This book. This book this book this book. I, like Linus Baker himself, was not expecting to be so charmed and swept away by the little house in the cerulean sea, and yet, here I am, crying. This book is so special and so, so dear. It is so idealistic and so hopeful and so silly, and so exacting in its mission to absolutely shred your heart. There is so much I want to say, but I don't know how to articulate it. Just read it and see for yourself.