Hollow City is the second book in Ransom Riggs' Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children trilogy. We find the children still in their row boats at sea attempting to find land. When a storm arises, the children lose many of their supplies, but somehow manage to arrive on land. One of the items still in their possession is a book called Tales of the Peculiar, which are meant to be peculiar fairy tales. However, they quickly find that fairy tales always have an element of truth to them. The children find a peculiar (what other way to describe it) group that assists them before they start their journey to London. London is where Jacob and Emma believe that the wights and hollowgasts are holding the ymbrynes until they can perform their dreaded experiment. Jacob must find a way to harness and control his peculiar powers, or everything Jacob, Emma, and the rest of the peculiar children are fighting for may be lost forever.
While I enjoy this series I have to be honest, this one was rather difficult for me to get into. I don't know if its the running around, the lack of development in Jacob, or something else, but I found it really hard to stay focused on this novel. I had to stop a couple of time to read other things. I found it difficult to expect Jacob to be the "hero" when he was doing nothing to figure out his own peculiarity. He reminded me of Harry Potter. He never actually researched his own uniqueness, instead someone else told him about it and he reflected back like, "oh, well that makes more sense."
The ending I believe is what saved this book. Its a great cliffhanger and definitely makes me want to read the third book. Getting there will take time so I caution anyone who is reading the series to be prepared for a slow read. The ending is well worth the wait.
I rate this novel 3 out of 4 stars. The use of photographs is still my favorite thing bout this series. Two creative styles meeting in one epic storyline.
While I enjoy this series I have to be honest, this one was rather difficult for me to get into. I don't know if its the running around, the lack of development in Jacob, or something else, but I found it really hard to stay focused on this novel. I had to stop a couple of time to read other things. I found it difficult to expect Jacob to be the "hero" when he was doing nothing to figure out his own peculiarity. He reminded me of Harry Potter. He never actually researched his own uniqueness, instead someone else told him about it and he reflected back like, "oh, well that makes more sense."
The ending I believe is what saved this book. Its a great cliffhanger and definitely makes me want to read the third book. Getting there will take time so I caution anyone who is reading the series to be prepared for a slow read. The ending is well worth the wait.
I rate this novel 3 out of 4 stars. The use of photographs is still my favorite thing bout this series. Two creative styles meeting in one epic storyline.
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