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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

8 reviews

spookily's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: War, Grief, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Genocide

Minor: Abandonment, Child death, Drug use, Medical content, and Infidelity

cuppajoy's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Grief, Alcoholism, and Child death

simbarabbit20's review against another edition

4.0

Jacob goes away to a remote island in wales where he discovers a home for children with special talents. The same home his grandfather lived in when he was a child. Jacob quickly discovers that the stories his grandfather told him were true. The home is one of many and is run by a woman called Miss Peregrine. 

A slow start but it gets really interesting at the end. A real page turner. I will be buying the sequel to it. I really want to find out what happens. It’s not something I would normally read but loving it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Antisemitism, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, and Child death

fremzz's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

cranedphoenix's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It's been a while since I've read this book as I own the first two in the series and while I will consider reading the second since I already own it I'm unsure if the series is worth continuing
The book was dreadfully boring and slow paced for most of it and found myself almost forcing myself to finish it
The idea is interesting enough but the execution and pacing was horridly slow
The ending or near it was practically the only fast paced part

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Mental illness, and War

Minor: Child death

dannythestreet's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, and War

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Blood

ashthemenace's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Ableism

alisazhup's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Grief, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Excrement, and Mental illness