| Title | : | The Desolations of Devils Acre (Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children, #6) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 |
| Publication | : | First published February 23, 2021 |
The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.
Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain: Caul has returned.
After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirsty hollow, Jacob and Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil's Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations - weather fronts of ash and blood and bone - a terrible portent of Caul's amassing army.
Risen from the Library of Souls and more powerful than ever, Caul and his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains - deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones. If they can decipher its secret location.
The Desolations of Devils Acre (Miss Peregrines Peculiar Children, #6) Reviews
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I'm sad to see these characters go, but I was ultimately satisfied with this ending. Catch me out hear tearing up reading the last chapter. I'm in mourning over this series. Plz send oreos my way to comfort me during this rough time.
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3.5 stars
I will never not tear up at the end of a final book in a series!! for the conclusion to an added-on trilogy to the original, this was pretty solid. however, something about this book felt one peg down from ransom’s usual craft. some of the foreshadowing was done very obviously, jacob was making questionable decisions rather than informed ones, and it was quite insta-lovey. What made up for it was the added humor between all the peculiars and the one-liners that got some real chuckles out of me.
this series is great with lovable characters, but in the end I don't think we ended up in a very different place after adding three more books. I still recommend them because the cast and the world are so spectacular, but the series definitely hits its peak at book four in my opinion. -
Holy sh*t
it's a saga now
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Someone's willing to dethrone Harry Potter🧐🤭🥴
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Better than the movie
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I can’t believe this happening again but I have such mixed feelings on this book that I can’t settle on a star rating. I may update my review in the future if I decide on which star rating this book deserves, but for now I’m going to leave no rating. This book definitely isn’t bad. It’s just more of a question of whether this is a mediocre book or a great book. Here’s my overall thoughts on this book though:
The Desolation of Devil’s Acre is the final book in the Miss Peregrine’s series. It was one of my most anticipated 2021 releases, but I was somewhat disappointed in this book. It definitely was enjoyable, but it felt very underwhelming. It didn’t have those same shocking plot twists and interesting group dynamics that made me fall in love with the other books in this series. I found that I predicted most of the plot twists, so when big shock moments came up, I was mad at myself for having guessed what was going to happen. The group felt different than in the other books. They didn’t each stand as their own character anymore. For example, Claire and Olive now essentially had the same personality. Noor and Emma had the same personality in this book as well. There was even one scene where Emma wasn’t in the room during the scene and a piece of dialogue had “said Emma” attached to the end when it was clearly supposed to be Noor’s line. This was really frustrating to me because Noor was my favorite character from the previous books but she was just Emma with different powers in this book.
That being said, this book gave us the first gay representation in this series and I loved that. It was never explicitly stated but it was heavily hinted at and it made my heart so happy. The relationship sort of snuck up on me and it was super cute. I’ll definitely be trying to read some fanfiction for the couple if any fanfiction for them exists. I would totally be willing to read a spin off series for the couple.
I appreciated how this book blended modern day, fantasy, and historical times together really well. The other books in the series were heavy on either one or two of these elements but not all three at once. This one takes the reader through modern day United States, London, fantasy realms, and big historical events that made for a wild ride that kept me entertained throughout the whole book.
The element of this series that makes it stand out so much from other young adult fantasies is the incorporation of antique photos. However, with this book, the photos weren’t blended in with the story as well. The incorporation of the photos in this book felt very forced and sometimes it was even jarring to have some of the pictures in there because some completely didn’t match up with the description of a scene very well.
The final battle felt very rushed. With only 36 pages of the book left, the final villain wasn’t even close to being defeated. It did come together by the end, but I wish the final battle had taken up a longer portion of the book instead of having fifty mini battles before the final battle.
I can really see how people would either love or hate this book, but I honestly can’t figure out how I feel about it. This series has brought me so much joy during the past several years so I’ll never forget how much it means to me, but this book was a let down in some respects so I’m torn on how to feel about this book.
