Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak

311 reviews

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

readwithjinger's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Car accident, Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, and Blood

sarahjx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse, Racism, Death of parent, and Child death

emadisonc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

“We don’t know how much our bodies can endure until we make cruel demands of them.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Addiction, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Infertility and Transphobia

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

herzeloyde's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Addiction and Kidnapping

Minor: Racism

dfriend12's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Addiction, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death, Child abuse, and Murder

neelamreadsalot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Racism, and Death

xtrememonotreme's review against another edition

3.0

I originally rated this book 4.75 stars. I lowered it after 24 hours because I took some time to reflect on certain things in the book. 

The way the author made the atheist characters caricatures of atheist people and the bad guys, while the racist side character is a victim by the end. A lot of the shocking stuff they do sounds a lot like what conservatives claim about drag shows and (other) LGBT communities (seriously who would buy a 5yr old a book that discussed anal and oral sex????). It didn’t really sit well with me considering the other themes in the book

It’s a well written and spooky book with some really good pictures hence my original rating but part of it did read like right wing fear mongering with some light fatphobia sprinkled in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Kidnapping, Transphobia, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Child death, Xenophobia, Racism, Fatphobia, and Drug abuse

somebodys_fool's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death, and Gaslighting