Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak

115 reviews

tanyalazanya's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Drug use, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Xenophobia

abbycassidy17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

HUGE PLOT TWISTS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

kelsoups's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

Quick and easy read, but predictable. Ending felt unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Racism, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

meganjoy16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Addiction, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, and Child death

evevallarta's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

muy entretenido, no lo podia dejar de leer, me gusto como integran todas las cosas del pasado para que “justifiques” o creas que sabes de que va la historia.
Al final cuando se revela la verdad, fue un poco random que su guest fuera cierto.

Las personas reales dan mas miedo que los fantasmas.</spoler>

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Blood, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

boba_n_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

I thought this book was good before it hit the plot twist. But once we got there OH MAN did it reel me in!! Usually I can fairly accurately predict the end of thrillers, but this one kept me guessing.

At first, it reminded me of Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. There are some similarities such as the nanny/babysitter and supernatural elements, but Rekulak made this a story all his own. Once you meet Mallory, Teddy, Caroline, and Ted, you’ll want to finish their story to the bitter end. 

When we found out Teddy was a girl who had been kidnapped, my mind was BLOWN. I knew there was some sort of ghost/spirit involved, but I never would have guessed it was the dead mother. And it just keeps getting crazier after that when you find out about Caroline and Ted’s abduction story. I also like that the supernatural element wasn’t proven wrong but just added to the story as “anya” helped to kill Caroline and protect Mallory and Teddy at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

eleanormair's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Racism, and Gun violence

daniellekraatz's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, and Injury/Injury detail

myriam_almonti's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Violence, Abandonment, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Drug use, Infidelity, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Xenophobia and Car accident

Minor: Miscarriage and Racism

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Infertility, Addiction, Car accident, Murder, Violence, Death, Drug abuse, and Gun violence