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Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

7 reviews

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

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.

lectricefeministe's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Animal death, Body horror, Animal cruelty, and Murder

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love these books so much. I honestly don't have anything bad to say about them, the only thing I can think of as a critique is how long the chapters are. That's it.

The new characters we meet in this book add depth to the story, as we learn more about the peculiar world and the trouble it's facing. 

Jacob has a tough choice to make in this book and the way Ransom Riggs went about it was realistic and felt right for Jacob.

The two twists in the book, I had no clue they were coming.

Overall I absolutely adore these books and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

Bombings, World war II,

wynterwonderland's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Torture, Violence, and War

alisazhup's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm not going to do a review for this one. All I can say is: I SAW THAT ENDING COMING! Did anyone else? I guessed it maybe halfway through the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism, Drug use, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders