It’s such a great way to cruise through a bunch of books if you don’t have to sit down with a physical book, and it makes things like laundry and dishes a little less terrible. I love that themes of our own world are examined and questioned and that it has a happy ending.There’s nothing I like better than a good audiobooks (but then, you already knew this about me). The kids are so cute and sassy and I love this quasi-magical world that they exist in, despite the fact that it keeps them locked away in an orphanage. Klune imbues so much life into all his characters. Though this book is entirely its own, it had vibes that reminded me of 1984 meets The Umbrella Academy meets Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. The narrator, Daniel Henning, perfectly encapsulated the whimsical nature of Linus Baker and his mysterious Level 4 security assignment to the island of Marysas. Once I started, I literally changed my activities to better fit the listening of this book-more knitting, less TV, longer walks, and antisocial behavior. I opted for audio since it seemed that was the only way I was going to squeeze it in with my giant TBR list. “This was a wholesome squeal of a novel that I ADORED! It had so much hype around it so I was wary but it immediately drew me in and wouldn't let me go until I finished. If you enjoyed 1984, then you’ll love The House in the Cerulean Sea. Five stars and two thumbs up!” Nialle, The Haunted Bookshop It's a novel beautifully suited to our cultural moment - a time of economic loss and uncertainty about basically everything except the bonds of love we want to protect - and an audio performance perfect for the novel.

Tom Hanks narrates this audiobook fully in character, his pacing capturing the main character's moments of realization: the cook had a husband? The strangely designed, luxurious Dutch House had shaped his relationship with his sister far more after they couldn't go back! His mother and his sister shared taste in books? How? His children are curious about things he'd never thought important!. In The Dutch House, Patchett creates a narrator standing at the intersection of poverty, dream, privilege, and family, confused by the gap between his sister's memory of hardship and his own experience of wealth - and loss. “Any novel by Ann Patchett is going to include little sparks of description that catch in the imagination, moments of dialogue so good that you forget later you weren't there, and stories that capture your heart as well as a zeitgeist.

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