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

adventurous emotional 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

2.5

this book was sooo weird to me bc i think the author said something about this being based on the canadian residential school program and in that way i feel like it’s weird to turn it into an inspiring light-hearted story where the guy in charge of the school is some good guy who just wants to help? but also i can see like wanting something like that to have a happy ending instead of what actually happened but idk. to me it seemed like it minimized a tragedy in that way. the book itself felt almost like a children’s book at times ( im sorry but calling anything “extremely upper management” and acting like it’s a book for adults is crazy to me idc) so when the characters said mature stuff i was really off put bc it didn’t sound right/ authentic. also im gay so i feel like i can say this without ppl being like oh it’s so homophobic of u but linus baker had 0 appeal and having him end up w the teacher just felt weird to me bc i felt like he was written to be sooo undesirable. 

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