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En algún lugar del mar más azul by TJ Klune

81 reviews

dexkit10's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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delz's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny 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: No

Just as The House in the Cerulean Sea was uplifting so too is Somewhere Beyond the Sea. The story continues with Arthur and Linus and a new member to the Parnassus-Baker family. David, a yeti, who is unregistered. DICOMY is back, loudly exclaiming their hateful laws, but as Arthur says “they may be loud, but we are louder” and that is a really important message for us to remember. There are so many good people in the world and they need to be loud and stay positive.

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mirandyli's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful medium-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

Heartwrenching, hilarious, and will make you cry happy gay tears.

Giving this book 4.75 instead of my original 5 given the fact that the author based this off of cultural genocide. Yikes.

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yvo_about_books's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Finished reading: October 9th 2024

"There is magic in the ordinary, magic that has the power to change the world."

The House In The Cerulean Sea is hands down one of my all time favorite stories, so I was over the moon when I discovered that there was going to be a sequel. I was granted early access to a sampler, which only made me want to read Somewhere Beyond The Sea even more... And I have to say that this sequel I was everything I hoped it would be and more. I loved meeting up with this cast of characters again, and I loved that we saw the story through Arthur's eyes this time around. Somewhere Beyond The Sea is very much a sequel, and I would recommend reading the books in order to get a proper introduction of all the characters and their development. There are a couple of new characters in this second book as well, and David made for such a great addition to the group of children living on Marsyas Island! The banter, the growing bonds, the friendship... You just want to wrap them all up in a big hug and protect them from harm. It's not all rainbows and sunshine though, as there is a lot of focus on child abuse, discrimination, politics and corruption along the way... And Arthur and the rest will have to fight to keep their family together. The ending was perfect for this story, and Somewhere Beyond The Sea is a worthy addition to my list of 2024 favorites as well as all time favorites.

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quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

4.5

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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bekkz27's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted tense 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: Complicated

If I could give this more than a 5/5 stars, I would. It is such an important book and wish that every teen was offered this as school reading. This author realizes what our world needs. Beautiful story and lovable characters. I am adding this on to my list of favorites.

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nxpe's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

I finished this a bit ago and I have not stopped nothing crying.

What a wonderful book this was, and what a wonderful series this has been. The House in the Cerulean Sea has been one of my favourite books ever, and this sequel has just solidified TJ Klune as a favourite author of mine. I don't fully know how to describe the love I have for this series. I just know I love it, and I mourn the fact that I cannot read this series again for the first time.

This series is just so magically fantastic. From Arthur to Linus to Zoe to the children to the townsfolk... they're all just so amazing and they feel like a warm hug. This book feels like a warm hug from the person you love most on a chilly summer evening on the beach.

I absolutely just love how wholesome the characters are, and how much they love each other. This book defines the "found family" trope perfectly, and it's truly marvelous to see how much they all care, and how far they would go for each other.

Although the plot was a bit similar to the first one, I didn't mind as much. It was interesting to see how the inspection goes when it's not someone like Linus who comes to inspect. I do have to say,

I have no clue how the children, or Linus, or Arthur didn't simply wring Miss Marblemaw's neck. She's beyond insufferable.

The Epilogue was so wonderful, and I'm so happy we got to see

the wedding. I would've been very disappointed if we didn't. Especially with just how truly, wonderfully wholesome it was. I was sobbing when I was reading their vows (and laughing thanks to dear old David for his promos during the ceremony).

I do have to say this was an incredibly hard read though. The child abuse, xenophobia, and general bigotry was much clearer in this one. It made it hard to read because, although this is about magical people, we all know it stems from actual prejudice in real life. It's hard to read through, especially as a member of of the LGBTQ+ community and a woman. The child abuse was incredibly difficult to read through as well, especially when

David

said:

Have you ever hit a kid?
Put their fingers in a drawer and closed it so hard it...

Absolutely heart wrenching. But, as TJ Klune does, he approached the topic very tactfully, and made sure to put appropriate amounts of humour into those sections to make them digestible.

Again, 5 star read. No. 6 stars.

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