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A review by bexterrr
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.0
Very interesting and unexpected. I went into it knowing nothing (I just liked the pictures) so I didn't realise it was YA fictions and had hoped for something much darker and creepier. However, AS young adult fiction, I really like it. It's a little grittier than some and follows a male lead for a change to what I've come across before.
I felt at times the photo issue was forced and unnatural. There was a hint to the protagonist liking photography, but I feel more could have been done with it and sometimes things were mentioned just to show a photo. There were a few that actually made the antagonists seem flimsy and really took away from the general darkness of their character.
It mingles a few genres together quite unexpectedly (although the photos don't really fit the era, nor do some of the stories, I felt).
Overall it was enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend it to people to read, even if I'd hoped for something a little different. Definitely the best YA book I've read. Definitely well written, original, and intriguing.
I felt at times the photo issue was forced and unnatural. There was a hint to the protagonist liking photography, but I feel more could have been done with it and sometimes things were mentioned just to show a photo. There were a few that actually made the antagonists seem flimsy and really took away from the general darkness of their character.
It mingles a few genres together quite unexpectedly (although the photos don't really fit the era, nor do some of the stories, I felt).
Overall it was enjoyable. I'd definitely recommend it to people to read, even if I'd hoped for something a little different. Definitely the best YA book I've read. Definitely well written, original, and intriguing.