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333 reviews for:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Cassandra Jean, Ransom Riggs
3.97 AVERAGE
333 reviews for:
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children: The Graphic Novel
Cassandra Jean, Ransom Riggs
3.97 AVERAGE
I am always a fan of a graphic novel adaptation of a book. I must say that the novelty of the original book had worn off a bit as the photos are no longer interspersed with prose, but with other pictures. I really appreciate how the coloring style changes once Jacob enters the time loop. This one was a great refresher of the prose novel, and I liked the artwork.
This is a great, fast-paced story told with gorgeous, sketchy art.
It feels like it's missing something to be truly great, but I'm guessing it might have to do with it being an adaptation.
It feels like it's missing something to be truly great, but I'm guessing it might have to do with it being an adaptation.
Is the writing as bad in the series of written novels as it is in this graphic novel? The story and characters have such enormous potential and yet the staccato writing style and endless "Oh no! What's happening?" moments were exhausting. One extra star for the excellent doctored antique photographs, otherwise, this would have been a complete miss for me.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book is billed as paranormal/fantasy/YA--but be warned, here there be monsters. There are definitely some haunting moments and creepy creatures illustrated in these pages, so measure your braveness accordingly.
When Jacob was a little boy, his grandfather told him stories--fantastical stories about a home he lived in with several other 'peculiar' children, kept safe from monsters that wanted to kill them. These children has special gifts, like super strength, or the ability to defy gravity.
As he got older, Jacob realized that the stories his grandfather told were just that--stories. Built on a tiny foundation of truth, but exaggerated to entertain. So he stopped asking about them.
Years later, Jacob discovers that perhaps the stories weren't as exaggerated as he thought. So he travels to the origin of these stories, a tiny island off the coast of Wales, where the ruins of his grandfather's childhood home remain.
How much of the stories were true? Jacob explores the house that was once Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, trying to uncover its secrets. Why were the children really there?
And then, as Jacob is trying to discover the truth, something truly astonishing happens.
About the art:
Most of the book is done in standard graphic novel style--square panels and speech bubbles. Some panels expand beyond their dividing lines, and some pages, like those pictured above, revolve around a larger picture or a photo collage. Also interesting to me was the color choices--some sections are gray scale, some are in color. The changes in coloring--and sometimes the coloring choices themselves add to and help tell the story.
The sequel to the book, Hollow City, will be out in January 2014. The graphic novel version will undoubtedly follow.
When Jacob was a little boy, his grandfather told him stories--fantastical stories about a home he lived in with several other 'peculiar' children, kept safe from monsters that wanted to kill them. These children has special gifts, like super strength, or the ability to defy gravity.
As he got older, Jacob realized that the stories his grandfather told were just that--stories. Built on a tiny foundation of truth, but exaggerated to entertain. So he stopped asking about them.
Years later, Jacob discovers that perhaps the stories weren't as exaggerated as he thought. So he travels to the origin of these stories, a tiny island off the coast of Wales, where the ruins of his grandfather's childhood home remain.
How much of the stories were true? Jacob explores the house that was once Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, trying to uncover its secrets. Why were the children really there?
And then, as Jacob is trying to discover the truth, something truly astonishing happens.
About the art:
Most of the book is done in standard graphic novel style--square panels and speech bubbles. Some panels expand beyond their dividing lines, and some pages, like those pictured above, revolve around a larger picture or a photo collage. Also interesting to me was the color choices--some sections are gray scale, some are in color. The changes in coloring--and sometimes the coloring choices themselves add to and help tell the story.
The sequel to the book, Hollow City, will be out in January 2014. The graphic novel version will undoubtedly follow.
I mostly enjoyed this novel when it came out, but really enjoyed the graphic novel version even more.
I am so glad this was my first graphic novel. I loved it! I thought the art work was very nice and it kept the most important parts of the story in it. I can only hope there will be a graphic for Hollow City as well. That's something I'd love to see.
I won this book in a Twitter giveaway and I decided to read it now before I would read Hollow City to refresh my memory.
The graphic novel reminded me of the greatness of the story and it was just amazing! I love seeing story being portrayed in drawing.
The graphic novel reminded me of the greatness of the story and it was just amazing! I love seeing story being portrayed in drawing.
Very good way to recap the first book - Read it to prepare for book two (which just arrived at the library!)
Art work was really well done and it definitely captures the main plots of the original story.
Art work was really well done and it definitely captures the main plots of the original story.