Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

238 reviews

jordynjohnson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hidden Pictures had a really easy to read writing style and the drawings throughout the book were a really interesting addition. It’s a paranormal/supernatural thriller that wasn’t super believable but was really enjoyable. The ending really got me 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Kidnapping and Gun violence

kcohrs19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense

• 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: Grief, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Murder

katerinatroyanovich's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

2.0

On the surface this book was fine. It was a page turner, went quickly, kept me guessing. The addition of illustrations throughout was an intriguing idea that added an element of creepiness that I enjoyed. But I can’t get the weird micro aggressions out of my head: Stereotypical characters of color like caricatures - you’re going to make the one Latinx family landscapers that have all mission style furniture? And the one Asian character draw whiskers on her face and love anime? Also weird ideas about atheism - I’ve never met an atheist who was so intense about not celebrating holidays or letting their kid believe in the tooth fairy. Nor have I met an atheist that is happy to show their five year old graphic anatomy books that ALSO explain anal sex and cunnilingus. Wtf? And am I crazy or did the author manage to squeeze in an opinion on the gender binary? Was this transphobic? I don’t even know what I just read. Damn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Addiction, and Racism

littlepunkinnn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Drug abuse, Racism, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Infertility

carmengonser's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Addiction

bohboh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Racism and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Dementia, Vomit, Xenophobia, Cursing, Infertility, and Blood

shawniejo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Death, Violence, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Racism and Classism

hellokaley's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

I unexpectedly loved this one. I’m pretty critical of thrillers because there are so many similar tropes and twists, but this one was a wild ride and entertaining all the way through. The twists were unexpected but breadcrumbs were left through the book which made it a really satisfying puzzle in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse

Moderate: Drug use and Death

annaae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Blood, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

elmmegan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use