Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Talo taivaansinisellä merellä by TJ Klune

98 reviews

jessiesnoww's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Homophobia, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry

Starts out slow but it’s worth it.

ladythana's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Religious bigotry

htc's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

This book is a treasure. It’s a beautiful story about a guy just doing his job who has self isolated so long he doesn’t even realize he’s lonely. He is great at staying uninvolved, being neutral, reporting a high degree of detail, and not questioning orders. Because he’s so good at his job (inspecting “orphanages” where children with magical powers are raised), he is given a special task by “extremely upper management”: to inspect an extremely classified “orphanage” on a remote island where children of unimaginable powers reside. The month he spends on the island with the children and their caretakers changes him in ways that lifted my spirits and made me laugh out loud. A great book for pre-teens, teenagers, and adults of all ages. I’d love to see this done as a movie. The best part: there’s also a sequel now. 

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Xenophobia

Minor: Confinement, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

kat_smith24's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Fatphobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

emmmaustin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Death of parent

thatchickengirl23's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Racism, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Genocide and Sexual content

plantdonut's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime and Racism

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nz_elle's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

lexcrv's review against another edition

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

3.5

It's 2 a.m. and I'm sitting in my room, holding back tears. This book was a delightful, light read that filled me with all the warm, fuzzy feelings possible (something that not many books do, other than the occasional fanfiction).
This will most definitely be a recurring comfort read, and something I will be recommending to anyone I come across. 

This is, objectively, a 3.5 stars in my mind, but a 5 stars in my heart. 

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Racism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

tmchopra's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, and Fire/Fire injury