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The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

T.J. Klune

Start date: November 1, 2022

Finish date: November 30, 2022

Discussion: 2022 Monthly Group Reads

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Jan 05, 2021 Maryam rated it really liked it

Shelves: fantasy, audiobook, popsugar2021

Actual rating 4.5

I didn't know about this book until I saw on "2020 in Goodreads" posts of my friends and that's a shame! This is a great story! Surely, it is similar to a couple of other books but the way the story is told is unique!

A home isn’t always the house we live in. It’s also the people we choose to surround ourselves with.

This is about broken children, they are of monsters lineage here but we can easily apply it to our modern world! The relations that are built and are missed by top g ...more

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Apr 20, 2021 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I had seen this novel posted all over Instagram and decided to give it a try after a friend recommended it. I am not into fantasy normally, but I am glad I took a chance on this one and I was not disappointed at all.

The story was different from what I was expecting, but it was really good. Arthur's last name kept making me think of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, which I knew of as a movie but never actually saw. Based on what I learned about it, the premise is not related to this novel at ...more

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May 27, 2021 Christina rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, literary-comfort-food

Someone described this book as "a big gay hug" and honestly, I can't do any better. It's absolutely enchanting. ...more

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Jan 06, 2021 Laura rated it it was amazing

I cried steadily through the last few chapters of this book. I love it so much. I love Linus, and Arthur, and Lucy and Sal and Chauncey and Phee and Talia and Theodore, and Zoe. I don’t know how I’m going to read another book this year after this one. My heart is so full.

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Jan 27, 2022 shalini rated it really liked it

Shelves: quirky-humor, young-adult, 4-star-reads, fantasy-fiction, read-with-pride

I absolutely loved the characters and the plot building of this tale. The tale is slightly dystopian with removing children from their families owing to their "unnaturalness" and then completely forgetting about them. The orphanages are routinely visited by government officials and their fate alone with the children hinges on the subsequent reports.

While this "Oliver Twist" treatment of the children is unpalatable, the story of this book is anything but that

Our hero Linus Baker is a rule ploddi ...more

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Feb 06, 2021 Jessica McLaren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

I don't know where to start with how much I love this book. I sort of knew what to expect, but not really, it turned out. The less you know going in, the better! I'll say that this book had me howling with laughter, getting happy-weepy, heartbreak-weepy, and falling head over heels for a (seemingly) bureaucratic caseworker, a kindly orphanage master, and six amazing children, who are unlike any characters I've ever encountered. I was surprised throughout, and was physically yearning for the char ...more

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