The House in the Cerulean Sea

Audiobook

English language

Published July 7, 2021 by Tor.

ISBN:
978-1-5290-8796-3
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4 stars (122 reviews)

Linus is an uptight caseworker with a heart of gold working for the department in charge of magical youth. When he goes to investigate an orphanage on an island with supposedly dangerous children and an enigmatic leader Arthur, he’s expecting the worst. But it turns out he might be falling in love with Arthur and his charges.

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Review of 'La casa sul mare celeste' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

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So che la stragrande maggioranza dei pareri su questo romanzo verte sul fatto che sia molto tenero e dolce – e avendo già letto altro di Klune non ne sono sorpresa – ma l’aspetto che mi ha colpito di più è il fatto che La casa sul mare celeste mi è sembrato una critica al queerbaiting di J.K. Rowling e al modello piuttosto conservatore di famiglia che emerge dalla saga di Harry Potter. E se siete tra coloro che non nutrono simpatia per il comportamento di Silente nei confronti di Harry Potter, correte a procurarvi questo libro.

Klune non ha mai fatto mistero di ritenere che, se vuoi scrivere un personaggio gay, allora rendilo esplicitamente tale all’interno della storia, non uscirtene anni dopo la fine della saga con un Ah, comunque io Silente l’ho pensato gay. …

Review of 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

5/5

What a wonderful story that had me fall in love right from the start. Set in a magical world where anything is possible and so misunderstood, it was a beautiful story about accepting others despite their differences. Yes it was very obvious in its message but it certainly did not detract from the beauty of it all.
I just love all the children and Linus and Arthur, and despite me not being one for romances in general I couldn’t help but really root for them. Absolutely lovely book!
(Also my favorite character was definitely Talia and her little shovel.)

Review of 'House in the Cerulean Sea' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I wanted to like this more than I did. The characters and world building were fantastic, but I was sometimes distracted by the message being told by the story, which pulled me out. And I resent that. Still...I totally ship Arthur and Linus. 

Review of 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Best book I've read in a while. Broke my heart to pieces and put it back together again. So very beautiful, so achingly true. Every moment is so vivid, seared into my brain. I can't wait until I reread it, and next time I'll be marking my favorite passages and maybe making some art based on them, because - god I need more of this world and these characters in my life.

Review of 'The House in the Cerulean Sea' on 'Storygraph'

1 star

I originally gave this a 4.5 but I updated it to a 1 upon learning that this was based on (or at least partially inspired by) the Sixties Scoop, an decades-spanning event in which thousands of Indigenous children in Canada were forcibly removed from their homes and adopted elsewhere. That real-world context makes the "these orphans have powers" marginalization plot into a fantasy version of a real-world genocide. I'd waffled on whether to even bring up implications about race in the original review since the book seemed like it was trying to be about queerness rather than ethnicity, but it's horrible that it is actually about a major series of events in a racially/ethnically motivated genocide that hasn't really stopped in the present day. It also perpetuates a long-standing and racist tradition of depicting Indigenous people as magical or otherworldly, in this case many of the kids are literally inhuman. …

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  • American literature
  • nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2021-01-17
  • New York Times bestseller
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  • Fiction, fantasy, paranormal
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