Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak

23 reviews

ellaticonstellation's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

OMFG! This book is insane! Extremely good! Fast-paced and creative. I don't want to spoil it, but damn, this was a good read. I couldn't stop reading. The spirit stuff was creepy, and the drawings, omg, it's wild. The audiobook companion helped a lot. Wow! Jason, it would be amazing if you wrote more books, my man. Thank you for the ride❤️🔥 Mallory Quinn, the Maxwells,  Caroline, Ted, Teddy. The revelations were astonishing💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Child abuse, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol, Blood, Death, Murder, Torture, Gore, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

stephyreads1221's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Racism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

talsbooknook's review against another edition

This is a poorly written book full of right wing dog whistles, religious propaganda and transphobia. Absolute nonsense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fatphobia, Classism, Body shaming, and Blood

meeklovestoread's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.75

My goodness, I just finished this book (at night, sheesh😬) and I have goosebumps. I literally still have chills. I honestly commend the author for their dedication to this book. The illustrations really made the book what it is. It was an excellent incorporation. I honestly loved this book from front to back.  The big twist was a little far fetch for me, but it was plausible. And even after I was still growing anxious. I understand the hype. I truly a little scared at times. What a true horror book.

But I wish everything tied together. The way Annie found out about the reveal was far fetch considering the reader themselves didn't get to see how she came up with this conclusion. Also, I lowkey wished they stuck with the ghost story because the actual twist of it all being Caroline and the spirit being someone else was so last minutes. And I still don't see how the opening scene of her doing the experiment had much to do with the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Infertility, and Racism

Minor: Medical content

theoceanrose's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Blood, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Kidnapping

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

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

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

anna_green_gables's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Cursing, Infertility, and Racism

moiralyle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Confinement, Infertility, and Sexual content