Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune

450 reviews

adrirowe77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Hate crime and Violence

ellie_dirthag's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? It's complicated

4.25

CRIED 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

fionaburford's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I found this book a bit grating and trite. It had a plot that I thought I would enjoy but I didn't.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, and Violence

calicos's review against another edition

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

4.0

This book was a delightful, warm read. It was an enjoyable listen and the audiobook was engaging with different voices for all the characters. My rating is a bit inflated because I simply had fun listening.

However I did feel at times this book tried too hard to be tooth-rottingly ✨wholesome✨ (and succeeded) in a way that veered into being corny. There were a fair number of heavy-handed life lessons that gave more of a YA vibe. There were conflicts but nothing really felt high stakes, maybe due to some lack of world building so it was a bit predictable. Still quite enjoyable but a bit flat at times due to no real danger and knowing there wouldn’t be any due to the nature of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, and Fatphobia

amylangdown_'s review

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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

I LOVED this book. The characters made my heart hurt. The character development and the growth of a wholesome and caring queer relationship, plus the humour and the ‘smash the system’ plot was wonderful! I’ll miss the characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, and Abandonment

hollylayne22's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia

Moderate: Child abuse and Confinement

jpease0112's review against another edition

funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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? No

5.0

A delightful read about accepting people despite their differences and standing up for what is right.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

elliptica's review against another edition

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

4.0

This book had tears welling in my eyes at one point. And no matter what I was just hoping for a happy ending. The ending did seem *too easy* though. Even if it is what I was hoping for. 
I'm read this book alongside crime and punishment, so for what this is worth... It was definitely a breath or fresh air. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Body shaming, Confinement, and Colonisation

jennxreviews's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

This book. This book is just beautiful. The writing is like a gorgeous prose. It's about looking beyond the surface of what you're taught to see to what is actually there. It's ahout home and family. The story is from the point of view of Linus who is a children's services caseworker who's sent on a special assignment to observe an orphange for a month and what he found there was so much more than what he was looking for.  I am not a weepy person but this book made my eyes leak and my heart bubble pop. I've never wanted to annotate and mark a book so much in my life that wasn't a textbook. I want to read it again just so I can write comments and thoughts on it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Grief, Death of parent, and Abandonment

champagnerain's review against another edition

emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia