Reviews tagging Confinement

Under the Whispering Door, by TJ Klune

11 reviews

jlaz_13's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.5

 TJ Klune has done it again! He made me sob like no one's business. As someone who has a difficult relationship with death, this book ripped my heart apart and then stitched it back together. It was a good source of catharsis for me. I don't know how to explain how much I love his writing style. I will continue to read any of his adult fiction books! 425/10 will recommend and read again! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, and Self harm

Minor: Bullying, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Confinement, and Animal death

izypup's review

emotional hopeful inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment, Racism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

kyrstin_p1989's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

Slow start to this book but well worth the incredible ending. Klune creates complex characters that you can’t help but fall in love with. The plot of this novel is mystical and unbelievable while also being realistic, warm, and homey. My new favorite understanding of what happens when we die — this book is reassuring and helps us think about a topic that can be scary and confusing through a new lens. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Grief, Injury/injury detail, Car accident, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, and Child death

headachesince03's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Murder, Self harm, Cancer, Child death, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, Suicide, Abandonment, Car accident, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Chronic illness, Violence, Body horror, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Sexual content and Homophobia

julesadventurezone's review

challenging emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Violence, Death of parent, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, and Death

ridesthesun's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

Dear God in heaven, this book 😭😭😭😭

What a deeply beautiful story. This is an exploration of grief that is so completely hopeful and genuine, I don't have words. The relationships, the found family, the growth. It's just great stuff. 

Hilarious and sweet and tragic aka IT'S MY SHIT PLEASE READ THIS BOOK 

(do mind the trigger warnings though, this one deals with some heavy topics)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Death, Grief, Violence, Blood, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Confinement and Animal death

amibo's review

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Animal death and Confinement

purplatypus's review

funny hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Infidelity, and Sexual content

kkamarin's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Terminal illness

theleppy's review

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

I absolutlely LOVED this book. TJ Klune's characters just check all the right boxes for me. The main character grows and changes from the start of the story to the end and the supporting characters all get the right amount of time to make you love them too. His language is also beautiful. There are rich detailed descriptions in the right places but he doesn't over do it and bog the story down. The tea shop is such a tangible place by the end it's nearly a character of it's own. 

And by the gods this is LGBTQ+ rep the right way. 

TJ Klune's next book is a guaranteed pre-order from me after reading this. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts