Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

66 reviews

livvmarks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Classism, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Kidnapping, Death, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Addiction, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

soobooksalot's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

Don't you love when you start a book and just know it will be five stars? Then keep reading and realize it might be a new favourite of the genre?
 Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak is giving me a book hangover.
 It has all the elements I love in a spooky read - unreliable narrator, mysterious backstories, atmosphere, local legends, and a fantastic hint of supernatural. 
 Round this out with essential parts of the story being told through art - both creepy and heartbreaking - and this book was an absolute winner. 
 Many elements reminded me of some of my favourite horror movies, the ones with well-thought out stories and unsettling twists that make you gasp.
 100% recommended!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Racism, Xenophobia, Drug abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Addiction, Death, Grief, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Gore

Minor: Infertility

lindseyrenee's review against another edition

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

1.0

Where to start with this? The story had potential to be really fun and at times I was wanting to know what was going to happen next, but every single character ruined this for me. They were all written as a caricature of what they should be. You have the ex druggie turned religious girl, the wacky neighbor who is paranoid from too much pot, the Hispanic landscaper, and the super scientific atheist parents. Not only was there fat shaming, but some shocking racist remarks, and transphobia that cannot be overlooked. Every single instance of those could have been deleted completely and it wouldn’t have changed anything about the story or the characters, they were just there to be there. Had those been removed I do think my rating would be different, however they weren’t and can’t be ignored.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Transphobia, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Grief, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Classism, Alcohol, and Car accident

ozeankind's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief, Car accident, Murder, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Miscarriage, Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Gun violence, Infertility, and Infidelity

batcaves's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Grief, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Car accident, Infertility, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Murder

julienicole1106's review against another edition

mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Addiction, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Racism, Alcohol, Car accident, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

blouviere4's review against another edition

mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident, Cursing, Alcohol, and Infertility

Minor: Racism and Dementia

m_greenlaw's review against another edition

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Grief and Gun violence