Reviews

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel by Cassandra Jean, Ransom Riggs

jess_mango's review against another edition

4.0

Another well done graphic novel-ization of a book I've read. A nice way of refreshing my memory of the story, since I read it a few years ago. I am hoping to finally finish this series in the next few months.

harleyrae's review against another edition

3.0

For sometime now I have wanted to continue on with this story, but I honestly could not remember much of the first book. This was a nice refresher so that I may get back into this series.

mkhare's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 stars. It was definitely a mistake to read this after only having watched the movie (which I disliked), and not having read the book. The plot/character development was far too light, which is fair for an adaptation like this, but not helpful for someone without more in depth prior knowledge. I enjoy how Jean draws people (and the character designs really made me want to know more about peculiars), but the backgrounds were often too sparse and digitally sketchy for my liking. I think I'll give this another try after I get around to reading the original text.

arkwright's review against another edition

5.0

Amazing art-style :)

fakress's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

3.5

hp_reading's review against another edition

3.0

I haven't read very many graphic novel adaptations of novels. I think that graphic novels provide a really interesting perspective to the reader of what exactly the author envisions for their story. I really want to read the original text to compare it to the graphic novel. As far as the story goes, I believe it is one very similar to that of Marvel's X-Men series. Those stories are still very active in today's culture, and because of that I think that is a very profound power to the message they deliver. While we may not have super abilities (that we know of) people do feel alienated for whatever reason. We rely on stories like these to help us escape, give us confidence, and feel like we can be a part of something greater. These characters are relatable, charming, and insecure. Despite their super abilities, they seem just like you or I, and I can always appreciate that.

summon_the_soup's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

mehsi's review against another edition

5.0

Another fabulous graphic novel. I have been meaning to read this book for almost a year now. I had it reserved at one of my libraries, 8 months ago, but after a month the book was still on my list but nowhere else in the database, and now just a few days ago I got a mail the book is now on the reserved books shelf. I have no clue what happened and why the book magically is around, but eh, I will take it. :P
Like with the second book this one condenses the story, gets rid of most of the bland/boring stuff, but still keeps it a continuing story without the feel of missing something, which makes it a very very exciting re-read.
I also loved how Peregrine's loop was in colour while Jacob's now world was in black/white. For instance when Peregrine goes over to Jacob's time she is in colour while the rest of the world is black/white. I also much more like the relationship between Jacob and Emma. It was a bit too much instalove, but I still loved it, their connection was much more visible in this one.

amg2012's review against another edition

mysterious fast-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

3.0

sarahgudeman's review against another edition

4.0

Breezed through this after I read the full novel. It was interesting to see what was left out and how the characters were interpreted. The illustrations were good, though I don't know if I'd recommend reading this independently of the novel itself. A decent companion though.