A review by lottiebrooks
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Truly deeply wish I could immediately turn back and read this book from the beginning. What a warm hug of a book, with an important message layered in there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming

Moderate: Confinement, Hate crime

Minor: Cannibalism

the children on the island are discriminated against for being magical, though there are several parallels to ICE/immigration and children with disabilities