This Quarter I have read over 100 pages of The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver, finished Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (352 pages) by Ransom Riggs, and 147 pages of A Heartbreaking Work of a Staggering Genius.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, a New York Times Bestseller, is quite unique and unlike any other book I have read. I have become bored with Teen fiction, because it all seems repetitive, but this book has been a breathe of fresh air. The plot follows Jacob after his "mad" grandfather dies. His grandfather has a mysterious death, and many weird photos of humans with strange abilities. The best thing about this book, is the fact that there are many photos to help tell the story. The even cooler thing is that the author found photo collectors, so all these photos are real photos! Anyways, Jacob decides to travel back to the island his grandfather lived on with his father. As he somehow enters 1940, on the day that Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is bombed (World War 2), and meets many peculiar children. I'll leave it at that. The weirdest thing about this book, is that this book is scary in the fact that it holds an incredibly creepy and unknown factor that the photos seem to bring. I even had to skip school because of this book!
Basically what happened was, I was sleeping and I got the worst of nightmares. I knew it originated from this book, because I dreamed of peculiar haunted children trying to kill me (I have the strangest of imaginations). After that, I made myself stay away for hours because I was absolutely terrified. And, I wasn't feeling well anyway so I knew I wouldn't get better if I went to school on 5 hours of sleep, so I went to school late that day. So, just warning you, this book isn't scary, but it is incredibly creepy. I think that is what makes the aura of the book very interesting.
I would recommend this to people who enjoy unique, and somewhat creepy books. Again, I had some weird dreams because of this book, so perhaps this isn't for the faint hearted.
I read this book and agree with Amy. It is a great book with a lot of creepy elements. I also really enjoyed the pictures because they helped to understand the story. I thought is was amazing that these pictures were real and gave the story even more depth because the pictures weren't photo shopped. I think this type of writing was very interesting and would defiantly read another book by this author.
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