Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

11 reviews

blairwatson's review

medium-paced

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

1.5

This book is an absolute disaster.
Vibe
It started off quite good, with a mysterious vibe (not sth I’d read personally but I’m looking for sth new and I can understand how ppl can like this book).

I really like how things were described when Jacob found his granddad dead in the woods.

It’s really spooky and I like it. But from then on to near the ending, it completely lost that vibe and it went all cheerful and colorful. The ending was a little darker but it didn’t live up to the vibe at the beginning. 
Plot and world building
The plot is quite questionable and the pace is inconsistent 
Characters
Jacob
I first thought he was a man in his late 20s even tho he’s 15. The way he thinks and acts and talks is not how teenagers usually talk. I’m aware that some teenagers are more serious/mature than others but he isn’t that.
He then went on to

Date his granddad’s ex and snogged her even tho he knows it’s practically incest

He’s quite thick for someone who is supposed to be smart. His plans are really poorly thought out and he really has no other talent than

seeing monsters

Emma
I do not like her at all. She’s 88. I know that she’s in this time loop thingy but she just continued to date her ex’s grandson which is just weird and their relationship seems really toxic too. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Death, Body horror, and Blood

hoagie's review

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism

madkatrob's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

hayleythegoose's review

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Animal death, War, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Grief, Antisemitism, and Child death

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying

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

prerazmisljavanje's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Dementia, Deportation, Genocide, Body horror, Child death, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Lik se smuva s bivšom devojkom svog dede. Ok

elizanarta's review

adventurous lighthearted tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: War, Grief, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Antisemitism, Child death, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

I don’t know if it’s the reading slump, but I’m disappointed. This book was incredibly boring. I’m surprised it’s so popular. The audio didn’t really anything, and it actually hindered when the narrate leaned hard into an accent to the point that I could barely understand what he said.

I didn’t mind not having the pictures, since they were what made me DNF the book a few years ago. They don’t bring anything to the story anyways.

Even listening on the down low while grocery shopping and stuff, I found a way to be bored by it. Definitely won’t be reading the rest of the series.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Ableism, and Body horror

Minor: Sexism

owlien's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

The beginning took me a while to get through, but when I reached a certain point, I couldn't put the book down!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, and War

Minor: Confinement, Excrement, and Incest

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I had been curious about this book ever since the movie came out and I enjoyed it. There are some character and plot changes, but I think the movie is actually a decent adaptation and I would recommend one if you like the other. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Gun violence

Minor: War, Alcohol, and Child death