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I try to go into reading a book without any preconceived notions and a neutral opinion, even if someone I know has said that they loved or hated a book because everyone has different tastes.
I'm glad I didn't know much about 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' when I started reading it, and especially glad that I hadn't read all of the bad reviews. I may have missed out on a really intriguing story.
The best way I can think of to describe it is a cross between 'Alice in Wonderland' and ' ...more
I'm glad I didn't know much about 'Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children' when I started reading it, and especially glad that I hadn't read all of the bad reviews. I may have missed out on a really intriguing story.
The best way I can think of to describe it is a cross between 'Alice in Wonderland' and ' ...more
I would have given this four stars if it wasn't for the ending.(view spoiler) This was, however, one of the best young adult fiction books I've read. I'm not a big fan of reading YA unless it's to teach it. Maybe I'm snobby, but I'm not a YA...
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My criticism of this book is that I didn't believe it. I didn't believe in the world, or the particular turn of events, or the storytelling based on the photos. The photos, the author's device the book, feel forced and unnatural.
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Very well written. Excellent story.
This book originally caught my eye by the cover and the pictures when flipping through it at the store.
I had no expectations or any idea about it whatsoever. It was fun, exciting, weird, magical and the use of photographs was a really great idea.
I had no expectations or any idea about it whatsoever. It was fun, exciting, weird, magical and the use of photographs was a really great idea.
It has an interesting premiss, but kind of falls flat. Not a bad read but I doubt I would read more.
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horror,
supernatural,
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adventure,
bildungsroman,
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s_evan
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