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lambsbooks 's review for:
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by TJ Klune
This book was…okay? The humour and family was still the same from book 1, but it was ruined by the obsessive need to explain everything. Every single action had to be explained, this book was the definition of tip toeing around a subject so they don’t offend anyone and it got in the way of the story. They told us things instead of showing us, and the constant affirmations and talking got on my last nerve. It was a huge shift from the first book, like, why are you trying to tell us to love these characters, we do, stop over explaining all of the actions and words in the book. I felt like I was sitting in a lecture or something.
A therapist. Every conversation sounded like it came straight from a therapy book. That’s was I was trying and spectacularly failing to say above lmao
“Let’s discuss why you feel that way.”
“Sorry you feel that way.”
“I understand where you’re coming from, but expand on your thoughts.”
Just stop 🫠
This was just so unnecessary. It was essentially a repeat of book 1 but instead of Linus, the government sends a garbage human to evaluate the house. Throw in every insulting thing some conservative politician has spout about a minority population, and bam, you have this book.
Also, I find that most books, they tend to dumb children down, they treat them really, um, childishly, but this was the opposite. Who talks like this to children lmao if someone started talking to me like this, like we're having some philosophical debate constantly, I'd zone tf out. But more importantly, what children talk like these do? I kept forgetting they were...children (even though it was said 50 million times by Arthur and Linus that they were just children).
I get Klune's message, I really do (and his note at the back makes it pretty clear), and it fucking sucks that it still needs to be said but *show* more than *tell* is what readers want, not constantly being punched in the face by the point. People reading Klune's books aren't disagreeing with anything he's saying, so I think the target audience was maybe forgotten? I dunno.
A therapist. Every conversation sounded like it came straight from a therapy book. That’s was I was trying and spectacularly failing to say above lmao
“Let’s discuss why you feel that way.”
“Sorry you feel that way.”
“I understand where you’re coming from, but expand on your thoughts.”
Just stop 🫠
This was just so unnecessary. It was essentially a repeat of book 1 but instead of Linus, the government sends a garbage human to evaluate the house. Throw in every insulting thing some conservative politician has spout about a minority population, and bam, you have this book.
Also, I find that most books, they tend to dumb children down, they treat them really, um, childishly, but this was the opposite. Who talks like this to children lmao if someone started talking to me like this, like we're having some philosophical debate constantly, I'd zone tf out. But more importantly, what children talk like these do? I kept forgetting they were...children (even though it was said 50 million times by Arthur and Linus that they were just children).
I get Klune's message, I really do (and his note at the back makes it pretty clear), and it fucking sucks that it still needs to be said but *show* more than *tell* is what readers want, not constantly being punched in the face by the point. People reading Klune's books aren't disagreeing with anything he's saying, so I think the target audience was maybe forgotten? I dunno.