Reviews

A Peculiar Peril by Jeff VanderMeer

greywaren_13's review

challenging slow-paced

2.0

becca_warren's review

adventurous challenging funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

micmezle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

3.0

bookishbethaz's review

I wanted so badly to love this but it drug on entirely too long. Might pick it up later but right now it's putting me in a reading slump.

avillard's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious slow-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Violence

ember's review

3.0

I found the weirdness very, maybe the word would be, endearing!! but I think I was in the wrong reading headspace/vibe to enjoy this as much as I wanted to :/

angie_ranck's review

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.0

naomis_b's review

3.75

This is so insane and fantastic I love it but it isn’t exactly my sort of storytelling 

bseefeld's review

1.0

What a stupid waste of time.

aperks's review

2.0

This book did not turn out to be what I thought it would be. The first few chapters intrigued me. I was very interested in the story of Jonathan and the mysterious mansion. Unfortunately they fairly quickly left the mansion behind for a complex magical world. Although marketed as Young Adult, I don’t think this book would appeal to most teenagers.