Author(s): Ransom Riggs
Title: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Publication: Hardback
Pages:351
Genre: Fiction, fantasy
Acquisition: Early Review copy
Date Completed: June 17, 2011
Rating: ****1/2
Abe Portman is a man filled with secrets and stories, and he carries with him all the love and admiration that his young grandson Jacob could possibly lavish. Even when Grandpa Portman seems to suffer from dementia in his later years Jacob remains his faithful companion, and the teenage Jacob does what he can to keep his old hero as happy as possible.
When a violent tragedy shakes Jacob's world he finds himself seeking out the world that could have produced such a man - and such stories. Armed with another's memories and the lingering faces of a few photographs, Jacob searches for his grandfather's past, and discovers a reality far more fantastic than even Grandpa Portman's stories could have let on.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a fascinating first novel by Ransom Riggs. Inspired by the scavenged photographs of oddities shared by a group of photography enthusiasts (included for the reader's full pleasure), Riggs spins a tale that is part fantasy, part historical fiction, and all adventure. Though I at times found myself more drawn to the haunting photographs than the narrative itself, the combination of the two creates a captivating narrative.
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