To anyone who has been reading this series but hasn’t read this book yet: I highly recommend rereading the previous books before picking this one up. There’s lots of side characters that come back to play a role in this book and it would be good to refresh your memory on the side characters before diving into this final book. -
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Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ★★★★☆
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Hollow City ★★★★☆
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Library of Souls ★★★★☆
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A Map of Days ★★★★☆
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The Conference of the Birds ★★☆☆☆
I didn't have high hopes after being disappointed by the fifth book, so I'm no that disappointed. It's not a one star, because I did like a few things. But I can confirm what I said in my review for The Conference of the Birds: I wish it would have stayed a trilogy. The ending of Library of Souls was great and satisfying, and while A Map of Days promised a great second trilogy, perhaps it just became too much.
The ending to the series isn't satisfying for me. There are so many characters, and many of them are left out, which means we don't get closure for them. The romance and the characters barely get any development. I wanted - needed - more to like this book. -
I truly hope the author means it when he says that this is the last book of the series. They have become so similar that they blur together. There just simply isn’t any unique options left in this universe to write about. Honestly, if the series had ended a few books ago, I think they would maintain a much more epic status.
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Riggs never fails to create amazing characters, fascinating settings, and plot lines that take so many twists that it's impossible to know anything for sure. One thing I do know, however, is that I'm going to age a thousand years stressing about all this. I've only been into this series for ONE WEEK and not only have I finished all 5 books, but I'm already dying of the wait for the 6th.
Someone, help me. -
4.5 stars
This book was on my mind for days.
I could be found looking into the distance, my expression both unfocused and perplexed, lost in thought. I’m still coping with the fact this is the end; despite the veiled complaint in my pre-read review. I re-read the ending approximately five times and impulsively began reading the first trilogy again. I didn’t realize how much I love this series and how emotionally attached I’ve gotten to the characters. I feelholl-empty.
Alright, enough with the gushing and onto the actual review:
With an old enemy reborn and a valuable ally dead, Jacob, Noor, and the rest of the peculiars scramble to stand against their power-hungry foes by pursuing a cryptic prophecy. But will their efforts be enough?
The pacing was admittedly not up to par with the previous volumes in the series. The epic-or-emotional-scenes-to-page ratio was low. Stuff happened, but not all of it felt relevant/paid off.
Paradoxically, I found myself hooked. I was just waiting for something really good, really satisfying to happen, considering the magnitude of the threat the characters faced. It paid off. Like! The turn of events!! Argjahdsjsvsuxnk
The ending in my opinion felt a tad incomplete and short (despite being touching) though I think the “full circle” approach will please many readers and leave them satisfied. This book in general just has so many crazy and beautiful moments.
Now, let's get controversial. (slight spoilers)
Fact: I am 100% okay with the fact that Emma because while their relationship was kinda cute while it lasted it was apparent Emma was not really over Abe, and well, the whole dating your grandfather’s ex thing. That’s a dealbreaker.
So does that mean I'm a big Noor fan? Not necessarily. It could be my memory failing me, but the light-eater was less developed character-wise in this installment. I remembered her being more outspoken and rebellious in Map of Days and Conference of the Birds, which was not something super obvious here until the very end In general (with the exception of Jacob) there was not a ton of concrete characterization. Which, I mean, isn't a completely bad thing. After all, the five books that provided us with excellent character building.
So yes; I will admit this book had some flaws but I loved it all the same and found it a fitting ending to the series.
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It is no longer 11 PM, so I have had time to process my thoughts.
I’m giving this book a 4.5 star rating because I read it in less than two days, and it’s been an eternity since I read a book that long that fast. So props for that. But I did have some issues concerning the resolution, the villain, and handling of one particular character. But frick, I thinking I’m going to have a book hangover from this one.
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After over a year of waiting, this book is finally in my hands (!!) and it’s a lot longer than Conference of the Birds (which is a good thing). I don’t remember anything that happened in the last book save the ending—which I have mixed feelings about. I’m interested in how things will *hopefully* end after what has happened.
