes for the addiction aspect of the story. A little more research would have helped things not seem so cut and dry or uninformed.

With all that said, the story was strong and kept me entertained and wanting to read. It was creepy without being terrifying. My rating is for the bulk of the story as a whole. When recommending it I will be sharing my hesitations with others and encourage them to be sure to do the same.

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