kaelilili 's review for:

Strange Pictures by Uketsu

4.75

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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My partner and I liked this book way more than Strange Houses. It has a cool mystery that kept us hooked as well as a very satisfying ending.  Sometimes it was difficult to keep characters straight, (how they related to each other, who’s who, etc.), but the ending and plot was WAY easier to understand and keep track of than in Strange Houses. In my opinion, there were some leaps in logic when solving the mystery, so that made it a little less believable. Overall though, a fun and unique horror mystery!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death

An animal is seen being killed

but does not end up dying.

A child is hit as a form of discipline. Two characters commit suicide, but

it is revealed that one of those suicides was actually a murder.

Multiple characters are murdered throughout the novel, and the plot focuses on a murder mystery. These murders are described in detail. A character has nonconsensual sex with a man as part of a deal for another character’s safety. A character is diagnosed with terminal cancer.