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

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

Not done yet, but don't read this right after Under the Whispering Door (& maybe other books by this author). The story is definitely different, but the books are just too similar. It feels like a recast of the same characters & of course the same writing style. I don't doubt it would be great separately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Racism, Colonisation, and Fatphobia

Minor: Suicide

Neighbor tells the main character to

kill

himself toward the beginning. It was shockingly out of place & unexpected, then glossed right over.