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The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

81 reviews

jfield351's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

This was truly a wonderful, lovely, heartwarming book and I did shed a few tears at the end! I read it from the 23rd-26th of Feb and was instantly amazed and relieved that the author - TJ Klune - can write. As in, can write wonderfully. This book is going in my dymocks challenge checklist for ‘book with 5+ words in the title’. The title was perfect and somehow summed up the whole book very well. I was reading the book right up until I had to leave home and I had about 10 pages left, and when i got home i immediately finished it because I had to know what happened. I absolutely loved all the main characters, they were written so well with so much depth and I rooted for them a lot. It was just so well written, I felt what Linus felt. It’s one of the only books I’ve ever read where I didn’t care that the ending was predictable. I was also gripped when tense moments came about such as

arthur taking linus down to the cellar, linus fighting with Upper management and linus returning to the island

. The twist that

arthur was a phoenix that had abused in this orphanage

was sad and interesting but wasn’t as shocking as some other twists i’ve read. Obviously loved the epilogue that was super cute. None of the book was cheesy at all, it was genuinely so wonderful. This book was all over booktok and so it was really hyped up for me and it was well worth it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia

Minor: Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Confinement

cluckieduck's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

An absolutely enchanting story of found families & standing up for what you believe in.

I adored that the story centred around Linus, a middle-aged, slightly tubby, self-described nobody - Linus doesn’t seem like much at the start, but as we (and Linus) eventually realize, sometimes the most magical things can come from the ordinary.

I am but paper, brittle and thin…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Abandonment, Bullying, Colonisation, and Fatphobia

misspeppermintdrop's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Das Buch setzt sich kritisch damit auseinander, was Angst, Unwissenheit und Vorurteile in der Gesellschaft bewirken und anrichten und beschäftigt sich zudem damit, was das Leben lebenswert macht: bleibt man in seiner altbekannten Blase, seiner Komfortzone eines monotonen Alltags in einem unerfüllten Leben oder wagt man den Schritt ins Unbekannte? Linus Baker's Welt wird völlig auf den Kopf gestellt in dieser magischen, farbenfrohen Geschichte.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Violence

thereadinglemon's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

This book was a warm, comforting book to read and the characters were very loveable, i enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Abandonment, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

winters_night's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, and Panic attacks/disorders

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Ableism, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Child abuse, Death, and Violence

prettycloud's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism, Gore, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, Blood, Eating disorder, Body horror, Cursing, and Violence

the book has generally a light tone and does not dwell on painful events too long (it focuses more on institutional violence)—many of the characters have previously been through traumatic events and are healing, so though we hear about their traumas, we don't experience them in real time with the narrative. a lot of the minor content warnings are for graphic threats made by a disturbed child and do not reflect events in the book. if you can read "alice in wonderland," you can read this.

spookily's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Abandonment, and Confinement

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Violence

rai's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Body shaming and Mental illness

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Violence, Torture, and Religious bigotry

stellabyproxy's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The feeling of reading this book is akin to watching my favourite childhood movie, truly a heartwarming experience that leaves me in a puddle of happy tears. 

TJ Klune has created something special here and I hope everyone has the pleasure of enjoying this little slice of home. His dialogue has to be the best part of his writing, equal parts witty and endearing. Lucy is probably my favourite character in the book, quite possibly my favourite fictional six-year-old. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Emotional abuse

Minor: Genocide, Physical abuse, Violence, and Xenophobia