Rating: 3.5/5 
 ***Minor spoilers, spoilers for book 1*** 
 Jacob and the rest of the peculiar children are on a race against time. Miss Peregrine is stuck in bird form, and they need to find help for her. But first, they need to get far away from the island and back to civilization, all while not being caught by hollows/wights and trying to navigate 1940's Britain. As with the last book, the story is supplemented with old photographs. 
 It's very hard to write a summary for this book using the information we have at the beginning so that I don't spoil anything, so I'm going to leave it short and sweet like that. I didn't like this book as much as I liked the first. Perhaps the whole uniqueness of the book wore off since this is the second installment, or maybe I just wasn't feeling it this time. For the majority of this book I was going to rate this 2.5 or 3 stars, but because of the ending that I didn't expect, I raised the rating a bit. 
 I will say that it took me quite a while to remember who everyone was and what their ability was. Once I got to about the middle of the book I was able to remember their abilities as soon as I read their name, but I wish it didn't take so long. That's not really the book's fault though, since I read the first book so long ago. This book had a lot of new and interesting elements, but nothing nearly as new and exciting as the concepts in the first book. I did like seeing what it was like in 1940's Britain, and I think it's a cool setting for the book. The characters were okay, but there were a lot to keep track of. 
 Overall, I was pleased with this book but I didn't enjoy it as much as the last. I really liked the setting and the surprises pulled out, but it was hard to keep track of the many characters. Once again, the photographs were a nice touch, but as someone mentioned, I'm not sure how well the story could hold up without them. Regardless, I'd definitely recommend it to you if you've read and enjoyed the first book. If you haven't read the first book, definitely go for it. You're in for a unique experience.