225 x 145 mm, 496 pages
Castellano language
Published April 26, 2022 by Crossbooks.
Trabajo, trabajo y más trabajo. Linus Baker podría ser una persona cualquiera, en un lugar cualquiera, viviendo una vida cualquiera. Él estaba convencido de esto, y si tú lo hubieras conocido, tampoco habrías dudado en asegurar que Linus pertenecía al montón, ni más, ni menos. Y así era, hasta el día en que este funcionario del Departamento de Jóvenes Mágicos es llamado por Altísima Dirección para supervisar un orfanato del que apenas hay registros.
Con esta nueva tarea entre manos, Linus viajará a la isla de Marsyas, donde deberá supervisar a seis huérfanos catalogados como peligrosos (hablamos del futuro Anticristo, entre otros) y a su enigmático cuidador. Ahí, deberá dejar de lado sus miedos y prejuicios, que no son pocos, para darse cuenta de que lo que realmente tiene que hacer no es aquello a lo que le han enviado. Porque en Marsyas, Linus descubrirá que el camino a …
Trabajo, trabajo y más trabajo. Linus Baker podría ser una persona cualquiera, en un lugar cualquiera, viviendo una vida cualquiera. Él estaba convencido de esto, y si tú lo hubieras conocido, tampoco habrías dudado en asegurar que Linus pertenecía al montón, ni más, ni menos. Y así era, hasta el día en que este funcionario del Departamento de Jóvenes Mágicos es llamado por Altísima Dirección para supervisar un orfanato del que apenas hay registros.
Con esta nueva tarea entre manos, Linus viajará a la isla de Marsyas, donde deberá supervisar a seis huérfanos catalogados como peligrosos (hablamos del futuro Anticristo, entre otros) y a su enigmático cuidador. Ahí, deberá dejar de lado sus miedos y prejuicios, que no son pocos, para darse cuenta de que lo que realmente tiene que hacer no es aquello a lo que le han enviado. Porque en Marsyas, Linus descubrirá que el camino a la felicidad es distinto para cada uno de nosotros, y, que si te atreves a recorrerlo, llegarás al lugar donde te encontrarás a ti mismo.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. If you're looking for some sunshine this is the book for you. Its kind and fun. But also a bit predictable.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. If you're looking for some sunshine this is the book for you. Its kind and fun. But also a bit predictable.
An unexpected read, but extremely charming.
Soft and Lovely!
i cried happy tears. twice.
A warm-hearted but clueless lib is radicalised into fighting the system and organising a direct action campaign to protect a marginalised community? Sign me up! I heard this book described as Hopepunk and I would say that that descriptor is accurate and I need to find more of it.
A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.
I first read this book shortly after it came out, lured in by the blurb by my very favorite author, Seanan McGuire: "This book is very close to perfect." With all due respect to Seanan, I feel this is an understatement. I'm not entirely sure what I expect from a perfect book, but I feel like The House in the Cerulean Sea surpasses those expectations. It was a brilliant read, it moved me so much, and when I saw one of the January readathons I take part in had a "Book that makes you feel at home" prompt, it was an instant re-read plan. I barely ever re-read books. I feel like I could read this one five times a year and never grow tired of it.
It's because of …
A home isn't always the house we live in. It's also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.
This is an adorable chosen family narrative. I found it a little saccharine at times -- there's not really a central conflict, or even much of a point besides coming together as a set of misfits and fighting back against intolerance -- but sometimes you need that in the world. I will say that at times it felt almost like issue-fic: the intolerance was a little on the nose and the solution was very pat (asking people nicely to not bully you; have the mayor on your side and the angry mob dissipating seems a quite simplistic to January of 2021). But it was incredibly cute: a wyvern who collects buttons! An edgy child Anti-Christ who just wants to be loved...and talk about philosophy! A queer, middle-aged romance! And they all become a family.
This is an adorable chosen family narrative. I found it a little saccharine at times -- there's not really a central conflict, or even much of a point besides coming together as a set of misfits and fighting back against intolerance -- but sometimes you need that in the world. I will say that at times it felt almost like issue-fic: the intolerance was a little on the nose and the solution was very pat (asking people nicely to not bully you; have the mayor on your side and the angry mob dissipating seems a quite simplistic to January of 2021). But it was incredibly cute: a wyvern who collects buttons! An edgy child Anti-Christ who just wants to be loved...and talk about philosophy! A queer, middle-aged romance! And they all become a family.
