Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Peculiar People Problems.



Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children, by Ransom Riggs. Publisher; Quirk Books in 2011. Genre: fiction.

In this story, the main character Jacobs grandfather passed away. Within his lifetime he told Jacob stories on how he used to live on this Island Cairnhorn, he showed Jacob pictures of kids and these children whom had these peculiar gifts. Jacob didn't know this but his grandfather had a peculiar gift too. His grandfather could see the monsters who were dangering the island. Jacob took his grandfathers death rally hard and his dad took him to see a psychiatrist. Dr.Golan, Jacobs psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to have Jacobs dad go to island Cairnhorn and take Jacob with him. Jacob joined along with his dad and his plan and Jacob saw the home where his grandfather once lived, revealing secrets that no one knew.
"A tense moving and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and Rex work together brilliantly to create and unforgettable story." -John Greene.
The authors writing style is kind of mysterious and tense. It's jumpy but more concentrated as well. I haven't read anything else by this author but reading this book by this author dies remind me of another author, Mary Downing Hahn. They both have the mysterious Kind of style.
"See for yourself," she said, gesturing towards me. "Can you imagine any relative of Abes being so perfectly clueless?" (Page 131)
If I had the opportunity I would love to go to the island of Cairnhorn and see this mysterious house that the children had lived in. I would love to witness these peculiar children and the weird things they can achieve.
Rate; 5.