BOOK REVIEW //T H E B AROS S A MAG | 39
BOOK REVIEW
REVIEW BY TODD KUCHEL
Map of Days
WRITTEN BY RANSOM RIGGS
Upon his return home after
vanquishing the threat of Caul
and his army of Hollows, Jacob
Portman has returned home
to parents who question his
sanity.
As they set off to admit him to
an asylum, the car is suddenly
brought to a halt by a blockade
of people.
Jacob questions his own sanity
at the sight of his beloved
Emma and the rest of his
peculiar friends.
As far as he knew, they were
unable to leave the Devil's Acre
loop in which he had left them.
With Jacob’s parents placed in
an induced sleep, his peculiar
friends explain how their
time clocks have been reset,
enabling them to live each day
like Jacob. containing a list of secret
missions his Grandfather, Abe
Portman carried out with an
unknown person named H.
Following Miss Peregrine's
creation of a portal in Jacob's
very own back yard, Jacob is
taken back to Devil’s Acre and
overwhelmed by fans due to
his heroics in the previous
novel. Jacob establishes contact with
H and with his friends along
for the ride, goes against the
Ymbryne’s wishes; embarking
on a mission in the footsteps
of Abe Portman.
There, the Ymbryne Council
employ, Jacob and his hero
friends with jobs that are so
mundane, they can’t help but
feel poorly rewarded for their
efforts.
With the discovery of a bunker
beneath Jacob’s grandfather’s
home, Jacob uncovers a journal
I read and enjoyed all three
previous novels in the Peculiar
Children series, presumably to
the end.
I hadn’t anticipated another
release.
I
was
however
pleasantly
surprised
by
the arrival of this fourth
instalment.
It had been a while since reading
the series. Nevertheless, The
Map of Days picks up right
where the Library of Souls
ended and so was like picking
up conversation with an old
friend.
Although at times I found
myself disliking the main
character, I found that because
this novel was not required to
complete the series, it was a
true adventure, spontaneous
and less of a designed piece of
the puzzle. I look forward to
the next chapter.
All four books in the Peculiar
Children series are now
available from the Raven's
Parlour book store, Tanunda.
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