Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

The New York Times #1 best-selling series. Includes 3 novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 peculiar photographs. Together for the first time, here is the #1 New York Times best seller Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and its two sequels, Hollow City and Library of Souls. All three hardcovers are packaged in a beautifully designed slipcase. Also included: a special collector's envelope of twelve peculiar photographs, highlighting the most memorable moments of this extraordinary three-volume fantasy. MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in this groundbreaking novel, which mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling new kind of reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob Portman journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. HOLLOW CITY: September 3, 1940. Ten peculiar children flee an army of deadly monsters. And only one person can help them—but she's trapped in the body of a bird. The extraordinary adventure continues as Jacob Portman and his newfound friends journey to London, the peculiar capital of the world. There, they hope to find a cure for their beloved headmistress, Miss Peregrine. But in this war-torn city, hideous surprises lurk around every corner. LIBRARY OF SOULS: A boy, a girl, and a talking dog. They're all that stands between the sinister wights and the future of peculiar children everywhere. Jacob Portman ventures through history one last time to rescue the peculiar children from a heavily guarded fortress. He's joined by girlfriend and firestarter Emma Bloom, canine companion Addison MacHenry, and some very unexpected allies.

A very good book :) it came into my want to read list while checking the books that are turning into movies in 2016.

It is a good story - fantasy and children like, but very well constructed overall.. The characters afçre rich and it is a very entertaining story :) made me wanna read numbers 2 and 3 of this trilogy :)

Liked the world building, didn't so much care for the last quarter or so. And this is another book that just ends, instead of having an ending.

This is an ARC I got through a library. I really loved this book. It took a little while to get going, but then I couldn't put it down. It also dragged a little at the end, but picked up again to let you finish on a high note. The characters are all wonderfully written and developed. I don't know if this will be the first in a series, but it definitely could be, and I would absolutely love to read more about the peculiar children. :) I loved all the photos throughout the book. Because it was an ARC there were some photos missing and I wonder what they were. There were also some typos and wrong words, but I'm expecting they'll be fixed for the final published copy. Lastly, there was a Bronwyn in the book which I just loved. :) I don't find my name in books often, and when I find it accidentally it's that much more fun. My only quibble with Bronwyn here was that she's described at one point as brawny (she can lift boulders, etc.). I just wonder how clever the author thought he was for that one; it's a tired play on the name that I've dealt with more than a few times and so that bugged me. But that's such a minor issue with the book, and a personal one at that, that I definitely recommend this book. It was just so much fun and full of such great characters.

You can read a further review/synopsis at: http://www.suite101.com/content/book-review-miss-peregrines-home-for-peculiar-children-a372063

Pros: character growth, creepily atmospheric, high quality physical book, creatively meshes backstory with mythology and history/

Cons: don't learn as much about the kids as you'd like, doesn't fully explain their abilities or why they're born as they are/

For Parents: some swearing, some violence (mostly offscreen), kissing/

If ever there were an argument against ebooks, it would be Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Yes, you can read it on an ereader, and yes, the story would still be creepy and fun, but you'd miss something about the experience. This is a beautiful hardcover, with thick pages and gorgeous black and white photographs scattered throughout. Holding it and turning the pages is part of the ambiance the story creates./

Jakob Portman grew up hearing his grandfather's fantastic stories about the children's home he was sent to in England as a Jewish Polish immigrant in World War II. The stories were about children who could do peculiar things, like levitate, hold fire and lift very heavy things. But the violent death of his grandfather, along with the old man's last words, make him wonder if there was some truth to his stories./

This is a slow paced coming of age story. Mr. Riggs takes time to develop Jakob as a character, especially regarding his mental state, as well as the settings, in the book./

At first glance, the children seem like X-Men rip offs. They're said to be the next step in evolution and have different, extraordinary abilities. But while some of the abilities are useful, others - like having 2 mouths or bees living inside your body - are not at first glance advantageous. And while one group of peculiars thinks it would be grand to use their abilities to subjugate normals, the rest simply want to live in peace. /

I loved how the author amalgamated their existence with history as witches, changelings and circus performers. It gave the book a sense of history, and the kids a practical reason to hide./

The downside of the novel is that you don't learn as much as you'd like about certain things: the kids (their histories and abilities), how the loops work and why people are born peculiar. I'd love to see Riggs bring out a book of the grandfather's stories or a photo album of Miss Peregrine's home, with the stories of how each child came to be there./

There seems to be a move in SF towards the reimagining of history with a horror slant. While Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children is mostly set in the present, it reminded me of Eutopia by David Nickle and Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett./

This is an open ended novel with series potential. It's a slow, atmospheric work that adults and teens will love.