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

228 reviews

jenna_justi2004's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative 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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This book is so many things, and I wanna do it justice for a review. First off I read this because I thought I wouldn’t like it. I thought it was gonna be one of those throw away books. But from the first chapter it literally pulled me in and gave me so many emotions and thoughts that left me so hopeful in a world so unfair currently. By the time I met the kids, I was lost in this worldwind of so much joy and hope in kids who have only known hate because of how they look. I just feel too much to say about how this book was. I’m afraid to read the sequel because I just like how hopeful it was

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

reetjazz's review against another edition

4.75

hopeful inspiring 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry

stormcrest's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny informative lighthearted relaxing tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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what a wholesome and delightful novel! i really appreciated the great messages of discrimination and prejudice towards marginalized communities and the romance! my favorite kid has to be talia because i loved her sass but sal is a close second. would definitely recommend this to magical realism enthusiasts for pride month.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Emotional abuse

Minor: Physical abuse, Death of parent

jdgammons's review against another edition

5.0

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

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I picked this book off of my shelf (after it sat there for at least a year) as a light hearted read to take with me on the plane as I went to my childhood home to visit my parents. I was not disappointed in my search for a light hearted read; there is so much whimsy and love that was put into each of the characters in this book. The character growth was beutiful to read and really well thought out for each of the characters. 
The way that TJ Klune carefully sews little hints of the hidden backstory and yet undiscovered plot points into the reading makes me want to go over this book again with a fine tooth comb. The language choices are amazingly descriptive and paint a picture that was very clear in my head of each character and the places they inhabited. 
This book is exactly everything I wanted it to be, found family (with kids),  beautifully queer, touching with the perfect ending, and all that while the characters were relatable and with dialog that felt real.
This book gets a 5/5 from me but is definitely not a heavy read so come in with light hearted expectations!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Cursing, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Grief

gyroshrike's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective tense 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

flightywren's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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: Yes

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I just really loved this book. Linus was incredibly relatable. His journey of self discovery, of learning to love and know the children, Zoe, and Arthur was touching. I feel like there are a lot of people, including myself, who occupy places of privilege in the various systems in the world who want to do good and think they know how, but they really don't. Linus took the time to get to know the people behind the files and learn what they actually needed to thrive, not just what the system said they needed. I loved the development of Linus' relationships as well as watching the children especially change and grow during Linus' stay. One of the only things I wasn't a fan of was how Phee kind of faded into the background. I hope she gets more attention in the sequel.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse

A lot of the homophobia is more allegorical than anything. There are moments of homophobia that are outright, but mostly the story line parallels real-world bigotry without explicitly drawing a connection.

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

neovin's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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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Words cannot describe how much i adore this book and the characters. How it flows, how lovely & flawed & so humane the characters are, how touching & moving it is to get to know them. I love them very very much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Xenophobia

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

official_jaybird's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia

ann_twentyone's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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It is NOT as cozy as I anticipated. In fact, there is a strong dystopian element to it.
Warming up to the main character took me over 100 pages; He reminded me of Percy Weasley. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Murder

Minor: Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Alcohol