He had 500 pages to develop the characters, which just. The ending felt really rushed and the story felt tired. I mean to me he looked like Jabba the Hutt.

Also the descriptions of Murnau cracked me up. The fight lasts what, 50 pages? The conclusion is literally about 30 pages long. Where was the projections of light during the battle? Hughs bees? Bronwyn throwing people around? Where were the plot twists? It felt so dead and lacklustre and Jacob-centred. She just kinda made the call and had Penny. What was up with her? What was her peculiarity? I wanted to know more. Because yes they can steal light (which is such a cool power) but what does that really do in combat? Not much. You would think she'd be more powerful than that. The battle was so lacklustre - where were the peculiar powers? No where near as epic as Gravehill or library of souls. I liked the 'Jacob turning into a hollowgast' twist, but I needed more than that. You really expect me to believe all powerful Caul and his army couldn't kill a single main character? I honestly wanted someone to die in some kind of unpredictable plot twist. And you're telling me there wasn't a single strong battle-ready peculiar left? Did the Americans all die? Did their war rage on? What about Leo? Surely Fiona would have been more useful in battle. I mean what happened to his invisible army? Enoch's army of dead did barely anything. Fiona - did she get her tongue back? Maybe some mother dust? Enoch, is he okay? How does Emma really feel about Jacob and Noor and why was there no awkwardness? Horace and Julius? Millard was barely in the book. what happened to Horatio and Julius? Sharon? Miss Wren? Addison? Where was the closure? The characters just disappeared off the face of the earth. Although I do appreciate Noor's representation, I still think we needed more. So I wasn't a fan of Jacob-Noor at all - they barely developed and it felt very forced. she dated his grandfather and when they met she was loop trapped).

With Emma and Jacob, we saw the whole journey of their relationship which was extremely complex with many layers (I mean. Especially in contrast to Emma and Jacob's relationship. Jacob and his reckless self-victimisation I-want-to-be-a-hero vibe just doesn't develop past that, and his relationship with Noor wasn't explored properly at all. I needed more character development, which, seeing the amount of characters, is pretty much impossible to do in depth. The character count got way too high for any author to control. I think the main issue is there were just too many things going on. But this, I'm sorry to say, was a major disappointment.

I grew up with these characters and love them so much. It's my favourite fantasy series of all time and I have a very strong sentimental attachment to it. Let me start by saying that I LOVE this series.

The third book of miss peregrine