Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

110 reviews

markedwithanm's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Car accident, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

caityg22's review

mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Blood, and Gaslighting

lakinlindsey's review

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gaslighting, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: Infertility

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

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This was so good, I couldn’t put it down. There were so many things that happened that I did not expect in the least. It was a wild ride, especially the last 100 pages or so. This book goes to show that you never know the lengths someone will go to protect their own interests and cover up their own lies and deceit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Classism, Confinement, Deadnaming, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Torture, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Outing

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Drug use, Grief, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, and Classism

Minor: Confinement, Dysphoria, Infertility, Transphobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Cursing, Dementia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Blood, and Infidelity

izypup's review

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Gun violence

Minor: Murder, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cursing, Violence, Dysphoria, Infidelity, and Infertility

scarlett_f's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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: Confinement, Cursing, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic relationship, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, and Violence

ejsimpson's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Alcohol, Classism, Car accident, and Blood

orizenda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I feel like there was potential here but the end just went off the rails for me

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, Racism, and Sexual harassment