Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak

63 reviews

mtoothman3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I couldn't put this book down! Great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Classism

amyrobs's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Gaslighting

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

sierrabowers's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense fast-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

5.0

This was a great read. It reminded me of ‘the turn of the key’ by Ruth Ware (which is a good thing). I also really liked the ending, because

it didn’t end with the main character breaking her sobriety.

it is a great story showcasing that even through hard times, you can stay sober. I really liked how the author incorporated that into the story, and showed how previous addicts can get better and have a full life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

zenzi2read's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book move quickly and had an interesting premise. But our main character was downright silly! Her willingness to share that she was seeing ghost with her employer and anyone else who would listen made her seem crazy. I didn’t think that any of her decisions were based on logic and she acted like someone who had been Sober for a few days instead of almost 2 years. I wish that she had been given a single primary struggle instead of a struggle in every aspect of her life. Including mental health issues, and the mental health issues are never properly acknowledged

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse

everleighrose5's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

claire_reardon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

Choices were made…and not the good kind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

I am so frustrated by this book!
The good: I'm not one to read entire books in one sitting, but I did with this. The story was compelling, the illustrations were perfectly creepy, and I had no idea what was going to happen in a great way.

The REALLY BAD: The Maxwells are laughably stereotypical. It's like the author listened to a bunch of Alex Jones and was like "yeah, I can make characters on that." Truly ridiculous, pretty shameful.

In summary, it's quite an enjoyable book up until the twist. Then it nosedives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Moderate: Transphobia

j3ssjon3s's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Murder, and Gaslighting

crimsonash606's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

An amazing read I couldn't put down. The mystery sucked me in and didn't let me go until I knew how it ended

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia and Classism