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La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by TJ Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter
209 reviews
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
It is a contemporary fantasy fiction with LGBTQ+ representation. Just like V.E Schwab has said it feels like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket, but add to this little sparkles of magic.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Hate crime, Death of parent
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Xenophobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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:
Complicated
Such a cute and fun book! I was laughing and squealing reading this. Linus the main character is an amazing character and I'm someone who is very fond of found family stories. It was such a good read and I loved all the characters involved. The story isn't that heavy even if it focuses on some dark themes such as mistreatment in orphanages. I would definitely recommend this for others to read.
(Dropped a star cause the author is a zionist)
(Dropped a star cause the author is a zionist)
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Death of parent, Abandonment
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Hate crime
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
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
V. E. Schwab described this book like getting wrapped in a warm, gay blanket, and going into this book it was exactly what I needed. It was warm, it was comforting, it was jarring, it was uncomfortable, it was like lying on a cloud or dancing with rainbows. It was so vibrant. The shift from the scenes in the city to the scenes in Marsyas felt like switching from black and white to a world of technicolour. The character creation was beautiful, and watching them blossom over the course of the book felt like I was watching something wonderful happening before my very eyes.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Abandonment
Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
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
Beautiful fantasy story. All the characters are so lovable and leave you wanting more when it's over.
Content Warnings
Minor: Hate crime, Xenophobia, Abandonment
emotional
inspiring
lighthearted
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
I once read (I don’t remember where so I’m sorry to the person who wrote it for not tagging them) that reading The House in the Cerulean Sea is like being wrapped in a cosy blanket and I honestly can’t think of a better way to describe this book.
Although it is an adult book, it almost has this fairy-tale aspect to it and I believe it could actually be read by children with no problem whatsoever. It tells a beautiful story with so many important messages of acceptance and diversity, of standing up against what’s wrong, of stopping violence, of following your dreams, of “it’s never too late to change your life”... And through this tale of a found family, a dash of a beautiful BEAUTIFUL queer romance (not I didn’t make a mistake: it’s so beautiful, it deserves the repetition!).
I wouldn’t say it is a sad book at all. It’s also not a violent book (at least not in the main meaning of the word). But it’s an extremely emotional one that just makes you want to give happiness and more happiness to these characters, with which it’s impossible not to fall in love.
Writing children is something that I believe to be extremely complicated. Yes, we’ve all been kids and we can even remember some of our childhood moments (some more than others) but going back to the mindset we had back then is not something easy at all. That’s maybe one of the biggest accomplishments of The House in the Cerulean Sea: it gives us six wonderful kids that despite all their peculiarity, are as real as it gets. Their insecurities, fears and dreams might be taken to a fantastic level, but on their basis, they’re the insecurities, fears and dreams of any kid out there (and even of some adults 😉).
The House in the Cerulean Sea is the kind of book that makes you want to restore your confidence in humanity but also the kind that makes you believe that we can do better! And that “we” begins with “I”. Choosing Linus to be our eye into the world was I believe another very clever option that is meant to show us the importance of critically evaluating the rules and traditions and preconceptions that rule the world. To challenge them, even when we have lived under them our whole lives. But also to allow ourselves to find our own happiness.
An extraordinary book, marvellously written, that I consider to be absolutely worth the hype. Needless to say that I 100 per cent recommend this book and it makes me incredibly happy to see it being published in Portugal this month by a publisher that is equally challenging the routine: Desrotina (totally feeling like a genius after writing this basic pun 😝). As for me, I already have the same-style book “Under the Whispering Door” on my shelf waiting to be read, but I’m very much curious to see how T. J. Klune has delved into other genres.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Abandonment
adventurous
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Death of parent, Classism