Updated on January 26th, 2025
As soon as I finished Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, I had to purchase and start reading Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and share my book review here.
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Strange, I thought, how you can be living your dreams and your nightmares at the very same time.
Hollow City picks up right where the first book, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, ended, and it follows the same peculiar children from the first novel. In Hollow City, the children travel from Wales to London to save their headmistress who is trapped in the body of a bird.
Hollow City has more action and adventure than the first novel, especially since the wights and hollows are chasing the children from the beginning of the novel. As the children travel to their destination, they meet numerous unique characters including peculiar animals (like an intelligent dog and an emu-raffe), gypsies, and even more peculiar children. I enjoyed following the same peculiar children and also learning about peculiar animals and other peculiar children and their abilities. Like the first novel, Hollow City includes intriguing old black-and-white photos, such as an image of the emu-raffe, which I enjoyed.
Overall, the plot was compelling and there were several unexpected twists. The ending was a cliffhanger, but the third novel should pick up where it left off. I enjoyed reading this novel and I would definitely recommend reading this series.
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Rate: 10/10
If you would like to read my reviews of the other books in the Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series, you can read them here:
- Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Book Review (the first book in the series)
- Library of Souls Book Review (the third book in the series)
- A Map of Days Book Review (the fourth book in the series)
- The Conference of the Birds (the fifth book in the series)
- The Desolations of Devil’s Acre (the final book in the series)
It been a while since I read this series. I remember liking the part with the peculiar animals.
You should definitely reread it! It was interesting reading about the peculiar animals!
This is on my reading list for October! Going to be reading all three books, plus two creepy stand alone books in honor of Halloween. So happy to see such a good review for them. Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome and I hope you enjoy reading the series! I haven’t read Library of Souls yet, but hopefully it’s as good as this book!
Miss Peregrine’s House seems to be a blog phenomenon! I started reading it last night, after noticing that it was popping up in book reviews all over the blogosphere. However, this is the first scent I’ve gotten of a sequel. Thanks for sharing!
I hope you enjoy reading the book! There is another book after this one called Library of Souls, which I believe is the final book of the series. You’re welcome!
So glad you enjoyed this too! The whole series definitely up in my top 5 ☺️
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