I just finished reading "Miss Peregrine's" this weekend (along with another great book) and my overall thought of this book is that, it had it all! Personally, I like books more when they have a lot of action and romance. "Miss Peregrine's" had romance, action and even a plot twist that caught me completely off guard. I mean really I wasn't expecting it. So let's talk about what happens in the second part of the book. So, Jacob, the main character, learns that his grandfather had come across the peculiar children when he became a refugee during the Jewish genocide. However, the only reason he had stayed in Miss Peregrine's home was because he was in fact peculiar; which makes Jacob peculiar. Jacob crosses "the loop" which leads to September 3, 1949 a place and time where the peculiar children are in hiding. He learns that the whites and hollows are after the peculiar race so he decides that in honor of his grandfather, Jacob will stay to fight against the hollows and whites. However Jacob is afraid that he won't be as strong as his grandfather.
The theme in "Miss Peregrine's" is not to let fear take over your life. In the book the theme presents itself in the form of encouragement. Jacob is the only person who can truly fight against the hollows and whites. His unique gift which allows him to see the hollows, allows him to protect the other peculiar children. However the question is, what happens when you can't put the fear of your grandfather's killer behind you, a killer that is now after you and people you love? In the book Jacob says to himself, "What if I'm not as strong as him. I'm not as brave or as strong so how could I ever protect the people I love the way he did?" Obviously conquering the fear of your grandfather's killer is a hard thing to do but what Jacob later realized was that he didn't have to be like his grandfather in order to achieve in over throwing the whites. Jacob is a strong and brave person but just in his own way.
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