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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

34 reviews

221bpinkst'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, 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

euhfubeuh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Miss Peregrine’s Home is a creepily fun and historical spin on school of gifted children trope. The characters are all fun, fiery, and quirky, and obviously I’m a bit biased to Emma. The collection of photos that is iconic for the series is a great addition to make the story even more immersive, knowing that Riggs collected most of them from Abandoned buildings and edited them to fit the story makes them all the more chilling.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Genocide, Hate crime, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Xenophobia, and 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

drewanslee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Blood

fujiopples's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

Another one of my favorite books of all time. Jacob is such a great protagonist, and I love how this book combines the struggles of WWII with fantasy elements. All the characters are wonderful, and the way Riggs used old pictures and fit them into the story is just genius. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

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

rhgrimes's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, and War

ran_sophia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

5.0

It is an excellent book and I enjoyed reading it.  I liked the writing and storytelling style.  It was smooth and moderately fast.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Gaslighting

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