Synopsis:
A mysterious island. An abandoned
orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs.
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.
A
spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography
My thoughts: I
really liked this book! I thought it was well-written, dynamic and the pictures
while you read were truly mesmerizing and intriguing.
What I liked: the pics,
the romance that develops during the reading, the theme, the strong headed
girls, their superpowers. The way this story is told was made in such manner
that it was almost impossible to put it down.
It kind of reminded me of X-men:
there are two types of people in this world – according to the book – the common
folk (like you and me) and the peculiar, people who were born with a special
ability that made them special. In the past, both types lived happily and in
peace, the peculiar in some cultures viewed as demigods. But recently, they
were hiding as a chance of survival: from the common folk who didn’t understand
the talent of the peculiars and because of that, felt threaten by them; and
from their own kind, but evil version, known as hollowgast, that hunt peculiars
down and eats them.
In order to survive, they lived
in loops in time: it is like a worm hole that no one can see or feel, and only
peculiars are allowed to cross. In those loops, time has stopped in a specific
date and it would rewind itself every night. For en example, if there was a
loop in a part of Nagasaki when the nuclear bomb crashed, and the bomb exploded
at midnight, when it hit it, time would stop and return to the first ray of
light of that same day, preventing peculiars children from dying in that bomb
explosion. The day wouldn’t change either, nor the actions of everyone else of
that day: if the loop was in December 10th, once it rewound it would
still be December 10th, and everybody else – apart from the peculiar
children – would repeat their actions day, after day. I know it sound very
confusing, but once you read it, you’ll get it. LOL
The romance was cute, but a
little disturbing. However, I can’t explain more without giving too much away.
What I didn’t like: there
wasn’t a specific thing that irritated me. It was, in a few parts, kind of
predictable, but in others I was really surprised to see how creative the
author was.
I will not give five stars
because I didn’t feel that compelled in it. It wasn’t something that made me
read it day and night non-stopping, or better said, even though I read it quite
quickly – I had a lot of spare time this week – it wouldn’t be something that
would keep me down 24/7 if I didn’t have time at all.
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