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 Review: One word for this book: Pity. 
 I wasn't really sure or positive about this book before I picked it up. I heard plot twists and cliff hanger that blew people's mind, so alright, I thought I could pick it up and maybe going to like it. No. Just no. 
 Hollow City. Maybe a book famous by its previous movie. 'Peculiar' children, trying to turn their ymbryne back from being in a bird form to human form. Got themselves stuck in 1940, travelled to London, clueless at first, to find another ymbryne. 
 I was debating to give the book 1.5 or 2 stars because of the writing. Urgh. It was boring. I felt like it was unable to keep me hooked. It's not beautiful. This book introduced some weird new words in, and what I was growing to dislike about the book was the photograph . Oh god, it was getting so unrelated with the book. They were still creepy, but I just couldn't help thinking 'who the eff freaking took these photos if you all are being kept prisoners?' Unrealistic. It's so abnormal that I delayed reading a book this long. Then, I thought maybe it was this book in particular and not because I was in reading slump. 
 I would say I enjoyed this book entirely because of the plot. Okay, maybe not because it got so slowwwwwwwwwwww first half of the book, and everything started going the other half. I was so pissed off my some scenes where the characters were so stupid and doing stupid shit. I swear I was on the verge of throwing the book away but ok. Now, lets get on to the plot twist. You know, there are some plot twists that would make you go 'oh my god oh my goddd I need to breathe, this is getting so real, I'm shaking.' And then there's plot twist in this book, which made me roll my eyes and probably a little bit annoyed because it's just. Despite that, the last sentence of the book earned that one star because it was great and it made me curious. I'd read the third book because of that cliff hanger alone. 
 How annoying can a book be because of the protagonist? VERY. I swear the character is another reason why I would burn this book. Jacob was annoying, whiny, idiotic character. He would say something like: 
 'She died,' I said 'we threw her in the river,' 
 In one particular timing where you were being kept a prisoner, you think this is a lie to make the situation better? And that's enough reason why I hate him. Emma was a sweet girl, she took care of her peculiar children, though sometimes she might say something stupid, too, but that could have been forgiven. Okay, there's another character that I hated enormously throughout the whole freaking book. And that's Enoch. He was like a kind of character who's a total ASSHOLE. A huge one. He was so annoying and much more obnoxious than I expected. The more he opened he mouth, the more I wanted him to shut up. Somebody shoot him, please. 
 Overall: I'm glad I can determine how shitty this book is. And surely, I'll be reading the third book because of the cliff hanger, like I mentioned, hoping to at least like it a little bit.