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kriziny's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
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.
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Hate crime, Death of parent, and Death
leighmayon's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Child abuse
Moderate: Body shaming
Minor: Emotional abuse, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Genocide, Murder, Sexual content, Confinement, Death, Cursing, and Excrement
atlas_shruggs's review
- 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
I don’t feel like I can give this book a more solid review. It was perfect. It was a feeling more than a thought. I loved every moment of it.
Graphic: Racism and Abandonment
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Hate crime
jfield351's review
- 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
Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Xenophobia
Minor: Cursing, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Confinement
vee_the_tree's review against another edition
- 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
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, and Misogyny
faranae's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Mental illness
Minor: Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcohol, and Fatphobia
The book handles a wide range of potentially difficult topics with the lightest and gentlest of touches, so I think most of them will not pose a problem. However, Lucy's a bit morbid and has "spiders in his brain", and these elements recur frequently. There is a past confinement incident that is described in some detail towards the end of the book, but it is softened byvickybuka's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Abandonment, Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Cursing
chloevienna's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Cannibalism
sssssoup's review against another edition
- 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
Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Confinement
Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexism, Grief, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship
naiu_cs's review
- 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? Yes
5.0
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, and Child abuse