Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
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Narrated by:
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Jesse Bernstein
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By:
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Ransom Riggs
About this listen
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that makes for a thrilling listening experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
Includes a bonus PDF of photographs and letters from the book
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What did you like most about Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?
I'm enjoying the story, but the narration is dreadful. I think the reader must have been to the Dick van Dyke school of accents. What's meant to be Welsh comes out as cockerney via Ireland via Devon! It was funny at first, but now I'm nearly finished, it's really grating.Like the story, but....
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Good story comically bad voices
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Where does Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I can see why this book was picked up as a movie. It was a good story and entertaining.Did Jesse Bernstein do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?
Jesse's performance was great in his own accent but the voices for the children and every other character were poorly observed. This was set in Britain and the actor, unfortunately, blanketed every non-American character with a fractured cockney accent. I was only able to stick it out to hear the end of the plot.Great book but awful accents!
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Would you listen to Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children again? Why?
I would if the narrator was switched to one who was comfortable with US and European accents.What other book might you compare Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children to, and why?
No other books immediately spring to mind. Which is a credit to the author. He has created a new book categorisation in my head.How did the narrator detract from the book?
If you are OK with Welsh accents that waver on a scale between Dick Van Dyke mockney and Irish leprechaun raised in Wiltshire - then the narrator will not detract from the book. If, on the other hand, you prefer your Welsh accents to sound ... well ... "Welsh", then you wont be very happy. Jesse Bernstein handled the general narration and American accents brilliantly and I would have preferred him to have given the Brits neutral accents. With some decent coaching, I think he could handle UK accents well as he showed versatility in his US range and gender application.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
The story was scary in parts, laugh out loud in others and had my family and I hooked from the start.Any additional comments?
A captivating story for young adults and older.Embarrassing British Accents
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