Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

65 reviews

jlaz_13's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

ara02's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

Graphic: Cursing

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

someonelikeblue's review against another edition

adventurous 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Xenophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia and Confinement

Minor: Cursing

zoecjohnson's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Child abuse, Death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death of parent, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

planetshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

This book is so sweet and makes me want to forget about my huge TBR to reread it.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Violence, and Child abuse

octopus_farmer's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.0

Frankly, the beginning of this book irked me. I found it flat and irritating and monotonous - Linus's life in the city stinks, and he's merely surviving in an almost dystopian setting until he travels to an island in the ocean full of children that scare him because they aren't typical. I also found his floundering a little disingenuous - his adamant excuses about the bounds of his job as a caseworker probably needed to be there for him to break out of his learned obedience, but it really seemed like the worst kind of sitcom to me, where each of the children had their own gag and he'd react in a bumbling way. 

And then something changed, and I cannot precisely put my finger on it, but I began to enjoy the book for its heart. It's still a beach read in my mind, and I cannot reconcile Linus' strange behavior between recognizing bigotry (since some of the story seemed to entail him unlearning similar lessons) and also wanting to put the children in that environment, though it made more sense once it actually happened. In fact, its clearly allegorical structure seems really simplistic and heavy-handed at times, with the children standing in for a variety of marginalized people without really acknowledging the specifics of how bigotry works, what intersectionality is or realizes (for instance, it seemed important that Sal was Black, but his race wasn't ever remarked on as a part of his struggle as apparently the only werewolf in the world. Maybe Klune didn't want to bother with these things and created a world that has no racism or homophobia, but there's also that weird interaction with Linus' neighbor who 'forgets' he's 'not one for the ladies'?? I digress), how resistance can work outside the system, or what 'passing' means for different people. For this reason, I also have some questions about the actual audience of this book, as it seemed to straddle adult and YA. But on the whole, I found it sweet. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual content, Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Confinement

There's a character

Lucy, the Antichrist

that makes wildly violent statements to people, but it's mostly clear that it is in jest.

amberrenfrey's review

challenging emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Genocide

Minor: Body horror, Homophobia, Violence, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kathleenivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Forced institutionalization, Cursing, Religious bigotry, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

kjm_x's review

adventurous 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying and Xenophobia

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Cursing, Ableism, Fire/Fire injury, and Hate crime

kriziny's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

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

5.0

It is a contemporary fantasy fiction with LGBTQ+ representation. Just like V.E Schwab has said it feels like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket, but add to this little sparkles of magic. 

In this book you follow Linus Baker who works as a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, one day he will get a classified assignment from Extremely Upper Management. This assignment will change his life in a way he didn't expected it. The House in the Cerulean Sea is about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place and realizing how much that family has changed him. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Death