By: Ransom Riggs
Genre: Teen Fantasy & Adventure
Stars: 4 out of 5
Sixteen-year-old Jacob has always heard strange stories from
his grandfather about peculiar children and the monsters. Always thinking they
were just tall tales, he never would have guessed that anything his grandfather
could be true; until he saw what murdered his grandfather. Trying to deal with
this tragedy, his father takes Jacob to the remote island off the coast of
Wales where his grandfather grew up and his eccentric stories take place. As
Jacob begins to explore the island, he comes across the crumbling ruins of Miss
Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. It becomes clear to Jacob that the
stories aren’t just stories, and the children may impossibly still be alive.
I will admit that browsing on the B&N website is a very
relaxing pastime I have. Since I no longer work there I like to keep up on all
the books that are coming out and what’s hot to read. Now I know you are never
supposed to judge a book by its cover but I definitely judged this book by its
cover when I saw it on the website. By the cover alone, this book looked
awesome. As you can see it looks so creepy with just this little vintage girl
on the front. Then when I went to pick it up I say all these vintage
photographs scattered throughout the pictures of this teen book as well. So
after reading it, I must say I was not disappointed. It is a very interesting
story and Ransom Riggs came up with such a clever concept when it came to the
plot and the use of the photographs to help tell the story. And by the end, you
aren’t really sure if that is the end. I hope there is a sequel to this book; I
want to know what happens to Jacob and his bizarre friends. I would recommend
this to anyone who loves the art of vintage photographs and a captivating
science fiction story to go along with them.
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