Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak

98 reviews

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

peepsheep's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Honestly the book was well written and interesting enough but I had some issues with the constant social/political themes in this book. At some point it just seemed like the author was reaching to be as edgy as possible in every direction. I’m not sure the ending had to be so elusive either, it made it impossible to guess the ending which is good I guess, but at what cost? The ending was just really random. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia and Racism

edilyaaang's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Some decisions made my the FMC in this book frustrated me but other than that, this book was a great read. I love the twist near the end. The way it ended never crossed my mind. I love how despite it being a 300+ page book, it was a very quick read and it had me on the edge of my seat once the story gained momentum. It wasn't really scary so I guess I would categorize this as more of a thriller than horror

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Drug use, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Grief, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Dementia, Stalking, Transphobia, and Racism

kerrygetsliterary'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Drug use, Death, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Racism

Moderate: Infertility and Infidelity

valkyriecain82's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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: Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Racism

gsantino32's review against another edition

1.0

some very problematic commentary in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Fatphobia, Racism, Addiction, Body shaming, Kidnapping, and Death

kathywoo10's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Infertility, Classism, Blood, Deadnaming, Dementia, Kidnapping, Racism, and Transphobia

tanacef's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Racism, Alcohol, Addiction, Infertility, Car accident, Gaslighting, Dementia, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Stalking, Drug use, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Confinement, Blood, Grief, Death, Death of parent, Racism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Dementia, Torture, Car accident, and Drug abuse