Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Review

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (352 pages)
My Rating: 3.5 Stars
Date Read: 17 June 2016

Synopsis:

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 explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

My Review:

I enjoyed this book. I think it was a great set up for what is to come in the rest of the series. Working with a world that is so complex, like this one, is very difficult and requires a lot of world building which I think this book did very well.

The pacing was slow at parts, but even in those moments, it was enjoyable.

The characters were all very interesting and well thought out. I hope that in the next books there is more building on the relationships of the characters and reactions to the consequences of what they had done. I want to learn more about their Peculiarities and how they work as well.

I wish we could get more background on how the mechanics of the Home works, but I think we may get that in the next books.

I loved the integration of the images in with the story. I think it worked very well in this book, something that does not always reign true with all books set up like this.

I was lucky enough to meet Ransom Riggs at Yallwest in 2015 and he is so nice! I am so glad I finally read the book after owning it for a few years!

I would love to pick up the next two books to continue the series! I can't wait to see what they are going to do with the movie as well!