Translation: I’m hoping this is actually the last book and there’s a good resolution and there’s not a spin-off series I’m going to feel obligated to read. -
I thought this series ended as a trilogy.
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Nil, I just can't get excited about these books full of strange creatures, imaginary worlds, inconsistent jumps in time. I respect everyone who has done great reviews of this book, but I just can't join the chorus. It seemed to me a mix of all that "literature" of this genre, a jumble of all the stereotypes of this type of book. If the author has come to write 6 episodes, it means that many people in the world have liked the series, so maybe it's me who just doesn't understand these themes. Anyway, 2 stars.
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So anyways... The ship has officially sunk. No Emma and Jacob in this book. Like we had the first trilogy with these couple, but the newest ones replace her with Noor. It is an unsettling feeling.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4.5 / 5
it’s over y’all, can’t believe it. not going to lie, this was my least favorite of them all but i’m going to give it a 5 star rating because it’s the ending and i’m kinda emotional.
what a ride it’s been, wow, these characters are now part of me and i will forever remember them.
nothing more to say, but stay peculiar folks!!
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I'M ACTUALLY SO SO EXCITED EVEN THO WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BOOK.
i'm calling it now, it will be a 5 star read as always, these books never disappoint!
*update*: Y’ALL WE FINALLY HAVE A COVER AND A DATE AAAAH IT’S COMING TO AN END SOON AND THERE WILL BE LOTS OF TEARS IM NOT READY -
The final novel in the “
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children” novel by
Ransom Riggs, is “The Desolations of Devil’s Acre”.
In this final novel, Jacob and Noor, and the rest of the Peculiar children, are reunited in Devil’s Acre, but nothing is as it once was. Desolations are now being rained down on the Acre, the evil Caul is resurrected, and his intention is to destroy Jacob, Noor, and the entire peculiar world. Faced with collapsing loops and enhanced hollowgasts, Jacob and his friends must once again battle to save their own lives, and the survival of the only home they have ever known.
The final book is upon us and I must say, I am sad that this series has come to an end. I really loved the ingenious writing of Riggs, with his creative characters and his action-packed plot. I loved some of these novels more than others, but the entire series together is a YA epic Phenom!
Like his other novels, “Desolations” is full of quirky characters, complete with pictures, which is what makes Riggs’ novels so unique. Jacob and Noor are beginning a relationship, but the focus of the novel remains on the fight for survival. Each character is likable in their own way, and I was so happy to see that most of them had returned for the final battle!
It is necessary that the other books be read, in order, before getting to this one, but it is definitely a journey that won’t be forgotten! The best thing about these novels is they appeal to readers of all ages and genders, which is something rarely seen in YA novels.
“Desolations” ended the only way it possibly could’ve, utterly and completely. All loose ends were wrapped up, and plot lines came together nicely. Unlike the other novels, there was no cliff-hanger ending, and it was evident that “Desolations” would be the last we will see of the Peculiar children. As bittersweet as this is, I am grateful that Riggs has decided to not take this story any farther, and has ended it before “going to the well too many times” and ruining it, like so many other novels in this genre.
An epic fantasy-adventure, “Desolations” is the ultimate read for fans of
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone or
Cassandra Clare, or anyone who is looking for a magical plot, with some highly eccentric characters. -
And so Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children concludes. Caul has been resurrected with some batshit crazy powers. It's the Jacob and Noor show as they try to figure out how to stop him and his amped up army with powers from the Library of Souls. I think this was the best written of the 2nd trilogy. It's packed with action and not bogged down by the focus on the American Peculiars like the previous two books.
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Riggs should have left well enough alone.
I actually liked Map of Days, thought The Conference of the Birds was pretty bad—but this is a whole new kind of awful.
The plot turns so ridiculous that it’s impossible to take seriously anymore.
The world doesn’t make any sense at all. For example, apparently now hollows can be born from egg sacs. Who’s laying them, and how were they fertilized? No idea. And doesn’t that redefine what a hollow is, fundamentally? Yes, but that doesn’t seem to matter.
