The first book in the Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children series done!
Remember I told you about them a week ago? Find all the links and thoughts from that article.
For now, I'll share with you that the book was an interesting read. 350 pages of building an atmosphere of anxiety for the final climax. The resolution, and probably more climaxes, continues into the second book. Now, book one doesn't have a real end. The story continues. Actually, it rows further since the children are rowing away from their home of last 80 something years and into the complete unknown.
Do they have any chance of surviving and successfully finishing their quest? Looking at the odds, not at all. yet, they do have peculiar powers so ... We'll find out in the books that follow.
Back to the beginning. The plot building goes on for at least the first 100 pages of the book. Then, when our hero Jacob journeys to the island of his grandfather's youth, the story becomes mildly interesting. It is a good read, don't misunderstand me. The characters are intriguing. Children yet old people. Powerful yet inexperienced. And their tutor, she is a weird bird indeed.
When the opposing forces collide, then only the book becomes a movie material. No, I won't run to watch the movie. Yet!
OK, moving on to book number two - Hollow City
More old photographs, good 380 pages. Another week to read it at my current reading pace. Late at night before sleep.
Read you later, my friends.
More in the Hive Book Club
10.03.2021 - [Now Reading] Ransom Riggs - Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
07.03.2021 - The Memory of Babel - Mirror Visitor #3 - Christelle Dabos
Better and better