Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs; science fiction, horror, young adult; 352 pages
Other people have beaten me to blogging this book, so I'll save my recap of the story. Riggs does a great job of creating mood in this strange story, even if the writing is a little uneven. Then again, the voice of Jacob, our 16-year-old narrator, felt very realistic in that it wasn't as polished as most writing, so maybe that was Riggs' goal. His descriptions of the monsters, though, border on Lovecraftian in their gratuity. That's not a complaint--Lovecraft's purple prose is one of my guilty pleasures!
As Karen said in her review, some of the most appealing things in this book were the photographs: every few pages, we're treated to real vintage photos that feature primitive camera tricks and unusual circumstances. It makes for a quick read, and made me wish there was more to this book. Then again, this felt like an introduction to a series, not a stand-alone story, so we can only hope we'll get to see more of this world.
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