A gentle mystery this, at least at first glance – but as you read, the strands of the character’s lives enmesh you in a web of violence, duplicity and sacrifice. Underneath the crumbling edifice of a world fractured by war, its class system rotting, is the imprint of a long forgotten labyrinth, a pagan metaphorContinue reading “The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller”
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
I’d read several reviews of this book and was intrigued by the title and the premise, so sat down to read it eagerly. And it didn’t disappoint, I’m glad to say! It’s a great idea to weave a story around a collection of bizarre images, which according to the postscript are genuine vintage photographs. It’sContinue reading “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs”
