This book has been on my to-read list for an embarrassingly long time. I would walk by it at work, think of how interesting the title and cover looked, and then fail to pick it up. But! No more! Miss Peregrine has been conquered! 
 I enjoyed this book, but there were a few things that were a bit off-putting for me. The first -- the one I mentioned earlier -- was the relationship between Jacob and his grandfather's ex-girlfriend (who was frozen and time and remained young, but who still really should not have been trying to hook up with her ex-boyfriend's GRANDSON ffs). The second was the ending. Without giving anything away, I'll just say that there wasn't enough resolution for me. I'm assuming a second book is probably in the works, but still. I need resolution in my novels. The third, and final, issue was that Jacob's feelings and actions didn't really seem genuine or believable to me. Perhaps it was just because Riggs didn't have time to go into it, but I feel like we should have been given more to work with re: what's going on in Jacob's head -- especially since this was a first-person novel. 
 There was a fourth thing that niggled at me, but I wasn't able to decide while reading (and still haven't made up my mind) whether this aspect assisted or detracted from the story. And this was, of course, the pictures. They were interesting, but I think perhaps the tale would have felt more... -- I don't know, like an actual story? -- if they had all been inserted at the end, rather than sprinkled throughout the novel. The way it was, it often felt like the book was trying just a little too hard. 
 THAT SAID. I still really enjoyed this book, and it still got four stars from me. The concept was interesting and original, the execution -- despite its issues -- kept me hooked, and I felt attached to the characters even when I didn't quite understand why they were doing the things they were doing. First person narration is something that I usually despise, but Riggs handled it well -- half the time I didn't even realize I was reading a first-person novel, which is high praise. It was alternately funny, touching, and terrifying, all in just the right places. If there is a second book coming, I would definitely be interested in picking it up -- and if not, I'm sure I'll have fun imagining now and then what might be happening in that literary world. 
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 Rating: 4 Hollowgasts 
 Favourite Quote: "...when we broke to the surface again the first thing I saw was the great bold stripe of the Milky Way painted across the heavens, and it occurred to me that together the fish and the stars formed a complete system, coincident parts of some ancient and mysterious whole." 
 Recommend: Yes -- For the concept alone, if nothing else.