The House in the Cerulean Sea is truly a magical delight. In just 396 pages, the author has managed to present true love (and so convincingly that I was in tears the whole last chapter and epilogue), compassion and acceptance, courage and resilience – and in such an intelligent, perceptive, and at times laugh-out-loud fashion that even now, writing this, I marvel at it's deceptively simple depth and message.
I'll say upfront that I'm a cisgender female and when I read the top review from the New York Times saying "like being wrapped up in a big gay blanket", the significance of the word "gay" went right over my pretty little cisgender head! I mean, duh. But I read the back cover blurb and liked the sound of it (he even has a cat!), and though, as they say – "you can't judge a book by its cover", it definitely helps sell the book, and I very much liked the cover. You're right, TJ – it IS art.
And if that's not enough of an endorsement, where else are you going to read about a 6 year old that's the potential Antichrist, and think that you'd probably enjoy sitting around talking music with him? Or wish you could be gardening with a 3 foot tall bearded female gnome who might threaten to hit you with a spade and bury you in the garden if you cross her?
Enough spoilers. Read the book. You'll love it.
by Spiritual-Lynx-6132