Reviews tagging 'Hate crime'

La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by T.J. Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter

208 reviews

micaelamariem's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous hopeful reflective slow-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

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I adored this book! It was the perfect touch of whimsical while still revealing important lessons with quirky characters. The descriptions were vivid and the dialogue fun. 
My one critique is that I think some of the turnaround (or bubble popping) in characters happened a bit too quickly. 
Otherwise it was a great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury

lau_library's review against another edition

4.5

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: Complicated

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Cute! A cozy feel good read, which is surprising given that the majority of the book feels like a clear allegory to residential schools for indigenous children in the Americas. It however, focuses less on the major issues of the institution of the magical orphanages and more on the individual characters for this particular story.
Loved the kids characters and the style of magical powers in a mundane and prejudiced world. Klune does a wonderful job of creating vibrant lovable characters. This is definitely a character driven story more than a plot driven story. Most of the story movement being Linus the MC’s change in his perception of magical people and his job at DICOMY. 
My main issue for this book was the plot resolution felt very grade school fiction book-esque. There was a problem, then with little work it’s resolved. It felt anti-climactic. 
Additionally, I wish the setting was a little more flushed out. What was the history of DICOMY/DICOMA and how it started. The vague history between Arthur and Mr. Handsome seemed like it was going to be super important to the plot but then wasn’t (or was, I’m unclear).
I did love the relationships that Linus developed with each of the children; especially his relationship with Lucy as his fear turns to love and indulgence.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement

Minor: Cursing, Genocide, Hate crime

zannayo's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

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I fell in love with this book. I want to read a hundred more just like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Abandonment

Minor: Hate crime

carlithian's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful 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

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Absolutely loved this, so many laugh out loud moments, beautiful

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Xenophobia

mbrogs2024's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Violence, Death of parent, Abandonment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Murder

matty_joe319's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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Such a beautiful, earnest story about childhood whilst being different. Wholesome while not completely blind to the realities of the world. Has fantastical elements but I would classify it more as magical realism, as there are not hard-and-fast rules to the magic and magical creatures contained in the book (nor will you care about said rules even if they do exist). Has many moments similar in tone to A Series of Unfortunate Events. A very special book. I cried so very much.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse

jenmtnbike's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Hate crime

gjerne_leser's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Grief, Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Gaslighting

Minor: Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Hate crime, Abandonment

Moderate: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Death, Death of parent

cindypepper's review against another edition

3.75

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

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I generally liked The House in the Cerulean Sea, but I would have appreciated this a lot more had I read it in 2020 (aka sequestered in my apartment and in dire need of all the cozy reads). The setup was very high-stakes, but the plot ended up feeling low-stakes, such that I kept expecting something to happen. I liked the characters (Lucy was lowkey my fave), even if Nigel was a total drip for most of the book. It's a smooth, easy read that would make a good (literary) palate cleanser.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime

Minor: Child abuse

The hate crimes are targeted against magical beings.