Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) in The Perks Of Being A Book Addict

Dec 01, 2017 Shante rated it it was ok

Shelves: nevermind

Well, that was disappointing.

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Jul 13, 2013 Una rated it liked it

It starts of strong with intrigue. I really enjoyed the mystic of the story but as the books goes on it looses itself a little bit. As someone mentioned in reviews before, i did not get attached to any of the characters either. Something was missing.

The whole idea to write a book around real pictures is just fantastic and the photographs within are just so mesmerizing. They make you wonder what the real story behind them is and who are all those people.

I am looking forward to book two :)

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Jan 13, 2013 Cindy rated it liked it

Having read the summary, I started the novel thinking the book would be frightening, haunting, and would keep me up at night. Between the summary and the book cover, that impression isn't surprising. The book, however, is quite different. The pictures are, no doubt, a bit disconverting. But disconcerting does not equal thriller. I would have been pleased with a thriller. BUT, I am even more pleased with what the book actually was. In the book-verse, there was actually a race of men that have "pe ...more

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Aug 25, 2011 Falling for Books (Tia) rated it really liked it

First Line: I had just come to accept that my life would be ordinary when extraordinary things began to happen.

Favorite Quote: Peculiar children are not always, or even usually, born to peculiar parents, and peculiar parents do not always, or even usually, bear peculiar children.

My thoughts:
I really liked this book! I wasn’t sure how I would feel about it. This book seemed so different from anything else I had read previously. I love the incorporation of the pictures into the book. It was grea ...more

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Jun 18, 2012 Christi rated it liked it

Shelves: 2012-reads

It took me a while to get into this book.

I did like the use of the vintage photos to illustrate the book. The author did a nice job of weaving in those details to make the characters, well, more peculiar. Especially Jacob's father in the bunny costume and Horace in his top hat and monacle.

I read that Tim Burton is set to direct the film version. I think that's a perfect choice.

I do wish this was a stand alone book and not a series. I'm tired of trilogies. But that seems to be the model publish ...more

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Jul 31, 2011 JenniferC rated it liked it

This is really a 3 1/2 star rating. I loved the bizarre imagery that was woven into the story. For the first 100 pages or so, this seemed like your typical "teenage boy struggles to find himself in the midst of tragedy". I'm glad I kept reading! ...more

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