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Ransom Riggs: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1) (2011, Quirk Books) 4 stars

A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast …

Review of 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, #1)' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

Considering the ubiquitousness of the X-Men, it seems unfair nowadays to fault any story for being derivative of tropes laid out by Marvel's mutants, but it is fair to ask that such a derivative tale have more substance and less gimmick.