Really nice story about the effects of discrimination and finding where you truly belong.
Linus Baker is a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, inspecting the orphanages where magical youth are sent to keep people safe from their uncontrolled abilities. He receives a special assignment from "Extremely Upper Management" to check out a secret orphanage on an island.
The story proceeds to examine bias and prejudice and the effects discrimination has on the vulnerable. There's a fantastic found family, a slow building love story, and a lot of funny moments with the kids.
Really nice story about the effects of discrimination and finding where you truly belong.
Linus Baker is a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youth, inspecting the orphanages where magical youth are sent to keep people safe from their uncontrolled abilities. He receives a special assignment from "Extremely Upper Management" to check out a secret orphanage on an island.
The story proceeds to examine bias and prejudice and the effects discrimination has on the vulnerable. There's a fantastic found family, a slow building love story, and a lot of funny moments with the kids.
Honestly I just got bored of it. The characters didn't really interest me. The plot is predictable from a mile away.
4.5/5. Utterly charming.
A wonderful story about love, care, children, diversity, and growth.
I can't give enough praise for this book, wow. I'm speechless. It's been a long time since I have read such a wholesome, interesting story of positive queer representation. It was whimsical, funny, and enchanting from cover to cover. Easily my favorite book this year.
I can't give enough praise for this book, wow. I'm speechless. It's been a long time since I have read such a wholesome, interesting story of positive queer representation. It was whimsical, funny, and enchanting from cover to cover. Easily my favorite book this year.
My copy arrived early from my local bookstore and despite deciding to check out just the first chapter or two, I ended up finishing the book in just a few days. The House in the Cerulean Sea is kind, genuine, and endearing; it is a lovely little book. The story follows Linus Baker, a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youths. Linus is unobtrusive, forty-something, a tad overweight, and he takes his job very seriously. He is always professional and always careful to follow the 947-page handbook, RULES AND REGULATIONS, that dictates how a proper DICOMY caseworker should comport oneself. He is selected by Extremely Upper Management—due to his thorough, unemotional reporting and his adherence to the rules—for a special assignment: to investigate and report on an orphanage that is home to some particularly unusual magical youths and their caregiver, Arthur Parnassus. The six magical children at this …
My copy arrived early from my local bookstore and despite deciding to check out just the first chapter or two, I ended up finishing the book in just a few days. The House in the Cerulean Sea is kind, genuine, and endearing; it is a lovely little book. The story follows Linus Baker, a caseworker for the Department in Charge of Magical Youths. Linus is unobtrusive, forty-something, a tad overweight, and he takes his job very seriously. He is always professional and always careful to follow the 947-page handbook, RULES AND REGULATIONS, that dictates how a proper DICOMY caseworker should comport oneself. He is selected by Extremely Upper Management—due to his thorough, unemotional reporting and his adherence to the rules—for a special assignment: to investigate and report on an orphanage that is home to some particularly unusual magical youths and their caregiver, Arthur Parnassus. The six magical children at this orphanage—a gnome, a forest sprite, a wyvern, a were-Pomeranian, a green blob whose species is unknown, and the six-year-old Antichrist—are so unusual that its very existence is classified information. As the somewhat-timid and rule-following Linus learns about and interacts with these six children who have been deemed highly dangerous he is forced to confront prejudices, his own and others', regarding the children and their natures. He sees how those prejudices color these children's lives, threatening to rob them of the chance of living their dreams. It can be silly and over-the-top at times, but it is more mellow in that regard than the other Klune books I've read. Though the story deals with abuse, damage caused by uncaring bureaucracy, and injustices committed by a society with deeply ingrained prejudices, it does so from a place of compassion, with characters who value kindness, and with a bright hopefulness for the future. It's a small story, a personal story, about how home can be the people you choose to love and about how an ordinary person can change the world, bit by bit, kindness by kindness, into a better place.
