This book is aimed at a younger crowd due to the fantastic nature of the story. However, the tone of the book is more geared toward an older audience. The story is laid out slowly and meticulously. It establishes a solid foundation for the story line. Then starts to build so quickly that you can't really put the book down.
The world that Riggs has built is constructed around these old photographs that have some anomalies...and truth be told some of the anomalies are down right creepy. The imagination one has to posses to take such photographs and create a story where you can include the photographs in the story is simply amazing. They are not set in the same time and place so the story can unfold a little unusually; albeit in an entertaining fashion.
The premise of the book is that not everyone is born the same. Some have peculiarities. However, true to societal form, those who are different are not always appreciated for their differences. The solution to such treatment were homes for the peculiar. These homes were run by a headmistress known as an Ymbryne. These women are the protectors of the peculiar and create time loops by manipulating time alone. Those that hunt the peculiars are called wights and they feed the peculiars to a humanoid creature known as the hollowgasts. The hollowgasts were created by a mission for immortality gone awry. Now they want to try again...
The book follows Jacob who grew up listening to fanciful stories from his grandfather. As he grew older he truly believed his grandfather was nothing more than a great storyteller who used his stories as a coping mechanism to survive a less than ideal childhood. Little did he know that the stories his grandfather told him were stories of his life. Jacob and his grandfather share a talent that can help save the children under the Ymbryne, Miss Peregrine's, care.
It's an interesting book and ends with you wanting more. If you enjoy a little of the fantastic, I'd recommend this book.
Enjoy!
Judi
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