Hidden Pictures

HIDDEN PICTURES by Jason Rekulak Creepy kid drawings are some of my favorite horror tropes. Thankfully my own little monsters haven’t drawn anything dark or scary (yet?). This started out so well and I was hooked from the first chapters as Mallory Quinn’s story and young Teddy’s illustrations grew more intense and creepy, I was anticipating each drawing with dreadful curiosity. Unfortunately, I felt the plot devolved after the lame twist/reveal. Five stars to the artists, the drawings were the best part. The rest? Meh. Rating: 2.5/5 ⭐️

A terrific scary story with a very touching ending. This book had me feeling all the emotions!!

This book kept me very interested from the beginning until the end.

It was so good. The characters were so interesting and well written. I loved the plot and twists.

Such a twist towards the end! It’s just one of those books that makes you want to keep turning the page. Not once did the book die down. I had a planned to finish this book under 2 weeks—2 days was a surprise to myself.

Great character development, hooked immediately

I really enjoyed this book and read it quickly, I like the picture addition a lot! But I do feel the ending was rushed, and honestly kind of disappointing. I'm not sure about the transphobia since I don't believe the character in question knew that they were trans? All that aside, it felt like a cheesy netflix movie in the end. I don't regret reading it, but I did put this right into my donation pile if that says anything.

I'm in awe of this book! It was phenomenal. I don't care about the negative reviews they are too soft or don't understand the book without having their views of things shattered. Anyways the writing and twist was so good! I would recommend this to anyone who loves supernatural books

I read this book in two days. I just simply could not put it down. I experienced every emotion you could from laughing to anxiety to crying my eyes out. It was definitely one of the best books I have read in a long time. Make sure you add this to your TBR stack.

I quite enjoyed the book. The way the author took me through the story was great. It is an easy read, meaning I was able to glide page after page and absorb it all. The story itself was interesting and the main characters were flawed. Certain reviewers keep calling this "problematic" which is ridiculous. I don't want every character to be some pontificating blowhard. Characters that are imperfect are interesting. And the author isn't promoting them, he just wrote them as clearly...imperfect. The book was quite good start to finish.

It was transphobic and problematic. don’t listen to Book tok on this one

I read the entire book over a weekend and loved every minute. There were unexpected twists, honest commentary on addiction and very realistic treatment towards those who suffer from addiction. The characters are deep, well developed, and you really get to know them. I found myself emphasizing with the protagonist, but beginning to doubt her at the same time. Lengthy reviews are great, but this book is even better.

Overall I enjoyed the book. I was consumed after seeing the kids first drawing and I had a hard time putting the book down. I liked Mallory and I liked seeing her grow and change. The idea of Anya and Annie and there was a good twist. I also liked the idea of seeing the kids art and as the art developed. The art was definitely the creepiest part in my opinion. After I had started reading was when I saw reviews saying the ending/ twist was transphobic I was nervous to finish, but I had to know what happened to Anya/ Annie. And when I first read the twist I was trying to see how that made the most sense at the time, but honestly I didn’t view it as enough to completely disregard the book. But then at the last few pages Mallory has someone tell her not to write like j.k Rowling and that’s what made me feel like the twist was written from a bad place. I feel like there was definitely political and religious bias that shouldn’t have been brought up, but I guess overall I am not upset that I read the book but I don’t see myself recommending it.

I loved this book!!! I’ve read books where they started off slow, but the progression of this book made me want to hurry to the next page. The illustrations or amazing and give the greatest (and much needed) visuals to readers. I hope Jason Rekulak puts out more books like these. The suspense, the thrill….I’m still at a lost for words.