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Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258
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August 25, 2016
Battles And Bizarreness Multiply In Second Peculiar Episode
A Review of
Ransom Riggs Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (Quill Books, 2014)
$17.99 400 pp ISBN: 978-1-59474-612-3
Reviewer: Forrest W. Schultz
The bizzareness which permeated the first Peculiar novel and the horrific battles of its ending both continue (with greater magnitude and ferocity) in the second novel. Perhaps we could designate it as "bizarreness squared"! And, surprising as it may sound, the author is such a good writer that before you know it you have suspended your disbelief and you see the narrated events happening before your eyes! I have read many fantasies, and I think this one takes the grand prize for believable bizarreness!! There are also some hints as to the meaning of some of the bizarre terms, but you will need to wait for the third and final volume of the story to get the answers to these. For information on the author you can visit these websites http://www.ransomriggs.com/ and http://www.quirkbooks.com/ .
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