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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

130 reviews

karwc's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

ohyeah_karyn's review

dark 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: Cancer, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

vvabecca's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

madelinedalton's review

adventurous emotional hopeful 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide, and Medical content

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: Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, and Suicide

Minor: Racism and Sexual content

blue_roses's review

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 and Death of parent

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

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: Death and Murder

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

jennyrackel'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder