Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

31 reviews

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Medical content, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and War

koberreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing 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? It's complicated

5.0

Review: One of the best fiction books regarding how our individuality, even though might be a curse or something to fear by other people, is also something they are compelled by, even if they don't admit it. 

 

We should focus more on how wonderful and interesting our differences are rather than derive hate and fear from them. 

 

It is also a story about the eternal need in all of us, no matter how small to live forever, in paradise, even at times we would wish we are gods as well and are unaffected by death. But death is a part of life, not the opposite of it even time loops that seem to escape or make death invalid, from the very words of Ms. Peregine herself, only delay it. 

 

Death gives life meaning. Therefore removing, death will truly make life meaningless or if not, maybe we become monsters in our desire to live like death is not part of life, like the hollowgast and wights. Maybe not physically a monster but just internally slowly. 

 

Read the whole series, you won't regret it. It is for all ages. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Death, and War

insanebookperson's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Gun violence, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and War

fe_aye's review against another edition

emotional mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

4.5

Finally after promising myself I would pick up this book series for years, I did it. I do not regret it. This book surprised me in many ways and the pictures were one such surprise but I l thoroughly enjoyed this book. If your a fan of magic stories then I would recommend this. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Grief, Confinement, and Cannibalism

Minor: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, War, Animal death, Blood, and Bullying

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, War, Death, Child death, Animal death, Blood, and Animal cruelty

nutmegandpumpkin's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

I tried to read this book a long time ago and never finished it. When I saw a CD audio set of it at a garage sale for only 50 cents, I thought I’d try again and I am SO GLAD I did! If you have trouble reading the book, I’d definitely recommend giving the audiobook a go before giving up.

I absolutely loved the witty writing and narrator of this book. The atmosphere was the perfect mix of spooky and whimsical. The plot was so intriguing and I’m always a sucker for a group of kids with special abilities. 

Note: although listed as a “horror” book I wouldn’t call it that and think it might give people the wrong expectations. The horror is more so a spooky undertone to the main whimsical and strange fantasy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Gaslighting, and War

Minor: Child death

the animal death is pretty explicit but it’s only really one scene and easily skippable

laurajeangrace's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Antisemitism

itsmeyseniab's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Animal death and War

Minor: Dementia, Bullying, and Mental illness

simbarabbit20's review against another edition

4.0

Jacob goes away to a remote island in wales where he discovers a home for children with special talents. The same home his grandfather lived in when he was a child. Jacob quickly discovers that the stories his grandfather told him were true. The home is one of many and is run by a woman called Miss Peregrine. 

A slow start but it gets really interesting at the end. A real page turner. I will be buying the sequel to it. I really want to find out what happens. It’s not something I would normally read but loving it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Child death

blewballoon'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 had been curious about this book ever since the movie came out and I enjoyed it. There are some character and plot changes, but I think the movie is actually a decent adaptation and I would recommend one if you like the other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Child death