kathis_wonderland'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? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs is the third book in the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series. Jacob discovered that he has an ability that might help him safe is friends from the wights. But he has no time to train it, because his friends need rescuing now. He goes on an adventure with Emma that changes their lives forever.
This book was really interesting to read. I was fully intrigued in the plot! However, I can't say a lot more than that I liked it, without spoiling to much about the series. I like the friendship between Jacob and the other peculiar children and the friendship and bond between Miss Peregrine's peculiar children. It's heart-warming. The pictures in this book were not really creepy. I am still traumatised from the pictures in the first book...
I really like this series so far. Maybe I will buy the other books as well. It's kind of sad that I started this series so late. I would have LOVED it in my teenage years.
This book was really interesting to read. I was fully intrigued in the plot! However, I can't say a lot more than that I liked it, without spoiling to much about the series. I like the friendship between Jacob and the other peculiar children and the friendship and bond between Miss Peregrine's peculiar children. It's heart-warming. The pictures in this book were not really creepy. I am still traumatised from the pictures in the first book...
I really like this series so far. Maybe I will buy the other books as well. It's kind of sad that I started this series so late. I would have LOVED it in my teenage years.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, and Violence
Minor: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, and Child abuse
siggy_the_star's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Violence, Torture, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Drug use
alisazhup's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
I came to care so much about the characters by this book. The action scenes were definitely interesting, but I cried every time Miss Peregrine was advising Jacob or Addison was doing something brave. I hope I see more of that in the second trilogy Ransom Riggs did. Though I'm not 100% it's something I want to read, because this book was wrapped up so well (that's a compliment!)
I wish we had heard about the library of souls earlier in this trilogy, because it felt like something Riggs came up with on the spot. It kind of reminds me of how in Harry Potter the deathly hallows were introduced so late, which I hated. Everything we had established about the wights' plans was brushed away as lies and false information. Also, when I look back on the second book, I realize it did almost nothing for the plot at all... we got new characters and developed the original ones, but the one event that mattered to the series happened in the very last chapter of the book and really could've happened anytime before that. Which makes me really not want to reread it in the future.
I'll give this book specifically 4.5 stars but the series as a whole probably a little lower because of the sudden plot change.
I wish we had heard about the library of souls earlier in this trilogy, because it felt like something Riggs came up with on the spot. It kind of reminds me of how in Harry Potter the deathly hallows were introduced so late, which I hated. Everything we had established about the wights' plans was brushed away as lies and false information. Also, when I look back on the second book, I realize it did almost nothing for the plot at all... we got new characters and developed the original ones, but the one event that mattered to the series happened in the very last chapter of the book and really could've happened anytime before that. Which makes me really not want to reread it in the future.
I'll give this book specifically 4.5 stars but the series as a whole probably a little lower because of the sudden plot change.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Medical content and Medical trauma
Minor: Grief
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