I was also annoyed at how Riggs blatantly stole parts from Harry Potter. Caul’s voice echoing over Devil’s Acre to tell them to deliver Jacob to him? Basically Voldemort’s voice echoing over Hogwarts to tell everyone to bring Harry to him. Jacob having “pieces” of the hollows inside him? The same concept as the horcruxes. Jacob with his “hollowspeak?” Same cocept as parseltongue. Caul being “resurrected” is essentially the same plotline as Voldemort being resurrected in Harry Potter, except instead of death-eaters he just has wights, and instead of dementors in this story, we have hollows.
The awful romance between Jacob and Noor continues, despite the fact that it is completely unwarranted and they lack any spark of chemistry whatsoever. What was the point of making their relationship romantic? To add more filler?
And my God was it dull. Most of the book consists of endless, pointless conversations between characters where they discuss things they’ve already talked about ad nauseum. Even the action sequences were boring, and hard to follow.
It’s shameful that Riggs let his writing get lazy and sloppy due to a writing contract. The prose here, when compared to the original trilogy, is amateurish and contrived. Nothing feels natural. But to some writers, I suppose, money is more important than creativity and upholding the legacy of your work. -
Outstanding way to end a series.
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Consider me a member of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children because I am done reading THE DESOLATIONS OF DEVIL'S ACRE - the sixth and final book of the series.
"A real home was all I'd ever wanted (page 498)."
Author's Writing Style: 5 STARS. Yey - This is stupendous fiction writing with photographs. There are 25 chapters that are narrated in first-person perspective in past tenses. The dialogues are more intriguing, the sentences are done cleanly and the choice of vocabulary is excellent.
Nay - There are minor errors I've noticed in Chapter 6, page 105, third paragraph. Instead of by the way, it is written as by the by.
Characters' Development: 5 STARS. Yey - This is a 500+ page finale book. Surprisingly, there is a good balance for all characters in terms of page time. This seems to be a difficult technique to do considering the narration is limited to Jacob Portman's POV. Yet, all characters shine at the right pace.
Nay - My favorite from Books 2 and 3 makes a happy return but just wondering, what happened to this character in the end?
Plot: 5 STARS. Yey - The first chapter immediately continues how the Book 5 ends. Then, the revengeful brother of Miss Peregrine is resurrected to conquer peculiardom. He makes Devil's Acre a more miserable place.
Nay - Nothing. This is the first finale book for young adults that I am satisfied with. The flow is expected but the way it is told, it is a bittersweet full circle. -
I was both excited and terrified to read this book. Excited because I’m invested in this series now and I couldn’t wait to see how it all ended. Terrified because I’ve become so invested in this series and these characters and I want nothing but good for my precious babies. I’m glad to say that it was everything I could have hoped for and more as an ending to what’s become a new favourite young adult series. It had it all; it made me laugh and sob and want to throw the book across the room and hug it to my chest and just hold it close. And it’s just such a visually stunning book, I’ll never get over how good looking it it! Between the chapter headings and the photos, it’s absolutely beautiful to take in. It was an absolutely brilliant and perfect conclusion to an amazing series and I couldn’t have loved it more!
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Ransom Riggs has pulled off one of the most satisfying conclusions to a series, that I have read in a long while. With this review there may be slight spoilers. I'm also not going to make it to long. I know going into finales we are all nervous about the outcome. Where will characters end up? Who will survive? Who won't?
Now going into this second trilogy conclusion, I have all those questions running through my head, but I also know with YA most, if not all the characters will survive. I like to see loss in my stories because it makes it more believable. Now was there loss, yes, but nothing that really hit the spot. This finale, for me, just suffered for being a tad to long. I feel like we could have cut some parts of this down just a tad and not lose the meaningful bits.
