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La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by TJ Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter
1353 reviews
adventurous
funny
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse
Minor: Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
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
A world of dismal grey becomes cerulean for Mr Linus Baker when he is assigned to assess the suitability of a Level 4 orphanage that houses dangerous magical children.
This was a beautiful heartbreaking story of hatred born from fear, love and it's gentle change, and a man slowly becoming undone.
One star deducted because the story was inspired by the forced institutionalisation of native children in residential schools, and turning this trauma into a fantasy, with naive solutions and a magical happy ending to what is a complex problem, felt nonchalant. I do think, however, that this kind of story needs to be told to show how unintentionally ignorant we can be by sticking to the narrow viewpoint we've been told to live within- the rules and regulations we become accustomed to living by.
This was a beautiful heartbreaking story of hatred born from fear, love and it's gentle change, and a man slowly becoming undone.
One star deducted because the story was inspired by the forced institutionalisation of native children in residential schools, and turning this trauma into a fantasy, with naive solutions and a magical happy ending to what is a complex problem, felt nonchalant. I do think, however, that this kind of story needs to be told to show how unintentionally ignorant we can be by sticking to the narrow viewpoint we've been told to live within- the rules and regulations we become accustomed to living by.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism
Minor: Cursing
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
“It's the little things, I expect. Little treasures we find without knowing their origin. And they come when we least expect them. It's beautiful, when you think about it.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
One could review this books in many different ways but here is my own. I fudging loved it. For those alone, have courage because there may be an island where you can find someone to adore, find a home, and find a family. I found this book the epitome of sweetness (but it's not without it's sad moments) and each character became a favorite; even if they could bring about the end of humanity ❤️
**Bonus quote **
“Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
One could review this books in many different ways but here is my own. I fudging loved it. For those alone, have courage because there may be an island where you can find someone to adore, find a home, and find a family. I found this book the epitome of sweetness (but it's not without it's sad moments) and each character became a favorite; even if they could bring about the end of humanity ❤️
**Bonus quote **
“Humanity is so weird. If we’re not laughing, we’re crying or running for our lives because monsters are trying to eat us. And they don’t even have to be real monsters. They could be the ones we make up in our heads. Don’t you think that’s weird?”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Racism
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Xenophobia
Minor: Confinement
adventurous
emotional
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
this book was sooo weird to me bc i think the author said something about this being based on the canadian residential school program and in that way i feel like it’s weird to turn it into an inspiring light-hearted story where the guy in charge of the school is some good guy who just wants to help? but also i can see like wanting something like that to have a happy ending instead of what actually happened but idk. to me it seemed like it minimized a tragedy in that way. the book itself felt almost like a children’s book at times ( im sorry but calling anything “extremely upper management” and acting like it’s a book for adults is crazy to me idc) so when the characters said mature stuff i was really off put bc it didn’t sound right/ authentic. also im gay so i feel like i can say this without ppl being like oh it’s so homophobic of u but linus baker had 0 appeal and having him end up w the teacher just felt weird to me bc i felt like he was written to be sooo undesirable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Minor: Grief, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
hopeful
lighthearted
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement
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
It's 2 a.m. and I'm sitting in my room, holding back tears. This book was a delightful, light read that filled me with all the warm, fuzzy feelings possible (something that not many books do, other than the occasional fanfiction).
This will most definitely be a recurring comfort read, and something I will be recommending to anyone I come across.
This is, objectively, a 3.5 stars in my mind, but a 5 stars in my heart.
This will most definitely be a recurring comfort read, and something I will be recommending to anyone I come across.
This is, objectively, a 3.5 stars in my mind, but a 5 stars in my heart.
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Racism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
sad
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia