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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
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A cute fictional book about acceptance and defining who you are. I generally have a hard time with the first 150 pages of TJ Klune books due to the pace and the unlikeable character traits, and that opinion transforms as the characters do.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Grief
funny
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Xenophobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Abandonment
Minor: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Racism
Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse
Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Violence, Fire/Fire injury
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Complicated
This book was worth the hype! I really loved it, definitely one of my favorite books that I've read this year. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Abandonment
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
This is the most beautyful story I have read all year. I loved it so so much. It’s perfect.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Death of parent
Minor: Body shaming
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
Update after reading the Somewhere Beyond the Sea, which I really did not like: I bumped this down from 5 to 3.75 stars. I don't regret reading it, I liked it at the time, but it has been sitting with me a while now and I just no longer feel that warmly about it.
Original review:
This book is like a cup of hot chocolate: there is some bitterness, but just enough to make you appreciate that it’s mostly warm and sweet and comforting.
Original review:
This book is like a cup of hot chocolate: there is some bitterness, but just enough to make you appreciate that it’s mostly warm and sweet and comforting.
I loved the characters and the exploration of the bonds that exist and form between them. To me it was all about discovering what it means to love and be loved, and by that I don’t even mean the romance part of the story. The House in the Cerulean Sea also focuses on otherness and being othered by society.
This book is rather simply written, but it has wit and charm. It’s also rather predictable, especially where character development is concerned, but to me that doesn’t take away from the positives, of which there are many.
I have almost no notes on this. Aside from what I’ve already praised, I found this book to be actually funny, as in, I had to chuckle many times, which is rare for me (usually, supposedly “hilarious” books are not funny to me at all). The House in the Cerulean Sea made me laugh as well as tear up, and my heart is still melting when I think about Chauncey and his dream occupation.
The only thing that I personally would have changed is the epilogue. I think that it didn’t need half of what was in there, especially a romance thrown in at the very end without being hinted at at all in the story, as far as remember. But it’s only the epiloque, and I can choose to ignore what I didn’t like about it.
Overall, this is a new favourite for me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Child abuse
funny
lighthearted
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
I had a good time reading this fun, lighthearted book. I enjoyed all of the characters, I think Lucy is my favorite. It was a quick read and was moderately paced. I enjoyed the author’s writing and humor was great. The book was easy to read even with some heavier undertones. Would recommend!
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse