Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in 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 decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's 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.

Rating : 2/5

Review

Just by one glance at it's cover you'll be very curious about this book. It's so creepy it gave me chill at first look. The prologue was amazing and successfully convince me that the story will be as scary as the cover. But... it is beyond disappointing. I was hoping for more death, more fight, more magic or whatever it is going on with those peculiar kids, but all I got is weak characters and boring story.

Everything about his grandfather's past was so interesting. It drew me deeper in the book at the part when Jacob found his grandfather in the woods. But the trauma thingy just gets way too dramatic. By the time he get to the peculiar old house, everything went boring. I even skip some paragraph just so I can quickly find the cool part. But more disappointment as the page goes.

Riggs fail to describe most part of the story. Those peculiar kids have been living for a long time yet they still act like childrens. Isn't it weird?? Some of their ability also doesn't make any sense. What is the deal with the girl with backmouth? And oh... kissing your grandfather's 70 years old ex-girlfriend isn't disgusting at all.

The photographs deserve the credit though. It's not quite "work together brilliantly" with the narrative as John Green said but it's enough to creep me out. I won't be reading the sequel for sure.