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

funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

I really enjoyed this book! One thing I want to note is that this is one case where I do not recommend reading it by audiobook; I am glad there is an audio version, but a lot of choices in the production are ones that I think detracted from my experience of the text. Character voices are well distinguished, but most children’s voices are a bit caricaturish for the subtleties that I think the text is trying to convey. And most importantly, someone decided that Linus and the general narration should have an American accent, when British coding of the character and his environment could not be more clear.