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

Ransom Riggs

Start date: July 30, 2011

Finish date: September 30, 2011

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Sep 03, 2011 Natalia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own, read-in-2012, historical-fiction, romance, mystery

This book was amazing, and filled with suspense and surprise. It constantly kept me on the edge of my seat! A definite must read. :)

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Jan 10, 2012 Kimberly rated it really liked it

The main character, Jacob, is a brave idiot. He's so determined to find out about his grandfather's past that he trespasses on property that could very well be haunted or just plain dangerous. What happens near the end of the book could be compared to something like Alice in Wonderland or A Midnight in Paris. To be honest I'm torn between Jacob actually being crazy and him having stumble into some kind of invisible reality-altering machine. I liked it. ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 jocelyn rated it liked it

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. You know the ones where you pick them up and from the first sentence you know you're gonna be hooked? Well this was like that. I think what really drew me in though was that it started with his grandfather telling him stories and most of the book focused on his and his grandfather's relationship; my grandfather and I are very close in that way, so immediately I felt a connection with Jacob.
I do agree with some of the reviews about it being a bit scattered at time ...more

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Apr 27, 2013 Linda rated it really liked it

This is definitely not the idea I was expecting from the photos. It was great! I thought it was going to be a horror novel, but it wasn't. It was fantastic and I love how ransom Riggs credited where all the photos were from. This makes me want to read more of his works. And there is a sequel coming and a movie. I am excited. I love the concept too ...more

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