In the first 133 pages of Hollow City, the second novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children, we are introduced to Jacob and his peculiar friends, who are fleeing the wights (hollowgast monsters who consume the eyes of peculiar children so they can become human). After a long and treacherous journey by oars, the group finally found land, where they continued to flee their pursuers. They made camp in the woods, and together read a story about a giant who turned into stone in the middle of a lake, forming an island, only to encounter the very same island the next day! Astonished by the remarkable coincidence, they inspected it to discover the opening to a time loop like the one they had come from. After entering it, they were confronted by a
