Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

29 reviews

kaneebli's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Confinement, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Sexual harassment

daniofthewood's review against another edition

dark hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Violence, and Car accident

Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

abijmieds's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Torture, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

thebooknookreviews's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement and Death

zoeelora's review against another edition

Apparently sexual harassment is funny?? This book has potential but I just cannot get over the uncomfortable dialog and situational humor. I enjoyed the philosophical parts though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Grief, and Sexual harassment

vvabecca's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

dragon_lord's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

Minor: Animal death

theaceofpages's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Wallace is sent to a tea house run by a mix of the living and the dead to  accept his death and grow as a person before he moves on. I have heard a lot of good things abut Klune so was interested in trying his books. Most have waitlists at my library,  but this one didn't so I thought I'd give it a try, even though there are others that sound more interesting to me (and I'll probably still try at least one of these so I can see if it's the author or the book that annoyed me). While it wasn't bad, I didn't feel particularly invested in the story either. It was okay, but I was expecting more for how much this book is praised. 

I was rather bored for the first third or so. Nothing really happened? It also annoyed me that Wallace, this supposedly cruel man, suddenly did a complete 180 in terms of personality. While big events can definitely change a person, this didn't exactly feel natural. Then we reach the more interesting part of the book. We have gotten to know the characters a bit better and we see how the tea house functions. And then we get to the end. Which, again, I did not like all that much. It felt a bit forced and heavy handed, but I can also tell why people would enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

kathleenivy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

On today's episode of Books that Made My Partner Say "You Good?": Under the Whispering Door

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Terminal illness, Medical content, and Car accident