Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Hidden Pictures, by Jason Rekulak

47 reviews

stephyreads1221's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Gore, Murder, Racism, Addiction, and Drug abuse

lindavs22's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Drug use, and Child death

Minor: Infertility, Kidnapping, and Gun violence

bookswithbethx's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Death of parent, Drug use, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Death, and Dysphoria

abbycassidy17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

HUGE PLOT TWISTS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

kelsoups's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

Quick and easy read, but predictable. Ending felt unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Infertility, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Alcohol, Racism, Religious bigotry, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Police brutality

hopemarie_f_hughes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I thought this book was good before it hit the plot twist. But once we got there OH MAN did it reel me in!! Usually I can fairly accurately predict the end of thrillers, but this one kept me guessing.

At first, it reminded me of Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware. There are some similarities such as the nanny/babysitter and supernatural elements, but Rekulak made this a story all his own. Once you meet Mallory, Teddy, Caroline, and Ted, you’ll want to finish their story to the bitter end. 

Spoiler

When we found out Teddy was a girl who had been kidnapped, my mind was BLOWN. I knew there was some sort of ghost/spirit involved, but I never would have guessed it was the dead mother. And it just keeps getting crazier after that when you find out about Caroline and Ted’s abduction story. I also like that the supernatural element wasn’t proven wrong but just added to the story as “anya” helped to kill Caroline and protect Mallory and Teddy at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Death of parent

mossys_reading_nook's review against another edition

This is a poorly written book full of right wing dog whistles, religious propaganda and transphobia. Absolute nonsense.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Addiction, Injury/injury detail, Gore, Fatphobia, Classism, Body shaming, and Blood

swbowers's review against another edition

mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death of parent, and Drug use

molliecule's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Wow. Hidden Pictures is just creepy enough, well-paced, and kept me on the edge of my seat. The twist shocked me and I didn't see it coming!

Spoiler

I am so happy that the ending was good and only Caroline and Ted die. I was so sad when it was almost Mallory, but the ending is just what you are hoping for. So glad about the whole thing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Car accident, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Addiction, and Mental illness

szyca's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Addiction, Murder, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Infertility, Gaslighting, and Infidelity