Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

61 reviews

luna_98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

perfect mix of paranormal activity and weird white people shit

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, and Deadnaming

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Car accident, and Classism

carlaa_aa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Classism, Gaslighting, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

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

rochelleisreading's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Car accident, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Grief, Classism, Drug use, Stalking, and Drug abuse

Minor: Infidelity, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Infertility

thatonecatmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, and Death

princess_marie's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Car accident, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Infidelity

wytnie's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

I really liked this book and didn't see one specific part of the ending coming! having the pictures that Teddy drew was a super nice touch and I would definitely read more from this author!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death, Stalking, Addiction, Gaslighting, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Murder

stormeno's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Addiction

Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Classism, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

fireflyhollow'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Drug use, Addiction, Grief, Alcohol, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Infertility

betsysbubble'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? Yes

3.75

I'm not entirely what to make of this book. The illustrations were genuinely creepy and freaked me out quite a bit which definitely added to the overall atmosphere of the novel. The pacing was extremely fast and easy to fall into - I read over 100 pages in what felt like half an hour - the pages just really flew by without much effort. 
I can't say that I entirely understand what happened in the end or why. The timing of events doesn't completely make sense in my head which is why this isn't a 4 star read. I find that with thrillers like this sometimes the endings start to feel extremely far-fetched to me and while this hasn't happened for this book I can see how it was teetering on that edge. 
HOWEVER, this was a quick read with plenty of twists and turns. I wasn't completely gripped but I was certainly interested enough to want to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence