Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
by Ransom Riggs
Book Description:
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.
Review:
This was a deliciously creepy book. It was not the type
of scary that you get from watching a slasher movie...it was more the Alfred
Hitchcock type. Not only did the author come up with an interesting and somehow
believable way tohave humans with paranormal powers exist, but also ways to have
them remain hidden from the majority of the world. The true power of this book
was that it was almost ordinary in its fantasticalness (yes, I just made up that
word...forgive me, please).
The most intriguing thing to me and what truly made this
book work in the powerful way that it did, was the inclusion of the historical
photographs. That they images were actually from real life, whether manipulated
in real life or not, just added another layer of mysterious authenticity to the
story.
I cannot wait to see what happens next. I do hope that
there is a follow-up book planned!
