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La casa en el mar más azul. Edición especial: Edición especial con cantos tintados by TJ Klune, Carlos Abreu Fetter
352 reviews
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
fast-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
Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization
funny
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury
emotional
funny
hopeful
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
I really loved this book and it is a nice cozy read. My only issue with this book was the discussion of the main characters weight and comments made about his body and eating habits that feel unnecessary to even bring up.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia
adventurous
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
I was uncertain of this book for the first few chapters, but I’m very glad to have stuck with it. I loved the Linus’s development, and how his relationships with the children of the island, the other adults of the island, and himself grew. This book left me feeling inspired, giddy, and hopeful for the future.
Content Warnings
Minor: Body shaming
Content warning: discussion of body shaming One of the themes used to show Linus’s growth is how he and others react to his weight. Early on, he and his coworkers were very unkind and disparaging about his weight. Throughout the rest of the book, other characters treat him better, and he starts to care less and less about about his weight. Personally, I felt like this was an entirely unnecessary arc in the book, which, unfortunately, lasted for the entirety of the narrative. Personally, I felt like it a clumsy metaphor that could have been replaced with something else. What bothered me the most was that after leaving the island, the narrator goes on about all these good changes that Linus had undergone, and one of them was losing weight. Perhaps Linus’s growth in this aspect was helpful to some readers who struggle with body shaming, I personally wish that it had been handled with more care. That said, I really loved the book overall, so I’d caution people who deal with body shaming to be aware that this happens, but not to discount the book because of it. I think there is a lot to love about this story and that it’s worth reading.
adventurous
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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
I’ve never not wanted to finish a book because of how good it is as much as this one. So comforting and the characters were so loveable and the character development was on point.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Xenophobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Abandonment
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:
Yes
This book started slower than other books I've read by TJ Klune but the story was no less wonderful. Klune makes loving the characters and their journeys seem effortless.
I will say that care should be taken with those who might be affected by those who struggle with eating disorders. There is a lot of passages about negstige self-image surrounding weight, body shaming, and disordered eating. It is done as part of the character's development but it could be triggering.
I will say that care should be taken with those who might be affected by those who struggle with eating disorders. There is a lot of passages about negstige self-image surrounding weight, body shaming, and disordered eating. It is done as part of the character's development but it could be triggering.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization
adventurous
hopeful
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: Xenophobia
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia
Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement
emotional
funny
hopeful
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: Child abuse, Confinement, Xenophobia, Abandonment
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization
Minor: Eating disorder, Religious bigotry, Death of parent
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Read For:
Fantasy
Slow Burn
Found Family
Idiots in Love
Happy Ending
Think Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children vibes but kinda queer. I just felt kinda neutral about it. The humor was okay, the characters were okay, and the setting was kinda meh. I just felt like I had to force myself to keep reading and if I didn’t already own the book I would have stopped. Also, I thought there would be more queer rep to be honest so that was kinda disappointing. Not to mention the fatphobia.
I wasn’t going to read this given the reviews I’ve been seeing recently, however, I already own the first two books so I figured I’d see if it was as bad as some of the reviews were saying. And honestly, I just didn’t understand the hype about it. Even not knowing what the book was based on it was barely a 3-star rating for me, it just fell flat to me.
However, learning that this was based on the Sixties Scoop and how the author decided to turn what was a cruel and tragic piece of history he read about on Wikipedia about how the Canadian government removed a bunch of indigenous children from their literal homes and away from their family only to be adopted to white, middle-class families and he then took that information and basically turned it into a happy little fantasy where the kids live not in an “orphanage” but a “home” like, dude, why?
This kind of thing is still something native people are dealing with and as a white person, it should not be something you’re involved in like this. In America the Supreme Court literally is going to be voting soon on overturning ICWA so states can regain control to remove Native children from their homes and families, this isn’t just some fantasy. This story could have been written way better and in a way that did romanticize trauma and make light of a literal genocide.
I just wouldn’t recommend this one. There are some links on where I got my information from if you’re interested along with two reviews I think do a better job of explaining this than I did.
Links:
Source: https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A617930246/ITBC?u=uvictoria&sid=bookmark-ITBC&xid=0efbabda
Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixties_Scoop
Helpful Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4032060130
Another Helpful Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3601407534
Rep: Achillean, Queer MC
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Abandonment
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Homophobia, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Classism
Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury