Book Reviews: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Summary

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

Review

I know a lot of people won't probably like my review, but this book was 'okay'. I feel like the story was forced and all the situations were created around these unusual pictures, assuming these children are peculiar or have special powers of some sort. I read the author initially was going to create just a picture book of these pictures, and I feel that might have been more enjoyable, looking at the pictures and having his speculated scenarios there. I just feel the story was basic, there is no character development at all, and everything feels very 'forced'.