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I've spent this section plus many pages of comments on this review explaining the various points of my opinion, so I would recommend reading them before pointing out something I missed. Some people have commented that's way too much time - I also think any time spent watching football is too much, but I certainly don't tell my aunt, a big 49ers fan, that. The world is full of diverse people, with diverse opinions.
I mean, it's not like there are girls out there who like Star Wars, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, and stuff for more than just the sexy times. I guess if A) Jacob had been likeable, B) Emma had been likeable and not been his grandfather's age, and C) the romance had been well-done and not rushed I would have liked it, but alas, it was D) none of the above. Skip this review and focus on reading books that you like instead of hunting down negative reviews for your favorite book or maybe writing a review why you liked this book. More fantastic still were his stories about life in the Welsh children’s home. It was an enchanted place, he said, designed to keep kids safe from the monsters, on an island where the sun shined every day and nobody ever got sick or died.
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It's a book about stories, and too much attention is focused on the telling of those stories instead of developing the actual plot. It was too distracting, and it was nowhere as creepy or weird as it touts itself to be. Aside from the fact that the entire book felt like it was created simply to show some 'cool vintage photos,' I felt that the author didn't have a full grip on his own ideas. He had good ideas, as complicated as they are. Nice settings, I enjoyed some of the scenes, like the glowfish, and Enoch's big moment, but the writing itself was rather weak.
He falls in ~like~ with his grandpa's old gf who can conjure flames in her hands, but I think that's pretty squicky. There's a boy who can make golems with animal hearts, and a girl who can animate topiarys, but all in all the kids are dry and dull. I enjoyed a lot the concept of creating a new “world to be discovered” in an era where it’s supposed that everywhere was already explored, along with such unique (for not saying “particulars”) characters. I loved the writing, the humorous way Riggs has with descriptions, and the old-fashion carny photos were a nice touch.
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WHAT THE HECK. Just no… but more on this later. When Abraham dies suddenly leaving Jacob with his dying words, Jacob makes a trip to Wales – to find this children’s home from his grandfather’s past once and for all. His parents think Jacob is cracking up, but maybe this trip will help him return to sanity.
I'm tired of defending myself for the egregious crime of not liking a book and writing about it. So I thought I would do a favor and just hide it with spoiler tags. So now, if Goodreads hasn't goofed, you can just see I rated this 2-stars and move on. This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob and his new friends must journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. Along the way, they encounter new allies, a menagerie of peculiar animals, and other unexpected surprises.
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The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. You can also read the review for this book and others along with a whole lot of other exciting stuff on my blog here.
Again, full transparency, I actually think seeing the movie first made this book better for me. And I really enjoyed all the other characters and actors from this movie too. So, of course, I was visualizing them as I was reading. He offers a mystery, and the clues that Jacob and the reader are challenged to interpret in order to figure out what is going on.
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I'm happy with my purchase and look forward to reading more. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows. A strange collection of curious photographs. Second most of the characters are just plain boring. He's a pretty flat character to begin with, despite having a backstory.
Ella Purnell as Emma Bloom, an aerokinetic teenager who can manipulate air and can breathe under water by creating liquid bubbles of air. She is lighter than air and must always wear lead shoes or a tether to keep from floating away. Emma is also Abe's former love interest in the 1940s and Jake's current love interest. Will usually ship within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment. I'm not sure if I will continue on with the series even though I enjoyed this one. I am sure I am probably one of the very few Middle Grade readers left on the planet to get to this so I am beyond the moon to be crossing it off my list.
As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow -- impossible though it seems -- they may still be alive.
Soon, he starts experiencing trauma and being plagued with nightmares relating to those monsters. I also don't think the loop was explained very well. I didn't quite follow how and when the loop restarted each day and what exactly was happening with the fighter jet fireworks night. I wondered for too long whether time inside the loop affected time outside it and I questioned how one was supposed to jump from loop to loop if loops stuck to a 24-hour period. I could have used more explanation about the wights and hollows too.
Oddities-thrown-together-to-cope-in-a-hostile-world, for example. It is no stretch to see close links to, say, X-men, or The Harry Potter series, or even, in a more adult realm, the sideshow performers of Geek Love. Think the wardrobe of Narnia fame or John Carter finding a magical route to Barsoom. Stargates and wormholes are rampant in sci-fi, as are parallel dimension tales, and there is always the familiar story of one Dorothy Gale to show the way as well.
His grandpa would try to convince him, and warn him that the monsters are coming, but the only conclusion he had is that his grandpa lost his marbles. It doesn’t hurt me to say that I have watched the movie before I read the book. What hurts me to say is that even though I loved the book, I enjoyed the movie way more. But I am not here to compare the book and the movie, because I loved them both in a different way.
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A girl can make plants grow very, very fast. And, of course, Peregrine has a few nifty tricks up her wing. Jacob Porter had been enthralled by his grandfather Abe’s magical, if frightening, tales of his past, horrifying monsters in pursuit and a safe haven of a special school in Wales for those fortunate enough to escape. But when Jacob is a teen, and his grandfather is brutally murdered, he has cause to reconsider. The main problem with this book is that the entire time I was reading I felt like a high school English teacher grading a student's paper, when in fact I am not a teacher or anyone who majored in English or writing.
They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman together with Emma and canine companion Addison MacHenry ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. My grandfather was the only member of his family to escape Poland before the Second World War broke out. He was twelve years old when his parents sent him into the arms of strangers, putting their youngest son on a train to Britain with nothing more than a suitcase and the clothes on his back. He never saw his mother or father again, or his older brothers, his cousins, his aunts and uncles.
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