#72 in Horror
Hidden Pictures
- 356
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Hidden Pictures” hooks quickly and moves at speed. A nanny in recovery looks after a four-year-old whose drawings of an imaginary friend grow steadily more disturbing. Readers who rate it highly evidently enjoy that momentum and its bold late turn. Others find the characters thin and the final twist hard to accept, and some read a social agenda into how the story resolves. A fast supernatural thriller that splits opinion.
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About the book
'I loved it. The surprises really surprise and it has that hard-to-achieve propulsiveness that won't let you put it down. And the pictures are terrific!' Stephen King 'Must be the boldest double twist of the year. Truly fantastic' The Times AN AMAZON.COM BEST MYSTERY/THRILLER OF THE YEAR Mallory is delighted to have a new job looking after gorgeous four-year-old, Teddy. She's been sober for a year and a half and she's sure her new nannying role in the affluent suburbs will help keep her on the straight and narrow. That is until Teddy starts to draw disturbing pictures of his imaginary friend, Anya. It is quite clear to Mallory and to Teddy's parents, even in his crude childlike style, that the woman Teddy is drawing in his pictures is dead. Teddy's crayons are confiscated, and his paper locked away. But the drawings somehow keep coming, telling a frightening story of a woman murdered... and they're getting more sophisticated. But if Teddy isn't drawing the pictures anymore, who is? And what are they trying to tell Mallory about her new home? If you love Hidden Pictures, don't miss Jason Rekulak's twisty new suspense The Last One at the Wedding. 'Genuine jump-scares' Guardian 'Gripping, with intriguing characters and genuinely creepy moments' Daily Mirror 'Whip-smart, creepy as hell . . .
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 668 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 82% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Horror average of 7.5 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 10 | 2% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 658 | 99% |
Frequently asked
How long is Hidden Pictures?
It has 356 pages — shorter than 62% of the ranked books in Horror.
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