Miss Peregrine's home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Jacob's grandfather has told him fantastical stories his whole life. Stories about the home he lived in for a short time during he war. This home was for peculiar children, children that could float, were super strong, and could light fire with just their hands. Of course Jacob loved this until he got a little older and began to doubt his grandfather, none of it could be true... or could it? After his grandfather dies he leaves to find this island home and the perhaps the truth behind his grandfather's stories.
The novel also uses vintage pictures to help illustrate the story, and show the peculiar children.
I was really excited to read this book, it seemed like something I would really like. However I was rather disappointed. The story itself was really slow going despite its weird aspect, it was almost not weird enough. I felt that it was trying to appeal to a wide reader base so it strayed away from its stranger aspects, but then threw them in as needed with mixed results. The photographs were slightly interesting, though often described in words as well. Their appeal was short lived. I had to look up several words, which is odd since this is aimed to children, or many I am just dumb. I found the main character read as if he were 12 even though he was supposed to be 16, which made certain things confusing. The ending was odd, and not in a good "think about it way" more like a lets wrap this up, but leave things open so I could write a sequel. A sequel I won't be reading.
Overall I don't recommend this book, for adults or children. It just fell flat for me.
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