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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)

Ransom Riggs

Start date: November 1, 2015

Finish date: November 30, 2015

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Jun 25, 2017 Brenda H rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Jacob has grown up listening to his grandfather spin fantastic tales of adventure and exploration. Now that Jacob is older, he realizes that that is just what they are – stories. Following a family tragedy, Jacob comes across information that makes him wonder if everything that he had been told really was make-believe.

To find out more about his grandfather’s life, Jacob convinces his father to travel to a remote island off the coast of Wales to visit the orphanage where his grandfather lived. On ...more

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Jan 04, 2017 Steve Lindahl rated it it was amazing

Before I read Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children I'd heard it was the next Harry Potter. I suppose that's a valid claim, since they are both YA novels with odd schools requiring something akin to magic just to get there. I haven't seen the Peregrine film yet, but plan to soon. The Rotten Tomatoes ratings are above average, but not as high as the first Harry Potter film. It will be interesting to see how far this idea can go.

I enjoyed this novel, especially Jacob's relationships, first ...more

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Jan 03, 2024 Katt Hansen rated it really liked it

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I'd put this book off numerous times, trying to start it more than once and not really getting into the story. I guess I had to be in the right frame of mind, because this time when I read it, I could not put it down. Proving, I suppose, that sometimes it's really a matter of being in the right place at the right time to read something.

The story of the boy and his grandfather's stories, coupled with weird photographs was a strange and unusual start to the story. (Honestly I would love to write a ...more

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Jun 21, 2014 Carina rated it really liked it

Really, really lovely book. I've read a lot of really hard reviews, and I don't really understand where they're coming from. I wholeheartedly enjoyed every moment of it. ...more

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