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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs

6 reviews

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing 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? No

5.0

The story follows Jacob, a normal 16 year old boy living in Florida. When tragedy strikes, Jacob is left reeling as he struggles to come to terms with a horrible tragedy and the many secrets of his grandfathers past. As Jacob is thrust into a world he doesn't understand he's faced with secrets, dangers, and a choice.

I absolutely loved this book.

The way Jacob grows from the beginning of the book to the ending was done in a way that felt organic. You go to see the choices he made and how those choices changed him. The character growth of Jacob is one of my favorite things about the book.

The secondary characters always served a purpose they were never just there for the plots sake or as a wall for Jacob to talk to. They had their own thoughts, ideas, feelings, stories and that is something I love. When you have such a big cast of characters it can be hard for them to feel like real and not just someone for the main character to talk to for 3 seconds and be done with them.

The story was fast paced, exciting and kept me hooked from the first page. The pictures throughout the book help add a creepy factor to the story without going overboard.

The only thing I didn't like about the book was how long the chapters were. The chapter were so very long and that is my only critique of the book.

I would recommend the audiobook route as the narrator is very good and made reading this even more enjoyable.

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nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

I tried to read this book a long time ago and never finished it. When I saw a CD audio set of it at a garage sale for only 50 cents, I thought I’d try again and I am SO GLAD I did! If you have trouble reading the book, I’d definitely recommend giving the audiobook a go before giving up.

I absolutely loved the witty writing and narrator of this book. The atmosphere was the perfect mix of spooky and whimsical. The plot was so intriguing and I’m always a sucker for a group of kids with special abilities.

Note: although listed as a “horror” book I wouldn’t call it that and think it might give people the wrong expectations. The horror is more so a spooky undertone to the main whimsical and strange fantasy.

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