Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

63 reviews

whatthekatdraggedin's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death of parent

candisita's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting

jooles_the_total_peach's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment

cj13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Racism, Blood, Death of parent

traceyanderson's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

nulliusmomenti's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Transphobia, Religious bigotry

Minor: Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent

erika_winters's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad 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

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Wow, what a sequel! TJ Klune does it again with this one. Although this book is thematically different from the first, both can be read as two sides of the same coin. Told from Arthur’s perspective this time around, we get to hear how he thinks and feels being the last phoenix on Earth, and what it has meant to him over the years to shoulder the weight of everyone’s trauma, including his own. The way this book handles trauma makes it special because it doesn’t provide a cure for it; but rather a way to live through it and piece yourself together from the trauma. Arthur has found his family and beloved, and has to learn how to combat the hateful people in the world beyond Marsyas Island—including the hateful Harriet Marblemaw inspecting the home and his behavior toward the children—while also allowing the children to find themselves in the world and learning from it themselves instead of having Arthur shelter them away from it. Overall, I thought the conversation around this, and the looming fear of the government (including one Jeanine Rowder, who is probably based on a certain bigoted author of a popular fantasy series) taking the children away from Arthur and Linus. I cried 5 or 6 times from pure joy and from the emotional speeches shared between Arthur and Linus, so be prepared for tears here! This is now up there in my favorite books, along with the first book. Impeccable series (and I hope more is to come!)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Body shaming, Abandonment, Colonisation

greendog95's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny lighthearted 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Colonisation

Minor: Confinement

jennipea382's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail

eliof's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful 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

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What an incredible book. Liked it even more than the first one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, War