Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

510 reviews

meecespieces's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

Graphic: Grief and Death

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

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

lonelylooper's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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

Moderate: Death

Minor: Sexual content and Suicide

yoursam's review against another edition

emotional inspiring fast-paced

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

4.0

"Untethered," he said finally.
She took her hand in his, [...] "I've got you."

I like stories about how being human is very much about reaching out, about growing with the help of others, about yes maybe you could do it alone but you don't have to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Murder and Suicide

chelseylb1988's review against another edition

challenging emotional 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: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Child death, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, and Death of parent

sarahemhavens's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

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

permanme's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

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

ekmcaulay's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Suicide

hannahloveslit's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Car accident, Terminal illness, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

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