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Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

20 reviews

shadowspinner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping

r3ader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Great continuation of the first book. The plot was amazing and gripping. 
The plottwist at the end was amazing and (at least I) did not see it coming! 
I would definitely recommend every fan of the first book to read the second, too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, War, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Gore, Torture, Cannibalism, Addiction, Child death, Excrement, and Genocide

kathis_wonderland's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Hollow City is the second book of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. Jacob and his friends escaped the hollows and are now looking for a cure to get Miss Peregrine back. On their journey they find new loops, meet other peculiar people and have to live through World War 2. Their friendships grow stronger and Jacob comes to terms with his new ability. However, nothing is easy and their lives are in danger.
 
I quite liked the second book of this series and I can totally see why these books are so hyped. The pictures in the book are not as creepy as the ones in the first book, which made me really happy. I had no problems reading this book at night. The story was quite interesting as well. The short glossary of people from the previous book at the beginning was helpful as there was some time between the two reads and the glossary refreshed my memory. It's heartbreaking to read about what all of them have to go through and experience. I often forget that none of them are children anymore, but adults in young bodies. Nonetheless, it is cruel what all of them are going through.
 
The second book was good and the plot twist at the end made me curious for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Xenophobia, Animal cruelty, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and War

eleanor_gravestock's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great book with a thoroughly enveloping world. The prose is well written, with a great plot,  nicely rounded and developed characters. 
The very premise of these books is fantastical and wonderfully imaginative, I highly recommend the whole series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Violence and Gun violence

Minor: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, War, and Misogyny

The spoiler tags make the book look way worse than it actually is, this book is fine for teens just maybe not ten year olds.

yrlaevelyn's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Moderate: Animal cruelty, War, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Antisemitism, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

juliana05's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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: War and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ladyrecordia's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

This second novel in the Miss Peregrine series is somehow even wilder and more action-packed than the first book. Filled with richly depicted time travel and increasingly dangerous attempts to save Miss Peregrine, the lore of the peculiar world grows ever more fascinating, and the ending provides a twist I never saw coming. This is such a great series!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War

Minor: Gore, Violence, Animal death, Child death, and Death

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This felt like such a downer, and made me unsure about continuing the series when I checked how long the series actually was. I rated it highly because I do think that if I were in middle school this would have been my jam. It was nice to learn about more Peculiar abilities, creatures, and lore.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Death, Animal death, and Gun violence

lesmedmeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Genial tittel, spennende fortsettelse. Bilder og tekst funker fint sammen, og det er like mye fantasy som i bok 1

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War

Minor: Animal death, Death, and Child death