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A review by peppypenguin
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.0
I don't find anything special about the story itself. It's a typical YA novel.
What is good is the writing style. The main character is very generic, but he is a fun voice to read the story through; very witty and charming.
But there were so many characters with so many interesting powers and traits that could have been delved into more, and it focused only on a select few, and even then mostly only on two of them.
What makes the book a 4 star for me is the entertainment value and the world the author has built. Some of the powers thought up for the children are very interesting, and while there is a youthfulness to the story there is also some solid content for nightmare fuel.
I also liked the use of old photographs to add a visual element to the story. The fact that the photographs were not taken specifically for the book, and are actually old photos, is pretty neat, and I can appreciate a level of artistry in doing this.
I was entertained the entire time, but I didn't feel there was anything special about the book to make me want to read the other books in the series.
What is good is the writing style. The main character is very generic, but he is a fun voice to read the story through; very witty and charming.
But there were so many characters with so many interesting powers and traits that could have been delved into more, and it focused only on a select few, and even then mostly only on two of them.
What makes the book a 4 star for me is the entertainment value and the world the author has built. Some of the powers thought up for the children are very interesting, and while there is a youthfulness to the story there is also some solid content for nightmare fuel.
I also liked the use of old photographs to add a visual element to the story. The fact that the photographs were not taken specifically for the book, and are actually old photos, is pretty neat, and I can appreciate a level of artistry in doing this.
I was entertained the entire time, but I didn't feel there was anything special about the book to make me want to read the other books in the series.