Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

By: Ransom Riggs

Narrated by: Jesse Bernstein

Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that makes for a thrilling listening experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets 16-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow - impossible though it seems - they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2011 Ransom Riggs (P)2011 Random House

Critic reviews

“It's an enjoyable, eccentric read, distinguished by well-developed characters, a believable Welsh setting, and some very creepy monsters.” (Publishers Weekly)

"A haunting and out-of-the-ordinary read, debut author Ransom Rigg’s first-person narration is convincing and absorbing, and every detail he draws our eye to is deftly woven into an unforgettable whole.... Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a truly atmospheric novel with plot twists, turns, and surprises that will delight readers of any age." (Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2011)

Great Idea and Pretty Good Execution

I love the idea of this book. Time travel and the unnatural. The narrator had good distinguished voice changes for the most part, but had an amateur British accent. I'm excited to see the film. Great book overall!

Fantastic!

I finished this book in two days. I just couldn't stop! It really brings your mind to life! I can't wait to listen to the rest of the series!

liked it

I cannot wait for the movie adaption and to watch it with my two kids.

Loved every moment!

I started reading this book a while back in paper back, but with the recent change of work I have went through, audible seemed to be more ideal.
now about a week after starting, The story is finished and I have purchased the next two books and i an eager to start.
beautifully written with a fantastic fantasy like storyline, with suspense, mystery, romance and more. I have loved every moment.
beautiful narration, thank you!

Amazing

This book has so much detail and it is amazing.You should get this amazing book.

Amazing

Fabulous story and the narrator did wonderful. You won't want to put it down. Highly recommend it.

Wonderful novel spoiled by lackluster performance

Would you listen to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children again? Why?

After listening to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children for about thirty minutes, I had to stop. The narrator read as if he were reading a picture book to children, in a slow, strangely inflected voice. His accents are terrible.

fantastic

Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children such an imaginative story. The narrator did such a fantastic job of bring the characters alive.

Cool concept nicely executed

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs tells the story of 16 year old Jacob Portman and his fascination for his grandfather’s stories of the Home for Peculiar Children in which he grew up. This institute is home to children who have special abilities and the novel explores what happens when Jacob goes looking for this place after a family tragedy.

What I liked

The concept. I understand the author, Ransom Riggs, has had a hobby of collecting unusual – read creepy – photos and developed the novel around a selection of them. Riggs has done an amazing job of connecting a set of unrelated photos and weaving a darned good narrative out of them. It should be noted, for those of you thinking of picking up the Audible audiobook, a PDF is provided with the photos in the book.

The characters. I liked Jacob, his grandfather and the other characters they meet, especially the Peculiars.

What I didn’t like

The creep factor. Some of the photos are downright creepy and the Hollowgast with their tentacles for mouths – ew. These registered just a little too highly on my creeped out factor.

The audio narration. I really did not enjoy the audio narration. Much of the book is set in my country of origin, the UK, and the narrator’s attempt at a British/Welsh accent was, to be kind, all over the place. This really threw me out of the story on multiple occasions.

Although I will check out the sequel, Hollow City, at some point, I gave Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children three and a half stars out of five.

An Interestingly Fun Book.

The beginning part of the story was a little slow to build, however if you bring the investment of time, the story contributes to build and terminates nicely.