Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is, by far, one of the most unusual and creative books I've read in a long time. It was a novel, but one that made great use of unique photographs as part of the narrative. I thought I'd hate that but I didn't. The story is about a young boy who is very close to his odd grandfather. When his grandfather dies, the boy is left a quest to understand his last words. This takes him to an island where he finds an orphanage that isn't quite as abandoned and closed as most people think. To share more would be to ruin the delight of the book, but it is a lovely coming-of-age story set in a fantasy.

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Review: Nine Perfect Strangers

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Liane Moriarty is usually amazing brain candy, but this book was more like a graham cracker. It was about nine people who go to a holistic spa (each for their own reasons) but find the experience less relaxing and more threatening. The longer they are there, the stranger the treatments become, all the while their interpersonal challenges are playing out. While the characters were juicy and fun, the plot was really, really strange, and the ending was just plain weird. Didn't love this one.

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