Cute... But Creepy? ("Hollow City" Part 1)

Alright I've really buckled down and made real headway with "Hollow City" and am about half way through so sound the trumpets it's update time. *Standard idk if spoilers will be here or not but they might so just be careful I WARNED YOU*
I think getting into this book was a bit hard for me at first because I had to get reacquainted with the characters and the story. I had a little trouble trying to remember what happened in this books predecessor, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," and felt a bit lost at first (I know I could just reread it but 1.) that would make too much sense and 2.) I don't like rereading I feel like I'm cheating on all the books on my shelf that are still untouched). But once I got back into the story oh man was I back.
I love how creepy these kids are. Like... bees? That live in your stomach? And an invisible boy? And another that can brings things back to life? Creepy very creepy but... cute? Because they're just kids who aren't old enough to want to do anything menacing with these peculiarities of theirs.
I think Riggs did a good job making the children sound like children but also like they're from a different time than the main character, Jacob. It's nice that Jacob doesn't just completely forget that he comes from a different world than these kids he's decided to leave his family for. The little scene where he decided to keep his now useless cellphone added another layer to Jacob I didn't think he had.
It's very strange how this book sort of reads as if it would be a children's book since the majority of the main characters are quite young but is pretty gruesome at times.  The wights are truly the monsters under the peculiar beds.
This series reminds me of something Neil Gaiman would write. So if you're into that...

Excuse my naked book. Like a young child, it doesn't like wearing clothes.

Kelsey's Classics (Non-YA Book Recommendation)

Okay so I'm totally slacking on trying to get through "Hollow City." Don't let my slow pace reflect on the story. It's very interesting and well written I've just been unmotivated. So since it's been about a month since I've posted something and I'm buying books for people for Christmas, I thought I'd start a series where I talk about books that I consider classics. Now, said book may or may not ACTUALLY be a classic but in Kelsey's world it is. Basically this'll be a series of posts where I talk about my favorite books.
FIRST UP: "A Clockwork Orange" by Anthony Burgess. Originally I read this book because I wanted to watch the movie (I'm one of those wierdos that must read the book before they see the movie OR ELSE). I'm a huge fan of scary movies and I had it in my head that this movie was a scary movie (it's not). It is actually a dystopian novella that centers around a troublemaker, Alex, and his friends. They go around terrorizing the people in their city and love doing it (this is putting it mildly they do some pretty fucked up shit). Eventually they get caught and Alex gets sent to a correctional facility where he goes through various forms of "therapy" to avert him from doing bad things.
Now first things first this story is so so so so interesting but also a little (a lot) disturbing. The narrator is a sociopath who you watch do awful things and kind of hate but by the end you end up feeling sympathy for this seemingly unredeemable character (at least I did). It's a little unsettling. This novel is also a little hard to get through not only because of the story but the way it's written. The author came up with completely new slang words for his gang of hooligans to use. It was a little confusing when I tried to look up all these words he was using that I didn't know and none of them were in the dictionary. Luckily the internet provided translations for me.
BUT it's totally worth it and if you're looking for a disturbing read, this is your book. Good luck man