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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 really, really wanted to love this, I mean, the idea is solid and it was put in GN form, but man...I just didn't. I was bored. Once I start flipping pages to see if anything good comes next, that's when I'm done.
the only reason I'm giving it two stars is I did like the art, plus tentacle mouth Dude was pretty cool.
the only reason I'm giving it two stars is I did like the art, plus tentacle mouth Dude was pretty cool.
3 stars!
fast paced, entertaining. Has me intrigued to picked up the second graphic novel in this series.
fast paced, entertaining. Has me intrigued to picked up the second graphic novel in this series.
Perhaps if I had read this version before the standard one, I would've enjoyed it more. However, since I didn't, I found myself annoyed by the fact that this version is missing quite a bit of information.
The graphic novel adaptation of the book by Ransom Riggs is not nearly as good as the novel on which it's based. Reading the graphic novel felt like reading a CliffsNotes version of the original. In other words it's very condensed. The art by Cassandra Jean isn't bad but my impression of it was that it was most likely created on a tight deadline. I felt the art, especially the illustrations of the settings, could have used more detail. They are fairly generic looking, especially the illustrations that show Jacob's neighborhood and the illustrations of the buildings on Cairnholm. The one exception is the house where Miss Peregrine and the Peculiar children live, the exterior drawings of that house are beautifully done, though still a bit on the sketchy side. All of the illustrations are somewhat sketchy, which in itself I don't mind, but many of them look somewhat unfinished. The action sequences are a bit hard to follow and I felt that the characters could have used more defining details in their features. I felt that the artist used the same template to create all of the characters and the result is that some of them look very similar. Miss Peregrine looks much younger and more beautiful than she does in the actual vintage photograph of her from the original story and, if you took off Hugh's goggles, he would look very similar to Jacob. I read this book in two sittings and though I found it entertaining, most of my enjoyment came from being reminded of how much I enjoyed the original novel.
I love the Peculiar Children series, and I love Cassandra Jean's art.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
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This book was not what I thought it was going to be AT ALL. I’ve actually had little interest in reading the original novel form of this book, despite its surge in popularity a couple years back. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really care for the synopsis, it didn’t grip me and came off as a poor thriller-esque book. However reading a graphic novel is far less investment, so that’s exactly what I did.
Jacob is a teenager who grew up with his Grandfather telling him outrageous stories surrounding his childhood in a children’s home on a small island, supported with photo evidence of the wacky and weird other children he lived with. Jacob loves his grandfather’s tales until he becomes a teenager and sees them as ridiculously far-fetched. However after his grandfather’s death, he decides to visit the island of his Grandfathers childhood for himself, as a form of closure and what he finds there is definitely not what he was expecting.
This story completely blew me away. It turned into so much more than I thought it would be. Despite some of the difficult ideas around time-travel and looping that were introduced, it all made sense. I wasn't left struggling to figure out what on earth was going on, as I sometimes do in poorly explained YA with these elements.
The little blooming romance that developed was bittersweet in a way, you’ll know what I mean if you've read the story… or maybe it was just me who felt that way. But in its own way it was sweet and I liked that it didn't take over the story, and was just an addition which enhanced the characters.
The ending left on a bit of a cliff-hanger, which definitely entailed that there were far more adventures to come, which I’m excited about. Overall, the graphic novel, while merely a thoughtless addition to my library hall, blew me away and actually made me so excited to read the full book and its sequel.
This book was not what I thought it was going to be AT ALL. I’ve actually had little interest in reading the original novel form of this book, despite its surge in popularity a couple years back. Maybe it’s because I didn’t really care for the synopsis, it didn’t grip me and came off as a poor thriller-esque book. However reading a graphic novel is far less investment, so that’s exactly what I did.
Jacob is a teenager who grew up with his Grandfather telling him outrageous stories surrounding his childhood in a children’s home on a small island, supported with photo evidence of the wacky and weird other children he lived with. Jacob loves his grandfather’s tales until he becomes a teenager and sees them as ridiculously far-fetched. However after his grandfather’s death, he decides to visit the island of his Grandfathers childhood for himself, as a form of closure and what he finds there is definitely not what he was expecting.
This story completely blew me away. It turned into so much more than I thought it would be. Despite some of the difficult ideas around time-travel and looping that were introduced, it all made sense. I wasn't left struggling to figure out what on earth was going on, as I sometimes do in poorly explained YA with these elements.
The little blooming romance that developed was bittersweet in a way, you’ll know what I mean if you've read the story… or maybe it was just me who felt that way. But in its own way it was sweet and I liked that it didn't take over the story, and was just an addition which enhanced the characters.
The ending left on a bit of a cliff-hanger, which definitely entailed that there were far more adventures to come, which I’m excited about. Overall, the graphic novel, while merely a thoughtless addition to my library hall, blew me away and actually made me so excited to read the full book and its sequel.
I read this mostly as a refresher for the series, as I read the first book long ago and want to read the sequel soon. I must have missed something, because while I liked the book, the graphic novel left me cold. I liked the play on color vs. black and white, the story is still good but... eh.
challenging
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s been a while since I’ve read the novel but I remembered liking it and this was a great interpretation! I’m excited to dive into the next as I never read Hollow City!