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Jenseits des Ozeans by TJ Klune

91 reviews

mlgilliland's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad medium-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

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dmrains's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love this duology (with House in the Cerulean Sea) so much!! These characters are so relatable and wonderful 🥰🥰❤️

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m_a_j's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful 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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cha_len_novels's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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 there's one thing I've learned above all else from you, it's this: there is magic in the ordinary, magic that has the power to change the world”
― T.J. Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea

Whatever reasons, intentions or purposes of this novel, I simply say ,thank you TJK for writing it. The world is a harsh place but this book demonstrates while hate can be 'loud', hope is powerful, it is magic and it is a fire.

**bonus quote**
“This was hope; the children, love letters to a future that had yet to be decided. Yes,..hope was this thing with feathers, but is was also in the hearts and minds of those who believed all was not lost, no matter the odds.”
― T.J. Klune, Somewhere Beyond the Sea

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thesapphiccelticbookworm's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous 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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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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bashsbooks's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Complicated

Sequels are difficult. In my experience, they're rarely as good as the original.

I am delighted to report that is not the case with Somewhere Beyond the Sea. It's as fun and heartwarming as its predecessor, while maintaining equally high stakes. Klune has a real talent for writing children, that shines throughout both books in this series thus far. And I think he learned from the heavy-handedness that I noted when I read The House In the Cerulean Sea, as this book strikes a better balance and allows for a bit more diversity of opinion and respectful disagreement.

Oh, and I still love Lucy so much, he's probably one of my favorite characters ever.

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