OK after talking about this in a groupchat, I had to make this poll
If you've read The House in the Cerulean Sea...
Did you imagine it based in the USA, or did you imagine it based in the UK?
I am from the USA, & read it as being based in the USA
I am from the USA, & read it as being based in the UK
I am from the UK, & read it as being based in the USA
I am from the UK, & read it as being based in the UK
I am from neither of these places & read it as being based in the USA
I am from neither of these places & read it as being based in the UK
Nuance: "based in" = "based in a world identical to" OR "based in a world heavily inspired by"
I personally read it as being based in a USA-centric world. But in the groupchat, someone pointed out that a lot of the features of the HITCS universe are more reflective of 20th Century UK, not USA. So now I'm curious how others experienced the book.
