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

Ransom Riggs

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Prompt 25: A book you were supposed to read in school but didn't
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Feb 27, 2014 Angie rated it it was amazing

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The photos added such a powerful element to the book!! I thought the whole thing was a great combination of quirky and creepy and mysterious and fascinating. There were a LOT of characters and I struggled a bit to keep the peculiar children straight in my mind, but I still enjoyed the book from start to finish. I passed it on to my 16 year old son last night and he's already on page 70. Thumbs up! ...more

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Nov 21, 2011 Astrid Lim rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, thriller-mystery, young-adult, bbi, world-war, gothic, cover-lust

Don't judge a book by its cover! Miss Peregrine is actually not that scary, despite the quirky and creepy photographs =) But the story itself is warm, charming, and full of mysterious air. Love it, and can't wait for the sequel! ...more

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Nov 03, 2013 Christine H rated it liked it

This had an interesting concept, but the pacing felt very off to me. There's far too much exposition and background, and then the adventure seems rushed and truncated. Yet despite a boatload of setup, the main character still felt underwritten, as do most of the characters.

When I got to the end of the book and discovered that it was written around real vintage photos, it made a lot of sense. That's an interesting idea, but it seems like this needed better editorial guidance to turn it into a fun ...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Teri G rated it it was ok

Shelves: abandoned

How often have we been told not to judge a book by its cover? Well, I shouldn't choose them that way, either. This one looked intriguing, and it started out ok, but this didn't last long. I don't mind young adult books (in fact, there are several that I love), but this book wasn't meant to be one. It was just written like one, and not a very good one at that. I agree with many of the points other reviews have made -- and i know i'll be skipping the sequel. Don't bother with this one either, and ...more

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