Hi it's Divya G. What does the g stand for? The g stands for "god dang i finally read a
good ass book". The House In The Cerulean Sea is the third book that i've read this year. I know
i know - i've been reading! Divya reads and that! The house in the cerulean sea
is one of those books where you read the pages and it just
unfolds so beautifully like a brightly colored Tim Burton movie.
Put that as one of the quotes on the cover b-! Magic? Queer characters? The possibility
of crying? Fam, say no more! It's one of those books where truly at any age
whether you're old whether you're young whether you're a member from bts, you will benefit or
gain something out of reading this book - even if you pride yourself in being a cold
hearted ass b-. Imagine the feeling of reading a book yeah and you feel like you're eating cookies
and and warm milk by a fireplace that is what this book gives you! Linus baker is an
orphanage caseworker he's been working hard busting his ass like a neek for decades
for this corporation and he gets assigned to a highly classified case. Extremely upper management
comes in like you're aight Linus? You've got a minute yeah fam? Aight say no more say no more fam
yeah it's cool it's cool. Now like do me a favor yeah do me a favor yeah now you know like Marsyas
Island yeah? Nah nah i'm gonna need you to to go out there and you know it's the bit- It's aaa calm
ting you know there's like six children fam and one of them is the antichrist- and I oo. So
Linus is like okay cool i've got to go to this island where six potentially dangerous children
reside and Arthur Pernaeus who is their caretaker and safe to say he's [ __ ] bricks. Linus works
for DICOMY - the department in charge of magical youth. It has a resemblance to the word dichotomy:
"division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being
opposed or entirely different" and there's a contrast and division between the world
that Linus leaves and the one that he is about to enter and in a way the book starts
off being about subdivisions and separations. The kids orphaned not only from their parents
but they are also living alone on an island, isolated by the river, having never stepped foot
on the town nearby, they are separated they are segregated and they are shunned from society.
Like damn can't these kids catch a break? Like, imagine these kids yeah not only do
they not have parents but they can't even go to their local shop and go to Greggs...
there's not even a pandemic. The crossing of the river and the travel is important because Linus
when he first steps foot on that island leaves behind his structured world of rules regulation
and rigor and he's brought onto an island that really challenges what he's comfortable with
and what he knows because instead he finds these wonderful kids and although by their definition
they are classified by society to be monsters based on who they are: gnomes, green blob and
the antichrist himself. But what he finds instead is he looks beyond the labels they're defined as
and he finds bright children. They're teeming with hopes and innocent dreams and I think there
are wonderful moments when you're reading the book where you see this gradual unfolding and
unlearning of the fears and predispositions he had of the children before he arrived and he realizes
their humanity. And it just *chef's kiss*. The town is riddled with flyers and posters saying
"we're happiest when we listen to those in charge" and "see something say something". "see something
say something" is a slogan used in Britain for anti-social behavior awareness or anti-terrorism
related incidents yet in this novel the thing that these people are fearing are children.
Like a diluted 1984, they use language as a means to exert control. Language not only incites fear
but it gives means for a segregated and separated society in which the children
are effectively othered and it's not unlike the fear tactics that are used in modern society
today. When you're reading the book you see a clear difference between the mundaneness
of Linus Baker's life and how strongly he clings onto that and it reminded me of um
corporate society and *vomits* corporate America and just how much I hate it. He's been at this job
for decades he's doing the same work he's being scrutinized under extremely hierarchal management.
Management claims they want to upgrade him to this case and they present it to him
almost as if it's a reward for his diligent work. Linus returns back to his desk he returns back
to a mountain of work to realize that in reality this isn't about Linus at all. The company doesn't
care about him nor is it even about the safety and protection of the children. In reality it's about
themselves it's about the company keeping and protecting their own image and also maintaining
power and the status quo. And the position of Linus in the company is really emblematic of
modern capitalist society. Linus who had based so much of his life and his meaning around his
work learned to dispel the idea of being defined by it and he starts to realize...
what if they're the monster. Even the cover art is symbolic of the arc of the novel you can see the
light variations from left to right like you read the pages in a book going from dark to light. The
house is precariously positioned like the tipping point towards the skyline of a beautiful sun,
promising new horizons and the change of the status quo. This my friends is a good ass book.
I heard that some people cry during this novel each their own. I'm the type of person who cries
at everything i don't like animals and i cried at Marley And Me. Did you guys cry reading this novel
because i was like where are you crying? I prefer this to miss peregrine's home for particular chil-
what. If you have a good book suggestion hit me up but do let me know if you like these
essay-ish types of reflections subscribe if you want to be a g and i'll see you next time bye now