Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

1245 reviews

huttonki's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Suicide, and Murder

librarydreams's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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

This book is beautiful: haunting (sometimes quite literally), aching with longing, and filled with lessons about the true importance of life.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Death, Child death, Mental illness, Animal death, and Grief

Minor: Car accident and Death of parent

minicakes's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, and Murder

emily3954'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, and Death

Minor: Suicide

siriface's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Suicide

halftimelord's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

I loved The House in the Cerulean Sea and was really excited to pick up Under the Whispering Door but the tone didn't particularly work for me. I'm not a big fan of YA and some of the cutsey dialogue and descriptions clashed with the serious topics the book covers. 

The story was pretty interesting, with some unexpected turns, and I liked the character of the Manager

and the fact he turned out to be a good guy in the end? Maybe not completely, but an interesting twist.

Wallace started off as SUCH an arsehole it was a bit difficult to buy his redemption, and considering his growth, some of the other characters (Desdemona, Harvey) are too one-dimensional in comparison. 

The ending with

Nelson and Hugo accepting Nelson's death was really touching and handled well. I think if I'd had read this a few months ago very soon after losing a family member it would have hit a lot harder.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide and Murder

bookishval's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Panic attacks/disorders

becah's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

If you're a hypochondriac and has death anxiety like me, it will be difficult getting through this book at first, but I'm a Klune fan so I knew I would enjoy it eventually. About halfway I could finally get into it properly and the rest of the book flew by. I cried and cried and cried and now I'm tired but satisfied. I loved the characters, the scenery and the message, a beautiful book about grief and acceptance and family.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Death

Minor: Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, and Animal death

abbysingh's review against another edition

challenging hopeful slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Forced institutionalization

keightychandelier's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful 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

devastating, hopeful, and relentlessly compassionate. a stunning book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child death and Suicide