Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Hidden Pictures: A Novel by Jason Rekulak

113 reviews

sydoodle's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

4.75

I did guess the twists, but they were still CRAZY like this book went hard. So good

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Alcohol, Infertility, Dysphoria, Racism, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Confinement and Dementia

katelynprice's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

I could not stop reading this book and made my husband stay up late with me so I could finish it. 😂 The pacing was well done, and I actually got chills in a few different scenes. There are a few details that keep me from giving it a full 5 stars, but overall it was a fun and wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Cursing, and Racism

It annoyed me when she lied to the guy. That just made me roll my eyes. And then the dad being a creep was a detail I didn't need. It was creepy enough on its own. I liked that a lot of hints were dropped along the way. It made it all the more satisfying when the ending was revealed and all the pieces were put together.

sophieamreacher's review against another edition

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

5.0

Wow what an intricate creepy book. Did not expect the plot twists at all and I love when I can look back and see the little clues. Really really good. The illustrations just added so much to it and made it feel real. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Child abuse, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Child death, Racism, Sexism, Car accident, Infertility, and Classism

jj_tj's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Drug use

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Car accident

vjlp22_reader's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

extraggie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

it was sad and mysterious and just the perfect amount of ghost story and thriller 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Car accident, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Drug use

monstersinspace's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

1.0

For the first half of this book I was bored and found Malory fairly annoying. The constant commenting on other people's weight and life style was completely unnecessary and real judgmental coming from someone who used to do heroin. Like we get it, you found jesus and started running again, do we really need several pages discussing the calories in the lunch you are eating. Also, if you're going to have a character lie all the time stop having them talk about how much they hate lying. It was so annoying for Malory to keep going on and on about how guilty she felt and how perfect the timing was to not lie but then keep doing it. Another thing that annoyed me was the SUPER Christian overtones, the family was evil because the kidnapped a kid not cause they didn't believe in god I even had to Google the author in the middle to figure out if I had accidentally borrowed a Christian novel. The whole part of the husband being in love with Malory and wanting them to run away made no sense because I felt like he was barely in the book. Two awkward interactions don't really lead to a lets runway together moment and having him watch her sleep just seems like a cop out. The ghost being a different ghost was kind of a cool point and I feel like the clues worked well to lead to both conclusion. keeping Teddy as a boy even after they left upstate New York and no one was suspicious was just weird and  unnecessary, and that coupled with the constant reference to JK rowling makes me a little more then suspicious of the author's intentions.  </Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infertility, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Blood, Addiction, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Transphobia

cavallonee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Car accident

hellokatya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

this book was not what i had expected going in, but i’m glad i went in mostly blind.
it reminds me a lot of “imaginary friend” by stephen chbosky” and it was phenomenal.
the writing was informal, but not in an amateur way, it felt very personal. the characters were very three dimensional and felt like real people.
at times i felt it was a little over the top with anya, but overall i really enjoyed this book and Will be recommending it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Drug abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Infertility and Confinement

thecozyrogue's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Car accident, and Gun violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Schizophrenia/Psychosis