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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

96 reviews

knunderb's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

Such a beautiful, unique, and heartwarming book. I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Child death

Moderate: Animal death, Suicide, and Cancer

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

blue_roses's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad fast-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: Death of parent and Death

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer

sas_lk's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Thank you for our beautiful humanity. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Child death

billey28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Death

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

jennyrackel's review against another edition

challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Terminal illness, and Child 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: Murder, Suicide, Cancer, Child death, Death of parent, and Animal death

booksemmahasread's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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: Grief and Death

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, and Medical content

Minor: Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Suicide, Animal death, and Terminal illness

abibliophobic_nerd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, and Cancer

Minor: Car accident

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: Grief and Death

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

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

tnm94's review against another edition

emotional hopeful slow-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

3.25

I almost dnf'ed this and I'm so glad I didn't. 

The first half was not for me. Wallace is such a comically unlikable that I cared very little about him and his quest to become a better person. The hijinks and misunderstandings that make up the humor were too cartoonish for my tastes. I loved Hugo and the other characters and was intrigued by the mystery of Cameron so I pushed through (and uped my audiobook speed from 1.5x to 2x)

About halfway through, Wallace finally grew on me and I began to care about what happens to him. Here is where I feel that the author's theme and prose and character growth begin to shine. I went from not even wanting to finish the book to weeping through the last third of it.

While I very much enjoyed the ending, it didn't make up for the slough of the beginning. Still, I am glad to have read it and recommend it for stubborn readers who want their fantasy warm and cozy. You will want a cup of tea nearby as you read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Murder, Child death, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, and Cancer