Hollow City begins immediately where
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Book 1 in the series) leaves off.
The children are adrift in rowboats on the ocean after rescuing Miss Peregrine
from the Wights and Hollows. The only problem is Miss Peregrine is stuck in her
current bird form. When the children finally reach land, they discover that
Miss Peregrine only has three days to change back to human form or she’ll be a
helpless bird forever. Thus begins the long, arduous journey of finding the only
other surviving Ymbryne, Miss Wren, who can help.
This book is long and, in many places,
it drags on quite a lot. It’s definitely a plot-driven novel, in that the seemingly
never ending series of events drag the children along and things simply happen
to them while they react. Therefore, we still see the same character traits
that we saw in Book 1. Nothing much new is happening with character development.
Basically, this book, from start to
finish, is a very long quest to find Ms. Wren. Like I said…long.
I didn’t like that, as with the
first book, this installment also ends abruptly with no real resolution.
Whenever an author does this, I get the distinct impression this is simply a
ploy to get readers to purchase the next book. Therefore, neither Book 1 nor
Book 2 is a standalone read.
I doubt I’ll go on to read Book 3. I’m
suspicious that it’ll be just more of the same drawn out storyline. The movie,
based on Book 1, was TONS better than either book. I’d see Book 2 in movie
version if it ever becomes available. Otherwise, I’m pretty much done with this
series.
3
of 5 Stars, Review by Susan Barton
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