Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

9 reviews

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

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

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

beasbookburrowxo's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Animal death

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, Antisemitism, Grief, Alcohol, and War

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

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

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

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, and War

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, Gun violence, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

Minor: Ableism, Infidelity, and Cannibalism

claudiamacpherson's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense 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? No

3.5

Jacob grows up hearing his grandpa's fantastical stories about his childhood in an orphanage for children with special abilities. When his grandpa dies, his last words are instructions for Jacob to go to the orphanage and find out the truth. On the remote Welsh island, Jacob finds the old orphanage crumbling and abandoned. His explorations lead him to discover more about the history of the mysterious orphanage and discover that his grandfather—and the world—are not what they seemed.

Honestly, this isn't really my favorite genre; though it is fantasy, it feels more paranormal. There were also scenes that I found unnecessarily gruesome. I liked the world-building, though it could be confusing at times. The first half of the book was relatively slow, but it sped up a lot towards the end. Overall, it was interesting enough but I wasn't hooked enough that I'm rushing to get the sequel.

Happy ending meter (no specific spoilers, just my judgement of how happy the ending is because I always wish someone would tell me that before I read books):

The ending was bittersweet, and while not a cliffhanger per se, it's definitely unfinished and feels like the adventure is just starting.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, and Medical content

Minor: Antisemitism