Reviews - Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Volume 5 of 6)

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Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Volume 5 of 6)

Ransom Riggs

3.95 AVERAGE

yana_readsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous 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: Yes

katherinecjones's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

myscatteredshelf's review against another edition

3.0

This is the story of how one $1.99 Kindle deal five years ago can suck you into a whole series. This is also a story of how you can think you are signing onto a 3 book arc and then the author and publisher keep on going with the same world and characters. I loved the original three books from the Peculiar Children’s series, but The Conference of the Birds was underwhelming and left me asking “why am I still invested in this series? What’s at stake and why do I care about this world and characters now?”

molstoods's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

hsmith8416's review against another edition

2.0

Coming off of "Map of Days," I was READY for this new trilogy. I was excited for this whole new world with its own laws to be explored, to see the characters grow, and friendships challenged. In fact, it was my favorite of all the books written.

But this new book was such a disappointment that I'm probably just going to hide it at the bottom of my bookshelf, instead of next to the other four books on my selective "favorites" shelf. At least that way I can be in denial about the fact that it now part of the canon of this world.

Truthfully, my concerns about this book began when I realized this was about 100 pages shorter than Map of Days. Usually, each subsequent book in a series hits about the same page count or surpasses the page count of any previous books. After reading it, the impression I got was that Ransom Riggs got cold feet and went back into safe, familiar territory. He set up this brilliant quest for Jacob and Noor, one where Jacob was going to have to navigate his faltering trust and reliance on his old friends and come to terms with essentially becoming an orphan. I thought we would meet a whole slew of new, fantastical peculiars who would aid these two on their journey and fulfill the mysterious prophecy we heard at the end. I thought the control of the ymbrynes would be overthrown and America would keep on being itself and not bend so easily to foreign powers. I had so much hope and it has been unapologetically crushed.

Part of the magic of these books was the seamless inclusion of pictures to assist the story and help readers visualize this world. This was only upp-ed in "Map of Days" with the color photos. Unfortunately, color in the photos in this was close to non-existent and almost every use of photo just seemed like it was thrown in, not for any meaningful reason, but because it was to stick with the precedent set in the previous books.

One thing I did like? I'm happy that Noor, our new leading lady, is a POC that is depicted in such a positive way. This might be the only good thing I have to say about it though... But don't worry, I'll stick around till the last book anyways.