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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
While I was thinking about what I wanted to discuss for this review, I struggled to think of how to do so without spoilers. But after 2 days of sitting with my thoughts, I believe I've figured out how. So let's jump right into Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
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It's an okay book. I didn't love it as much as I wanted to, but I didn't hate it either. It was extremely predictable. I ended up coming up with conclusions that turned out to be true; nothing genuinely surprised me except for one thing. The rest I saw coming early on. Which did ruin the "mystery" part of the book for me. Another problem I had was the book's pacing. It did get better later in the story, but most of it didn't flow well at all. It took time in moments where it needed to be faster and was too quick in moments that needed to be slowed down. As I said, it did correct itself later on which makes me think that the weirdness of the first half's pace may have been the author's uncertainty on how to reach the conclusion he wanted. Which is not the easiest thing to do but I commend him for trying.
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Now let's talk about the things I loved about the book. The writing itself is very good, I also really liked the ideas and plot. I did listen to the audiobook so I didn't get to see the photographs that the book is famous for. However, they are described very clearly so I was able to form an idea of the pictures in my head. It didn't take away from my reading experience at all, I still enjoyed the narrative without seeing the photos. And of course the last thing I loved was the third act of the book. The pacing was great, it wasn't as predictable as the acts before it, and it made me want to continue on with the rest of the series because I care about these characters now.
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I do wish that I loved this book, it had the things I usually like reading about. But it ultimately depends on how perfectly packaged all those elements can be in a story. I have hope that the second one will be a much better read. I still recommend Peculiar Children for its very interesting ideas and writing. As for me though, I'll just give my rating and move on to the next book.
3/5⭐️
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It's an okay book. I didn't love it as much as I wanted to, but I didn't hate it either. It was extremely predictable. I ended up coming up with conclusions that turned out to be true; nothing genuinely surprised me except for one thing. The rest I saw coming early on. Which did ruin the "mystery" part of the book for me. Another problem I had was the book's pacing. It did get better later in the story, but most of it didn't flow well at all. It took time in moments where it needed to be faster and was too quick in moments that needed to be slowed down. As I said, it did correct itself later on which makes me think that the weirdness of the first half's pace may have been the author's uncertainty on how to reach the conclusion he wanted. Which is not the easiest thing to do but I commend him for trying.
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Now let's talk about the things I loved about the book. The writing itself is very good, I also really liked the ideas and plot. I did listen to the audiobook so I didn't get to see the photographs that the book is famous for. However, they are described very clearly so I was able to form an idea of the pictures in my head. It didn't take away from my reading experience at all, I still enjoyed the narrative without seeing the photos. And of course the last thing I loved was the third act of the book. The pacing was great, it wasn't as predictable as the acts before it, and it made me want to continue on with the rest of the series because I care about these characters now.
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I do wish that I loved this book, it had the things I usually like reading about. But it ultimately depends on how perfectly packaged all those elements can be in a story. I have hope that the second one will be a much better read. I still recommend Peculiar Children for its very interesting ideas and writing. As for me though, I'll just give my rating and move on to the next book.
3/5⭐️