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A review by etinney
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.0
3.5 out of 5 stars
I picked this up because I needed something unique. I was getting tired of the "this girl is unique because of *blank* and then she meets a boy and then she saves the world". I just needed a break. And this book provided me the break I needed. I really love how the story grew from the photographs. I thought the pictures were going to be tossed in there randomly, but I thought the plot from the stories was interesting. I liked Jacob as a character and I thought the premise was interesting. It kept me engaged most of the time.
However, I feel like this book was just missing something for me. I think that was because the climax happened so quickly. The book was a lot of exposition and the main plot did not happen for a while. Also, some of the characters were kind of unbelievable. His father just let him wander around and Jacob's decision to just leave his family was ludicrous for me. Also, was anyone else disappointed that there was a romance? First of all, I was expecting all of the children to be younger, so that was weird that Emma was 16, but second, it is kind of creepy that you are dating your grandfather's girlfriend.
All in all, this was an enjoyable read but nothing too exciting. The uniqueness of the book's structure is really why I will read the second installment.
I picked this up because I needed something unique. I was getting tired of the "this girl is unique because of *blank* and then she meets a boy and then she saves the world". I just needed a break. And this book provided me the break I needed. I really love how the story grew from the photographs. I thought the pictures were going to be tossed in there randomly, but I thought the plot from the stories was interesting. I liked Jacob as a character and I thought the premise was interesting. It kept me engaged most of the time.
However, I feel like this book was just missing something for me. I think that was because the climax happened so quickly. The book was a lot of exposition and the main plot did not happen for a while. Also, some of the characters were kind of unbelievable. His father just let him wander around and Jacob's decision to just leave his family was ludicrous for me. Also, was anyone else disappointed that there was a romance? First of all, I was expecting all of the children to be younger, so that was weird that Emma was 16, but second, it is kind of creepy that you are dating your grandfather's girlfriend.
All in all, this was an enjoyable read but nothing too exciting. The uniqueness of the book's structure is really why I will read the second installment.