This was a strange read. A little magical realism, a little sci-fi, a little end of the world, and a little love story. All around thumbs up for the geeky kids who never fit in who grew up to be the forces that both threatened to ruin and ultimately saved our world. I can only imagine that it will always be like that. I normally really like this type of genre, so I thought I'd love this book. And while I did like it, I think it lost me in a few places. The mix of magic and technology was a really cool and original idea, and I truly loved Peregrine. But to be honest, I think mixing them together meant that neither got the explanation they deserved, which in turn created a story that I felt was always wafting right above my head, cloudlike - amorphous, untethered, opaque. Like the ending, where the Tree and Peregrine become one...I just didn't quite grasp what I think I was supposed to grasp. Also, Patricia and Laurence were really cool characters to read, but I feel like everyone else in the story was just not solid enough - like they floated past P and L and kinda were in the lives but at the same time just were never actually real people. It was a really interesting concept and enjoyable doomsday/start of a new future tale, but just didn't quite fully hit home for me.