Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

28 reviews

mrs_gale's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.75

I quite enjoyed this book. I especially loved the strange vintage photographs. 
The characters felt a bit one dimensional, we didn't learn much about any of them except for their abilities. This even extends to the main characters, I thought Jacob would have some depth especially as Riggs detailed Jacob's mental health issues in the beginning but his struggles just disappear and he copes remarkably well with everything else that happens. 

I found it easy to read, engaging and would recommend to 10-14 year olds. A great quirky, paranormal fantasy book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

pj99's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Mental illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Genocide, Antisemitism, Gaslighting, and Classism

guinness74's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

Charming and enjoyable. Just what I needed in my timeline of books. It’s not what you would expect, which made it even more enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Xenophobia, Blood, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Mental illness, and Alcohol

uselesspirateraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism

bri_morgan's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism

oceanwriter's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

3.5

This series has caught my eye for a while, especially when the movie came out. I’ve been hesitant to pick it up because I’m not typically one for the horror genre. I joined a buddy read which gave me the push I needed to read it. 

 

Jacob grew up listening to his grandfather’s stories of the peculiar children he knew growing up. As he got older, he discredited his tales as fiction. Never could he have imagined one of those stories coming to fruition and taking his grandfather’s life. No one believes his own story now, thinking him traumatized and mentally unwell. 

 

Jacob believes the answer to his nightmares lies in his grandfather’s stories. He convinces his parents to allow him to take a trip to England where his grandfather lived during World War II. There, he ends up finding the portal into the past. 

 

I was surprised by how absorbed I got into the book. Yet, whenever I put it down, I didn’t find myself thinking about it. My interest was mostly in the beginning, however. By the end, I was weirded out by the relationship between Jacob and Emma’s relationship. While I could anticipate the book ending on a cliffhanger given there are other books that follow, I was a little annoyed as I don’t feel invested enough to jump immediately into book two. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Ableism, Child death, and Mental illness

gentle_garbage_baby's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

It was fine - didn't enthral me or anything. The photographs were a nice addition though.

Also Jacob getting with Emma? Super weird considering she legit dated his grandad.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, and Violence

Minor: Gun violence, Blood, and War

flying_booke's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Violence, Dementia, and War

chdeaver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I liked this book a lot. I love how it intertwines history and magic, past and present, family love and trauma, friendship and love, lies and truth, secrets and discoveries. The climax is satisfying and kept me feeling tense and on my toes, and the everything isn't wrapped up in a tidy bow at the end. It left me wanting more.

It did a great job of helping me feel the feelings the protagonist felt, and those feelings were complicated and his decisions were not easy. Overall, I very much enjoyed it. 

There are hints of deep prose here and there in the book and honestly, I wouldn't have minded it having a little more to help the book feel more powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Antisemitism, and War

Minor: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, and Abandonment

edmund_pearce's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, and Dementia

Moderate: Genocide and War