young adult, fantasy, adventure, seriesThe Conference of the Birds is the fifth book in the Peculiar Children series and, while I have enjoyed them all,
this felt like more of the same, more of the same, more of the same. The
Peculiar Children/Peculiar World is in trouble- only Jacob & some
of his peculiar friends can save them- again.
While I still
enjoy the world that Ransom Riggs built, I am simply getting tired of
the formula- everyone's happy, crisis happens, must travel through the
loops to find the trouble/evil villain/new peculiar, return home, be
happy, then go chase another crisis that, once again, only Jacob can solve
which becomes another book. While the specifics are interesting, I can
predict what will happen with increasing frequency which makes it much
harder to enjoy the journey.
And of course, there's another
cliffhanger and another book coming (how many books will there
ultimately be?). I may or may not read the next book- I suppose it
depends on whether or not it is an actual ending to the series or yet
another cliffhanger. I would sincerely like to find out what the future
holds for Jacob and his peculiar friends, but I'm not sure I want to
know badly enough to read many more books.
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