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A review by readmeem
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I listened to the audio book as I read on my kindle app for the picture references. The book was medium paced with a good (sometimes slow building) plot. However, everything was easy to follow, nice twists, writing was descriptive and in detail but not too wordy.
I did not find any of the characters as lovable but they were interesting and definitely fit with the tense, dark, roll your eyes vibe of the story (suburban, upper class, shrill).
The picture aspect of the book really added a nice touch of creepy. I’ve never seen that aspect in a book before. Because of that I wished there was more of it and talked about more frequent/detailed in the book. I just loved the aspect that much!
The ending went out with a bang. However, I hinted/guessed it like 50-60 percent through, BUT I was not prepared for how it would be delivered and I was pleased yet someone sad (because of my emotions lol) I would have given it 5 stars if either it did not take this long for it to come together (build up plot did not match the hype 100 percent for me) or there was more of a chase (or another plot twist). I would definitely recommend this one.
I did not find any of the characters as lovable but they were interesting and definitely fit with the tense, dark, roll your eyes vibe of the story (suburban, upper class, shrill).
The picture aspect of the book really added a nice touch of creepy. I’ve never seen that aspect in a book before. Because of that I wished there was more of it and talked about more frequent/detailed in the book. I just loved the aspect that much!
The ending went out with a bang. However, I hinted/guessed it like 50-60 percent through, BUT I was not prepared for how it would be delivered and I was pleased yet someone sad (because of my emotions lol) I would have given it 5 stars if either it did not take this long for it to come together (build up plot did not match the hype 100 percent for me) or there was more of a chase (or another plot twist). I would definitely recommend this one.