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A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs

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barbara_acs's review

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adventurous challenging funny 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? Yes

4.0

eden_2000's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really liked the continuation of the peculiar children's story, however, I felt like this book isolated some of the characters so I'm hoping in the next installment the ones who weren't at the forefront of this story will get their chance to shine.

I'm really looking forward to a conference of birds!!!

tarin's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-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

varvara's review against another edition

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1.0

This was so bad it made me skeptical about the previous books of the series. But I don't remember Jacob being so daft and annoying; I don't remember the horrible editing (for instance, when the children still don't know who they're looking for, Jacob's already referring to that person as "her" for no reason). The story, the characters made no sense at all. The "show, don't tell" principle went out of the window, too, with every emotion and decision being explained, every lesson you could take from the book spoon-fed to the reader.
And it didn't even have any resemblance of a proper ending!
This book isn't made to explore more of the interesting world Riggs created; it's made for money, and it was probably published half-cooked as fast as possible because some big boss needed the readers, who expected it to be a trilogy, to still be paying attention.

candypop's review

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2.0

Jacob is a self absorbed, over confident, rebellious kid with a hero complex. abandoned by his family and m grieving over his grandfather. He is madly in love with his grandfather’s childhood girlfriend who’s still not quite over him. A more complex plot about the gang wars of America is interesting but the politics of the peculiar world is thin in this book.

chelsbells1994's review against another edition

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adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

kristaallysa's review against another edition

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4.0

I read the original trilogy of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children a while back and really enjoyed them. I was surprised to realize that there was now a fourth book out (with a fifth one coming out soon) as I felt that the end of the third book tied things up rather nicely. But this book isn't exactly more of the same, it brings the children we know into a new world and new circumstances. They are in America now, where the rules and politics of peculiardom are vastly different. Jacob is trying to find a balance between following in his grandfather's footsteps and forging his own path. Being in Abe's hometown, Emma is trying to come to terms with the feelings she still feels for Abe and what they might mean for her relationship with Jacob. All the children are growing up, coming out of their childhood and starting to forge their own paths as young adults, challenging authority, making their own choices and sometimes messing up. Overall, this was a quick and fun read that did not disappoint. I'm looking forward to reading the next part of the story when the 5th book comes out.