Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

5 reviews

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: War, Grief, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, and Infidelity

prerazmisljavanje's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Dementia, Deportation, Genocide, Body horror, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Lik se smuva s bivšom devojkom svog dede. Ok

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death and War

Minor: Dementia, Bullying, and Mental illness

tays_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Antisemitism, Excrement, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Infidelity, Ableism, and Cannibalism

kyumgi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

• 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

4.0

I've been looking forward to reading this series for years, and I'm greatly impressed with the first book. The writing was vivid and detailed, and it was easy to imagine the scenes playing out in my head as I read them. I wouldn't say this book is "medium-paced" but slow to start, and fast towards the end. 

I wished to see some development in Jacob's father since all of the scenes he's in are incredibly depressing, but given that this book focuses on the child protagonists, I understand why he's just another adult background character. 

The mix of real history (which felt carefully and appropriately discussed) and fantasy was engaging. And I liked that for the mystery elements, there was enough to figure out major points in the story before they were explicitly stated.

Spoiler

The doctor being the twist villain was super entertaining, and his death scene was graphic but cool.

 

My only criticisms are 1. this book is in the perspective of a privileged, rich white boy, so things like casual ableism are present, especially in the "before" normal life part of the book, and 2. some of the fast, tense parts of the story fall into classic Y/A tropes, which isn't bad at all, but it feels like there's some things weirdly missing. Some of the conflicts that would seem like a big deal were resolved in one or two lines, which I'm not sure I enjoyed. Either way, this was an incredibly engaging read and I can't wait to start on the second book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Antisemitism and War

Minor: Ableism, Child death, and Dementia