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Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs

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1ndigothebooknerd's review

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring reflective 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

SO GOOD! I couldn't put it down! Tales of the Peculiar is a really quick and easy read. Seriously, you might spend like an hour on it? Maybe less? Maybe more? Either way, it doesn't take a lot of time out of your day to sit and read it. All of the short stories are unique in their own way. One made me cringe so hard but that mostly because it's not the life for me. They are all have really cool and unique names and definitely made me fall even more in love with this series.

I'm kind of upset that I didn't read this before I read the first book.. but I'm only human and I make a TON of mistakes. Live and learn people.

lauraxbakker's review against another edition

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4.0

This was a really lovely companion novel to the peculiar trilogy. Most of the short stories I loved, some I didn't quite but overall a lovely read!

sheilafromhr's review

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4.0

I absolutely adore this! I loved that it's Millard's compilation of his favourite and most important of the tales. I LOVED all of the stories so much. It was so nice to hear slightly more about the stories that are briefly mentioned throughout the peculiar trilogy

wylanslcve's review

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I’m not usually one for companion novels, but this was truly delightful! While there were stories that I wasn’t particularly fond of (such as the one about the cannibals — I am disturbed by anything that has to do with cannibalism) yet I still rather enjoyed this. These tales are deeper than they are on the surface, which is why I rated some of them higher than I would have had I not noticed how much meaning they contain.

The Splendid Cannibals: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Fork-Tongued Princess: ⭐️⭐️.5
The First Ymbryne: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Woman Who Befriended Ghosts: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Cocobolo: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Pigeons of Saint Paul’s: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Girl Who Could Tame Nightmares: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Locust: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Boy Who Could Hold Back the Sea: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
The Tale of Cuthburt: ⭐️⭐️.75

sprucetree520's review

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5.0

This is one of those books that i will totally be reading to my kids when the become a thing. Really cute

kazzified29's review

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5.0

I loved that Riggs came out with this as it was so important to the characters in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. I loved the morals in all of them. The illustrations are phenomenal.
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