A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explor...
'Millard was kneeling in the water, dazed, blood running down his torso. For the first time I could see the true shape of his body, painted red. Emma took him by the arm. "Millard! Are you all right? Say something!" "I must apologise," he said. "It seems I've gone and gotten myself shot." Jaco...
I was delighted with this book for the first 120 pages. The cynically weary teenaged voice of the narrator was perfect and I was sticking post-it notes all over the place to mark passages that struck a chord with me. Characters and settings sprang to life. But this was sadly brief. Once the real act...
As a child, Jacob loved hearing the stories his grandfather shared with him. As he got older, he no longer believed them to be true. Until something happens and Jacob is the only witness.This started out so slow. I didn't like Jacob and had an issue connecting to him. At the beginning, he came acros...
3.5 out of 5August 22- September 16 A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs.A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for...
I’d heard so much about this novel that I had to give it a try and decided to read it for my YA horror square. I’m glad I did because it was a lot of fun. At the beginning Jacob is working for his families business. He’s trying to get fired because he’s so underwhelmed, but can seemingly be the wo...
I finished this on Thursday, but hadn't had a chance to do the write up! I feel like this book was a little bit of a missed opportunity. I liked it fine, but I wasn't overwhelmed by it. It felt a bit like the author worked so hard to fit the quirky photographs into the book, that he ended up negle...
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As ...
This is a fascinating story! I loved it! I took a six hour road trip (then six hours home) and this was the perfect book to be stuck in a car with. The writing was fantastic. I was very surprised to learn that this is Riggs first novel. He writes with a clarity and ease and has such unique ideas, th...
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