Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #1)
By: Ransom Riggs

I was recommended this series in 2013 and finally read it 3 years later and am so glad I did! What a creative idea! I’m writing this review way after I read this particular book but was not writing reviews at that time and decided, having just finished book 5, I needed to give a proper recommendation.

Firstly, it will be best to read each book in the series one right after the other for the full effect. If you let too much time pass between the books it will take reorienting to get back into the peculiar world and remember who’s who and how everything works.

The storyline is very adventurous, action-packed, creative, and entertaining. The addition of the vintage photographs is a unique element. YA/adult books don’t typically get illustrations so it’s fun to have a visual aid, knowing they are real photos that Riggs has incorporated into the story.

It is a peculiar book so it won’t be for everyone, but I think you should give it a good try- read at least the first two books before deciding whether to stick with it or not.

I really didn’t think I was going to like them, that’s why it took me so long to start it. I thought it would be a weird juvenile book without much substance but I was pleasantly surprised and think you will be too!