A review by kimreadz
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

2.0

I had heard many good things about this, and the cover was very interesting, but this was a disappointing read for me. I had picked it up earlier, and started it, but put it down fairly quickly. I finally forced myself to read it when we read it as a book club seletion. The truth is, I just found this one a bit boring. The first chapter was actually interesting, but I quickly lost interest after that. There were some similarities to me with Harry Potter; monsters vs. kids with powers. It also reminded me a bit of the Percy Jackson series , but the story just moved very slowly. It did actually get interesting the last couple of chapters, but then...it just ended with an unwritten ‘to be continued’. The sequel, Hollow City, has just recently been released, and while I am a bit curious about what happens next, I am not curious enough to actually read the book.

One thing I did actually enjoy about this book was all of the pictures of the ‘peculiar’ children. These were the type of photos you might find in a family album from an antique store. So while I won’t be reading the sequel, I may pick it up long enough to browse the photos!

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