Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) in Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge

May 28, 2012 Shannon rated it liked it

Shelves: supernatural

I love books that mix art and story, so Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was intriguing to me. Riggs' use of photographs to complement the story was a great idea, yet I ultimately felt like the book started stronger than it ended. When we meet Jacob, he's working at a drugstore in Florida, trying to take care of his grandfather and nearly friendless. Then everything changes when Jacob witnesses his grandfather's death and begins to believe that the imaginative stories his grandfather ...more

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Feb 13, 2012 Kate rated it it was ok

Shelves: youngadult, fiction, historical-fiction, paranorm-supernat-ghoststory, 2012, ebook

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Apr 28, 2012 April rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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

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Aug 20, 2013 Cat rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

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... ...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Kelli Poward rated it it was amazing

Very well written. Excellent story.

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Aug 09, 2017 Deanna M rated it liked it

I hated the main character. It was not really interesting from his point of view. Even katniss in hunger games was more interesting.

I bought the others so now I have to read this whole stupid trilogy.

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