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I Hated the Photographs

September 5, 2016 by KM Bezner 3 Comments

I’m pretty stoked for this movie in the fall. Naturally, I figured I would sate my excitement by reading the book, which seemed like a great plan at the time. And I really, really wanted to like it…unfortunately, I didn’t.

I’ll start with all the things there are to like about this book. It’s a tale about a bunch of peculiar kids with strange abilities who segregate themselves from the rest of the world in a “loop,” a day that repeats indefinitely, so long as the magic that created it holds. It’s told from the perspective of Jacob Portman, whose grandfather lived with Miss Peregrine until he left the loop, tired of being isolated and eager to see the world.

After his grandfather dies under mysterious circumstances that resemble a wild animal attack, Jacob begins to wonder if the extraordinary stories Abraham told him of his youth might be true. He travels to Wales, the site of Miss Peregrine’s home, to uncover the truth behind these tales when he begins to discover that he has the same peculiar ability as his grandfather: he can see the terrifying wights that hunt peculiars.

He suspects that these creatures killed his grandfather, and are now after him. With the help of Miss Peregrine and the other peculiar children, he hopes to destroy the wights and protect the home and family his grandfather loved.

It’s a pretty solid story. That said, it’s obviously a first novel, which isn’t to say that it’s bad, just conventional. The thing that I didn’t like, and which I felt was the book’s biggest detractor, was the inclusion of the photographs that inspired the story.

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Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Bestsellers, Miss Peregrine's, Ransom Riggs, Young Adult

Post by KM Bezner · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Bestsellers, Miss Peregrine's, Ransom Riggs, Young Adult ·
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  1. melanir says

    September 6, 2016 at 10:03 am

    I completely agree. I read this a few years ago when the hype surrounding it was HUGE. I was…. underwhelmed. I was underwhelmed to such an extent that I’m not really sure I’m interested in the movie at all.

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  2. badkittyuno says

    September 6, 2016 at 10:52 am

    Agreed. It was kind of cool, but did not live up to my expectations at all. I haven’t even bothered to read the second one and probably won’t.

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  3. Melina says

    September 26, 2016 at 8:30 am

    I had the same experience. I liked the idea but the execution wasn’t the greatest. I didn’t bother to read the other books. The movie though? That looks great. It might be one of the rare cases where the movie is better than the book.

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