Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

51 reviews

oliverreeds'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? It's complicated

5.0

amazing. im crying. at first i was like eh and then i picked it up again and kept going this time and realized how wonderful it is. cheesiness be damned. let adult books be hopeful

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aexileigh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

spookyiggy's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, and Death of parent

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Dysphoria

trin_16's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

While the beginning was hard for me to really get into at first, once he met the other characters, I really was able to start enjoying the writing. By the end of the book, I was sobbing in the best way possible. This book was unlike what I expected it to be and for that I'm very thankful for it. Very heartfelt, and the writing made me feel like I was one with the rest of the characters. 10/10

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, and Suicide

wormgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Car accident

Minor: Abandonment

abbiechron's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

I thought I had the ending worked out about halfway through the book. I was incredibly wrong, and completely shocked. I read this after The House in the Cerulean Sea, which I HAD guessed the ending correctly, but not with this one.

Klune makes you think. I didn't know what to expect of this book. There were tears, conversations that followed with loved ones, and a tangible hook stinging my heart.

I was somewhat disappointed with the character development. It seemed to happen all at once in the first half of the book, and then the rest was moreso based upon building up to the ending with more of an emphasis on the character interactions and relationships.

By relationships, I mostly meant between Hugo and Wallace. I adored the change in Wallace's heart, but it was almost too predictable in terms of the narrative of horrible-person-turned-lovable and felt very Christmas Carol-esque.

I loved what Nelson and Apollo and Mei added. They were the rainbow to the already warm and welcoming sun shining through the decay and rot of death.

I WAS for sure expecting Nelson to cross by the end (knowing Hugo was in good hands with Wallace; and I honestly thought Nelson was going to take Wallace's place in regards to the "forced" cross that The Manager was planning on enforcing a week after his initial visit), but did not expect Apollo to go with him, that broke my heart...

Was in a way, grateful for the ambiguity of The Manager.

Highly recommend for those ready to involve themselves in this darker read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Blood

e_claire's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, and Suicide

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring 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

4.0

A beautiful read examining grief, love, death, and moving forward all in Klune's usual humorous style. I enjoyed all of the character growth throughout, and liked seeing so many versions of moving forward. Unfortunately, I never quite bought into Wallace as a cruel, horrid character despite the first few chapters because he doesn't seem to stick to that identity for long, which made it hard to buy into his character overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

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

jamiebrito's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, and Death of parent