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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
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
Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Grief, Death of parent
Minor: Cannibalism
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Racism, Religious bigotry
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Misogyny
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
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
Well. This is a damn fine book. I stayed up until 3am to read it all in one sitting because I wanted to know what happened, and I loved the characters so much. The mystery is a quiet one. The conflict is not the end of the world, but rather small tensions here and there between characters. Moments where we hope our protagonist will stand up and shine.
The relationship development in this book is fantastic. It is slow and measured and so, so sweet when little changes in the dynamic make themselves apparent.
This is the found family story that everyone needs. Just be ready to cry rather a lot. Sad tears and happy tears and oooh-that-hits-me-in-my-heart tears.
The only thing that kept this from being a 5-star book for me is the way that some of the characters would state the theme outright...and it happened more than once. It got to be a little on-the-nose. I understand why it was written that way, though, and this is still a solid "will be re-read" keeper for me.
The relationship development in this book is fantastic. It is slow and measured and so, so sweet when little changes in the dynamic make themselves apparent.
This is the found family story that everyone needs. Just be ready to cry rather a lot. Sad tears and happy tears and oooh-that-hits-me-in-my-heart tears.
The only thing that kept this from being a 5-star book for me is the way that some of the characters would state the theme outright...and it happened more than once. It got to be a little on-the-nose. I understand why it was written that way, though, and this is still a solid "will be re-read" keeper for me.
Content Warnings
Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Cannibalism, Death of parent
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
slow-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: Child abuse, Confinement
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.
I first read this book shortly after it came out, lured in by the blurb by my very favorite author, Seanan McGuire: "This book is very close to perfect." With all due respect to Seanan, I feel this is an understatement. I'm not entirely sure what I expect from a perfect book, but I feel like The House in the Cerulean Sea surpasses those expectations. It was a brilliant read, it moved me so much, and when I saw one of the January readathons I take part in had a "Book that makes you feel at home" prompt, it was an instant re-read plan. I barely ever re-read books. I feel like I could read this one five times a year and never grow tired of it.
It's because of the characters. It's because of the house that becomes a home. It's because of the sea that can turn into a road. It's because of the idea of going back to your personal hell in order to make it a home for others, and how it's executed. It's because this book is so damn full of radical kindness, radical acceptance.
Throughout the story, Linus, the MC, is constantly challenged to be better, to see deeper, to let go of prejudice and break out of the bubble he lives in—and I feel like the reader is challenged alongside the protagonist. Our world may not have semi-lovecraftian monsters or wyverns or adorable music-loving baby Antichrists (or maybe they all just hide very well). But the moment you look around, you see plenty of different people. People who are unlike you. People who don't always fit your boxes, your bubbles, your ideas on how the world is supposed to work. All of them deserve to be loved for who they are, for who they strive to be. All of them deserve a chance to thrive instead of a requirement to conform. Even those who have spiders in their brains. Those who are different from us aren't the enemy. Our fears, our hates, our preconceived notions are the enemy. And that's an enemy each of us can defeat in our own heads.
(By the way: I love Lucy. Lucy is the best characters in this utterly, completely, 100% loveable cast. I don't know if his Antichrist-ness was intended as a metaphor for neurodivergency/mental illness, but that's how I read him. Having Satan for a father isn't the only way to have spiders in your brain. Sometimes, they are loud, but if you try, if you take care of yourself, if you get help, and if you're loved, and if you love in return, most of the time you can live past those spiders. You can live past where they came from. We're all more than the sum of our parts.)
There are so many details about this story that are hard to put into words without quoting the entire book. There's so much here. So much kindness, and so much love, and so much acceptance. Also, so many reasons for happy, happy tears.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Xenophobia
Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Religious bigotry
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Hate crime, Racism
Minor: Body shaming
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia
Minor: Confinement, Hate crime, Homophobia
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was extremely MY SHIT! I love found families, but queer found families? YES PLEASE! I want that shit in my eyeballs ALWAYS.
What a delightful read after all the shit I’ve been feeling recently because of... *gestures at everything*. This book was soul cleansing and heartwarming. An incredibly lovely ending. Reminded me a bit of “In Other Lands” because it also deals with magical children in a world similar to our “real” world.
If you have a younger reader in your life I think they would enjoy this, especially if they’re an HP person.
What a delightful read after all the shit I’ve been feeling recently because of... *gestures at everything*. This book was soul cleansing and heartwarming. An incredibly lovely ending. Reminded me a bit of “In Other Lands” because it also deals with magical children in a world similar to our “real” world.
If you have a younger reader in your life I think they would enjoy this, especially if they’re an HP person.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse