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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

40 reviews

a_ira's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Antisemitism

paulina_laukova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and War

Moderate: Child death and Antisemitism

Minor: Excrement

lucithefer's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Antisemitism

ableism toward psychotic/schizophrenic people, negativity toward therapy, ableism toward mental illness

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

alisazhup's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Mental illness, Excrement, and Antisemitism

sparky_young_upstart's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

4.25

from when i DNF’d this book:

i’m sorry i really wanna read it but i’m just lazy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Genocide, and Antisemitism

Minor: Child death

this book mentions world war 2 often so if that’s triggering i suggest you proceed with caution

caspian's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

annavonwillingh's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Mental illness and Antisemitism

brynn_books's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this book. It was fantasy but different than anything I’ve ever read before. I didn’t know what to expect going into this book but it definitely fulfilled what I wanted and more. I liked the different photographs scattered throughout the story. It really helped me immerse myself in this world. It was so creative and so unique. Ransom Riggs has created a peculiar world full of peculiar people and it was awesome. Job well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Antisemitism and War