A Map of Days: Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, Book 4

The book is an excellent read, but definitely changes course from the earlier books. It contains some heartache as well as some interesting revelations for the future. Jacob is headed into a new adventure in his own country, but faced with challenges and issues that he could never have imagined.

The book starts and spends a lot of time just hanging out with the peculiar friends in Florida...it's fun to envision them in Jacob's world, but it went on for too long and kept me wondering where the story was going and when it was going to get good. Again, not that I minded much (I'd stay in this world if they spent eight chapters watching paint dry), but much of the first part of the story was awkward and implausible with regard to the storyline with Jacob's parents...who are, as we speak, running around Asia? And what of his uncles? Bless... While, critically speaking, the first chapters needed a serious rewrite (why couldn't Ms P and the bunch stay in one of two houses Jacob's grandfather owned?) if not generous cutting, when the action starts and H. gets involved, it's every bit as good as any of the other books! I immensely enjoy/ed the story, this world, the loops, the villains--all of it!!! Get ready for the signature cliff-hanger at the end which leaves you hungry for the next book!!! I cannot wait!!!

Read the entire series. Never disappoints. Highly recommend, despite it being labeled a children's book, it keeps the attention of all ages.

Much of A Map of Days is just a long set for what is a new arc for Jacob Portman, which is not saying it’s a bad thing, but there are a lot of set pieces he and friends need to go through before we get to the point of the fourth novel. And even though the plot is not exactly original, author Ransom Riggs does open his series a bit, moving the action from Europe to America and I give him credit for not just rehashing what came before.After a somewhat slow start –the typical fish-out-of-water concept of kids taken from the past and tossed into the modern world- the book eventually gets going. Yearning to learn more about his late grandfather, Jake and his fellow Peculiar friends, set out on a road trip to find (eventually) another recruit, a young peculiar named Noor. Much like Jacob, Noor appears to have a very powerful gift, one that appears many people in Americanized peculiar world are now willing to do anything to posses.Riggs creates a tangled America of peculiars here, where many live in isolated time loops, afraid of not only the normals, but others like them. No longer are peculiars working and trusting each other like in the Devil’s Acre, because there is a mighty fear, along with a schism, within the many syndicates, gangs, boroughs that make up the American peculiars. Late in the book, though, we begin to see why, as there is some shadowy organization everyone fears, one that has helicopters and Men In Black vans.Meanwhile, if you like sudden, almost savage-like violence mixed with some snark and low-brow humor, you’ll find that unchanged from the first series. As with the others, we also get a set of new photographs that serve touchstones for the many set pieces. There is pacing issues at the beginning, and the series continues to shadow Harry Potter at times (and X Men), but there are some genuine thrills here and I found the book well worth the three year wait.

I love these books but this one was INCREDIBLE! I couldn’t stop reading it. The book was in great condition, not a single crease and was packaged very well.

I found out about Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children novels from the movie. While I like the movie very much, in my opinion, the books are even better! This is book one of the second trilogy (i.e., Book 4). It continues where the first trilogy left off. Ransom Riggs has created a wonderful new world that blends well with the "real" world. The characters feel realistic as they react to fantastic situations in this mixed world. Jacob and Emma's relationship becomes more complicated as does Jacob's understanding of his grandfather. There are a number of new intriguing characters. As in the first book, the photographs are a clever touch that really adds to the book. This series takes place in the United States and deals with some of the social issues that that our country has dealt with over the years. It's a fun book to read and always leaves you wondering what's next. I'm anxiously awaiting the next two books.

I loved the book! With the exception of a slow beginning I think this was my favorite book in the series so far.SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERTThe Emma/Jacob SHIP has always been a little weird since Emma and Abe were a very real thing. I love that we really delved into this in this book and I think I might actually SHIP Noor/Jacob.Miss Peregrine freaking out then his peculiar friends turning on him really made what I hope is coming next, a possibly even bigger event.Jacob leaves them all and we learn from H that there is a book that's sounds very prophetic: Apocryphon. Seven peculiars who will emancipate peculiardom. There is a secret organization with state of the art tech and helicopters who are after the seven. We know Noor is one of said seven.H called Jacob: Baby Moses in the reeds. Think about Moses story, then think about Jacob and his journey... is he one of the seven? Is he meant to find and guide them?Then Noor took his hand...I can't wait until the next book!END SPOILERSShipping Note: The first book I got was beaten until the pages were visible in the binding. I blame whoever decided to put the book in a regular envelope, not a box. Amazon promptly sent me a second book in perfect condition and I returned the first book.

This book is awesome. I would recommend it. The book came on time. No issues thank you very

An good continuation for jacob story full of new lore and with the usual good pacing.

No he leído la historia de éste, pero las fotografías como siempre son exquisitas, siempre es todo un placer visual la selección iconográfica del peculiar autor Ransom Riggs.Los libros anteriores a éste, que ya leí son igual de bellos.Soy coleccionista de fotografías antigüas, y si tu también lo eres, te gusta, o te llama la atención este tema, no dudes en adquirir la secuela de Miss Peregrine, el juego entre imagen y texto te lleva definitivamente a lugares increíbles, también y no por ser menos importante el diseño de interiores y de las cubiertas, le da ese misterioso toque a las historias.

Très bien!!! Excellent 👍🏻

Starting a map of days just felt getting a warm hug from lost friends. I have so much love and appreciation for this series on a personal level. Getting back into it just felt so welcoming. Not only does this book expand peculiar history ( this time in America) but also the life of Abe. Riggs continues expanding this world and just delves deeper into peculiardom. That was massive part of the story along side the subplot of the character relationships. I really enjoyed the story! I think the scenes were set perfectly. The more creepy ones were definitely my favourite.Mystery turned to ominous and ominous turned to danger. Still keeping the overall metaphor of WW2 this book also combined racism and colonialism into the American history of peculiardom. This really does create such a powerful balance in the story and just added another narrative for the next book. However as the book went on I just saw similarities with hollow city which took some of the enjoyment away. It didn’t feel like I was reading something new but towards the end it picked up originality for this series. Overall it’s very faced paced at keeps you on your toes. It’s a very good book.I never really considered of Jacob’s grandfathers life as big mystery after he left the loop. I think this was just because I got lost in this world Riggs created and the discoveries that Jacob made in the first book. Riggs really takes his readers on this journey with Jacob. Jacob is an easy character to relate to and that’s powerful along side the over all plot of this series. But in this book there are so many bread crumbed trails about Abes life after he left the loop. Jacob was just beginning to feel like he found himself and that he fitted in somewhere but at the same time he’s lost again, and feels he doesn’t know his grandfather even more so. He discovers so many more secrets, as does Emma I feel this element brought them closer. I think that’s a good balance to the story. In this story Jacob rebels and follows his own path and I feel by him doing so, it makes him feel closer to his grandfather but also opens a can of worms with Emma.Chapter 18 however really pissed me off because of how they all treated Jacob and turned their back on him, after all he’s done for them.