Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

44 reviews

kwashington's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, Death, Gun violence, and Addiction

aryelee's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

So glad I gave this book a chance! I was a little hesitant when it comes to horror featuring children, since it often ends with the child dead or treated like a monster. This novel always treated the child sympathetically, and though Teddy was portrayed as strange, the end makes everything clear and gives this child a happy ending. There were twists and turns throughout this novel, with Quinn unable to trust her own mind as a recovering addict, but her efforts to improve herself and her empathy are truly her greatest strengths.

I had clocked who the true dangers of the story were early on, but I couldn't figure out why they did what they did until it was revealed, and what a reveal it was! Truly, the true horror is

entitled white women. And also white men, but this one definitely painted Caroline as the more dangerous person

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The ghost being an artists, the conflicting stories and theories, the way art is so important throughout the plot! This is definitely a novel I would recommend to everyone who's into horror.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, and Death

Moderate: Drug abuse, Car accident, and Child death

mollyjeannette's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

This was such a good book, couldn't put it down. I wish I could read it for the first time all over again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Death, Child death, and Car accident

sarah_j90's review

adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

I absolutely loved this book!! It's about a recovering addict Mallory who goes to work as a live in nanny for a little boy called teddy. Teddy loves to drawer but then his pictures start to take abit of a weird turn and Mallory starts suspecting it's not actually teddy drawing them after all. Add to this an 'imaginary friend' called Anya that tells teddy what to drawer and sleeps under his bed singing strange songs, a cottage that is still the centre of ghost stories from an incident that happened years and years ago and a very eccentric next door neighbour who claims to speak to spirits but only whilst high and this book is just incredible. It's got a nice little romance that runs through it and the character development is so good, and then the twist at the end ... No way I saw that coming!!! Plus the really great thing about it is the pictures are shown throughout the book so you don't need to imagine what they would look like you can witness them as the characters do. This is a real contender for my book of the year!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Child death

aas's review

challenging dark emotional 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: Addiction, Death, Car accident, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, and Infidelity

killmoore_'s review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.75

Ugh, this was so much fun.

The illustrations helped move this book right along - a few startled the hell out of me. 

A twisty turny plot that I -thought- I had figured out, and even though I was close, the delivery and total brutality still blindsided me.

A phenomenal, entertaining, super spooky haunting story that I already wish I could read again for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Addiction, Child death, Infertility, Car accident, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Death, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Stalking

sharebear431's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

tara_valeria's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, and Drug abuse

spooderman's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Blood, and Transphobia

Moderate: Ableism, Confinement, Outing, and Stalking

Minor: Bullying, Dementia, Dysphoria, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Classism, Infidelity, Vomit, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Xenophobia, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Medical content, and Medical trauma

juliamchale's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Drug use