Reviews with content warning for Fatphobia - Hidden Pictures

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Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

43 reviews

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

1.0

Man. Fuck this book. And you know what, I kinda liked the beginning!! Like it had flaws but I assumed they’d be resolved or vilified as it went on (it didn’t). But then we got hit with the twists and reveals and they STINK!!! BOO!! 🍅🍅🍅

What the fuck was UP with

The immediate disregard of neighbor lady’s racism
The Lawn Boy thing. Why is she calling that man that?? Racism.
ANTI METOO MOVEMENT?????
The weird book about teaching children their bodies but it covers anal sex and cunnilingus???
The religious shit
oh of course they’re forcing a child to be transgender. of course
PRO JK ROWLING?? twice in one book after 2018? Actually, yeah that fucking tracks for this book

This book really is some right wing propaganda. Like it was not slick with it at all.

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matchamarimo's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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anissawren's review against another edition

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You don't have to be trying to be transphobic to be transphobic.

Also, the female main character is clearly written by a man and the writing is just painful to read generally.

I would 1 star this if I could.

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xtrememonotreme's review against another edition

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3.0

I originally rated this book 4.75 stars. I lowered it after 24 hours because I took some time to reflect on certain things in the book.

The way the author made the atheist characters caricatures of atheist people and the bad guys, while the racist side character is a victim by the end. A lot of the shocking stuff they do sounds a lot like what conservatives claim about drag shows and (other) LGBT communities (seriously who would buy a 5yr old a book that discussed anal and oral sex????). It didn’t really sit well with me considering the other themes in the book

It’s a well written and spooky book with some really good pictures hence my original rating but part of it did read like right wing fear mongering with some light fatphobia sprinkled in.

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