Reviewed by stressedrach on
From the very beginning I was drawn into it and could not put it down.
Jacob tragically lost his grandfather who used to tell him about the peculiar children and Miss Peregrine when Jacob was small but as Jacob grew he thought these were just tall tales. He was so distressed with the loss of his grandfather that Jacob and his dad take a trip to Wales to try and sort his head out.
This is where the adventure began. I do not want to say anymore as it would spoil the story, but it is fantastic.
The way the story is written was fantastic, the old photographs throughout the book were amazing and really helped with the imagination. The descriptions of the different people down to the small things were brilliant. It was as if I were there too.
It was left open for the next adventure which I am eagerly waiting for it to be released.
While I was reading this my husband kept stopping asking me what was happening, he was very interested in the book although he does not read himself. He said to me this would make a fantastic movie.
Little did we know at the time of reading it, that is was in fact being made into a movie, and we cannot wait to watch that either!
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 8 May, 2012: Finished reading
- 8 May, 2012: Reviewed