Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs is the story of Jacob, a completely ordinary teenage boy, whose life becomes not-so-ordinary after the traumatic death of his grandfather. After hearing his grandfather’s very cryptic last words, Jacob travels to a mysterious island where he finds the titular Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. The main focus of the story is Jacob’s journey to discover the truth about his grandfather’s children and the truth about himself.
Going into this book, I was told that it was a good read for Harry Potter lovers and so I expected it to be very similar to that series but, after the first chapter, I was completely surprised by where the story was heading because it was very unexpected. Throughout the story, I could never predict what would happen next and every time I thought I was one step ahead, it would head in a direction. That kept me hooked and I loved every second of the story.
A thing that most people know about this book is that is includes a series of photographs which are referenced throughout the story. This is something I have never seen before in a book. Illustrations, yes. Photos from movie adaptations, yes. Original photographs which contribute to the story, no. The photos chosen really contributed to the mood of the story and added another element of mystery. The cover of the book is merely a glimpse at what is in store.
The characters is this story were so unique and interesting and their powers only added to my intrigue. I originally thought that the powers of the peculiar children would be the generic ones that I see all throughout fantasy novels. This person can fly, this person can make fire, this person can see into the future. And guess what? I got exactly that . . . but it was the people in which Riggs gave these powers to that made them unique. The person who can fly wears lead shoes to keep her down, the person with fire is a hot-head,the person who can see the future is a little kid who freaks out whenever he sees something. He also introduced powers which no one thought would be written about, like a boy who houses bees on his body or a boy who creates Homunculi and can reanimate the dead. And the most astonishing thing is that all of these powers are put into children, no older (physically) than early teens.
You know what, I’m gonna give this book a 10 out 10. It is only the first book of the series but I am already Peculiar trash. There are two more books in the series and I am just itching to read them. I’m not going to say read this if you love fantasy or if you’re a teenager. I am going to say to just read it.
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