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Sirotčinec slečny Peregrinové pro podivné děti by Bronislava Grygová, Ransom Riggs

36 reviews

lupitabaeyongo's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Antisemitism, Murder, and Death

hoagie's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism

chdeaver's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

I liked this book a lot. I love how it intertwines history and magic, past and present, family love and trauma, friendship and love, lies and truth, secrets and discoveries. The climax is satisfying and kept me feeling tense and on my toes, and the everything isn't wrapped up in a tidy bow at the end. It left me wanting more.

It did a great job of helping me feel the feelings the protagonist felt, and those feelings were complicated and his decisions were not easy. Overall, I very much enjoyed it. 

There are hints of deep prose here and there in the book and honestly, I wouldn't have minded it having a little more to help the book feel more powerful.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, War, Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Antisemitism

Minor: Suicide, Abandonment, and Forced institutionalization

kibberbl's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, War, Antisemitism, Stalking, and Excrement

Minor: Ableism, Suicide, and Fatphobia

vanesst's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Excrement, Child death, Grief, Gun violence, War, Alcohol, Antisemitism, and Blood

hayleythegoose's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Animal death, War, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Grief, Antisemitism, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: War, Grief, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, and Infidelity

prerazmisljavanje's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Dementia, Deportation, Genocide, Body horror, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Lik se smuva s bivšom devojkom svog dede. Ok

ilariasbizzera's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Minor: War, Antisemitism, Genocide, Mental illness, and Blood

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? No

4.5

To begin with, the book is as beautiful on the outside as it is on the inside, and that's really a positive point because personally it makes me want to read it even more!

The story is very gripping, we immediately dive into this strange universe and I never got bored at any time. All the elements are well thought out and well connected, and I find that very satisfying because when you discover certain things, you remember what happened before and everything makes sense !! The story is also image based. I found it super original and I liked it a lot, it completes the story and makes it more real and "credible".

The only negative point is that the chapters are quite long so I sometimes had to stop in the middle of some, and I don't like doing that at all because it cuts out the action and when I took back my reading I did not really know what was going on.

Either way, I can't wait to read the following books to learn more about the characters and see how they will evolve and what will happen ! On the other hand, I discovered that there are five other volumes and I really wonder what the author could have invented to make it so long (I admit that it discourages me a little that there have so many volumes but I still want to know the rest).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: War, Antisemitism, Child death, and Gun violence