Rutabaga Posted September 11, 2016 Report Share Posted September 11, 2016 This is a cracking good read, and has been a New York Times best seller. A movie version directed by Tim Burton and staring Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender's Game) will be coming out later this year. It's not a gay-themed story but it involves a young teen boy on a major quest. The writing is superb and it is difficult to put down. Really good. R Link to comment
ChrisR Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Saw the film the other day while visiting NorCal. Pretty well done. The one major problem I saw was the accents of the cast. One poor mom had brought her ~10yo son and about every other line in the movie the kid asked his mom, "What did he/she say?" The plot occasionally wandered, but it generally found its way back again. And Asa is definitely ready to make the move into post-tween genre films. For the film itself, I'd give it a B. For its watchability/understandability for American kid audiences, a C. Link to comment
colinian Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 We get the newspapers on Sunday (only), and the East Bay Times has the Parade magazine. A month ago it had a good article about Tim Burton and the Miss Peregrine's movie. I got the book from Amazon a year ago; it was free, and the story is strange. No, it is peculiar. Colin Link to comment
Cole Parker Posted January 16, 2017 Report Share Posted January 16, 2017 I just finished reading it. Can't say I'd recommend it to anyone. It certainly was peculiar, and I didn't find it very satisfying. Very difficult for me to see why it would be a best seller. C Link to comment
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