A Hero's Journey

Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children

I have to say, I tend to read reviews for books before I buy them.  I don't do this to make up my mind, but to simply make fun of the idiots when they turn out to be so wrong. I'm cruel. I know it. This little gem was WONDERFUL! I read several complaints about how the pictures are wonderful (omg they are!), but that is all. They couldn't have been more wrong about the story.

This is a fantastical story about children with extraordinary gifts. There is fantasy, adventure, heart-felt connections, and not a stitch of horrible. I will once again leave you to read the synopsis at the above link and not put you to sleep by repeating it


I am going to tell you what the author says about the photos at the end of the novel.  All the included photos are real and not particarly connected to one another.  They are all found by these wonderful people looking at flea markets for these lost treasures. They were put together into the story so that after a bit of reading you begin to anticipate the picture that is sure to follow.

I have often looked at photos of people I didn't know and made-up lives for them in my imagination.  That might be the writer in me (or the nutter), but it is something I have always done.  Where did they live? When did they die? Why was this picture taken? It reminds me of the modern version that involves a website where you can post found cameras or photos so that they might find their homes.

The book made me really begin to wonder what will people think of our pictures in a hundred years.  Will family sit down and say "oh, that's so and so he was a loon but made great tacos"?

In a round about way, I'm saying Read This Book! You will love it.  Trust me. After you are done go back and look at the photos and wonder what they really were intended for.


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5 Pentacles      I would read it again (and again)
4 Pentacles       I liked it a lot
3 Pentacles       It was okay
2 Pentacles       Only stubborness kept me reading
1 Pentacle        Ack! I couldn't even finish it.

The Everafter Amy Huntley

The Everafter Amy Huntley

I was surprised at the concept of this book. If you click the link it will take you to the synopsis, so I won't bore you with that. Understanding death is something I'm sure most humans wish they could master.  I'm not any different in that aspect.  The unknown is terrifying to creatures that label and order their world. The Everafter creates an existence that is not heaven in the traditional sense.  The story concept takes some getting used to, yet I was pulled along and struggled to understand just as the protagonist does. There was a need for resolution throughout the book that did not disappoint at the end. I would recommend this book for a quick read ( I read it almost totally straight in two hours) and for an alternative view into life after death.

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5 Pentacles      I would read it again (and again)
4 Pentacles       I liked it a lot
3 Pentacles       It was okay
2 Pentacles       Only stubborness kept me reading
1 Pentacle        Ack! I couldn't even finish it.