Desolations provided readers with great character moments, fantastic action, a conclusion worthy of fans who have been with the series since the beginning. Ransom Riggs journey with the peculiars has finally come to an end and I for one have enjoyed my time with these characters and this world.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 4/5
Hollow City - 4/5
Library of Souls - 4/5
A Map of Days - 4/5
The Conference of the Birds - 3.5/5
The Desolations of Devil's Acre - 4/5
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children - 21.5/30 -
It's here!!! The moment the book was in my hands I started reading. I mean with a ending like the last one, what do you expect! Very, very worth it! If you haven't read the first five in a while, re-read them first. (The book makes perfect since if you don't. But Riggs makes a LOT of references to previous books.) (And re-reads are so much fun anyway.) This is the last book in the series (nooooo!) and it is so very worth the wait! New Hollows, old characters thought dead... loop jumps as well as action, so much action.
I really, really wish there was a novella or something where Jake and Abe Portman accidentally meet up in a loop hop. There were a lot of references to how Abe knew all about what Jake can do, but no real answers for HOW?!? And that's always a stories I've really wanted to read! ;) -
That was a very very disappointing finale honestly.
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3 stars (though Not for the right reasons) The desolation of devils acre is the sixth book in the miss peregrines home for peculiar children series, or as I like to think of it; the third book in the second trilogy of the miss peregrines universe.
If we look at the second trilogy (books 4-6) and compact it to the first than I must admit even though I very much liked map of days I found myself being underwhelmed by the last two instalments of the series.
The characters spend a lot of time sneaking away behind miss peregrines back, and, whilst as the series has gone on a can’t really stand any of the yembrenes, she doesn’t deserve that so often. Everything during this point just became predictable. It was the same old, same old. Sneak off, travel to loop, fight a baddie, come back to devils acre.
Even in the conference of the birds I found myself not particularly liking Noor. There’s nothing bad about her but I don’t feel like she’s a particularly useful character through it all, I don’t really like the “chose one for fills a prophesy” trope. she barley even uses her power in the last book apart from the end.
Though I understand why Emma and Jacob broke up (let’s act like we weren’t all rooting for that to happen), I don’t think he needed to have another love interest, not so quickly and definitely not with Noor who’s rather bland.
Also there has become such a huge cast that half the time I can’t keep track of who’s who and what power they had. On every excursion too many people tagged along when they had no reason to be there.
Throughout this book I found myself wishing it would end quicker. I give it three stars mainly for nostalgia because the the first trilogy was so good with setting up world building and though a map of days it had potential. I was disappointed. -
Took me a whole week to finish this book. The Desolations of Devil's Acre is action-packed, full of heartwrenching moments, especially when the MCs are in despair. It's never been easy to overcome Caul, he's quite powerful and hard to beat. The ending is just perfect and suits the adventure from the last three books so fine.
Anyway, I found a trivial mistake in this book. When Jacob and his friends (except Horace) went to ask Miss Peregrine about the loop reset, they left Horace sleeping at the house but then the conversation took place, Horace joined it. At that moment, I thought I was mistaken or something. However, when Jacob came back to the house, Horace just woke up so that Jacob told him about his plan. And this case also happens with Emma being on her mission, too. Some characters are in two places at the same time. -
All’s well that ends well.
I liked this last instalment of this series. Same great pace, same adventure, same absorbing story of good vs evil.
Except: it needed a good edit, and there was a multitude of mistakes. Characters had dialogue although they weren’t supposedly present in a scene, Jacob explained a character doing or saying something when in the previous chapter that character had taken their leave from the main story and weren’t actually there. Mix ups with character names.
These mistakes happened so many times that by the end it was astounding that it hadn’t been picked up. And it seriously detracted from my enjoyment of the story.
There’s were also far too many characters to keep a track of, which left not much opportunity for character growth. And also they’re stories just finished at the battle, we didn’t get their endings - which after spending so much time with them was a bit of a let down. I was invested in the likes of Horatio, and Addison, and many others but have no closure for them.
In the end, I liked it but didn’t love it.
