Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

43 reviews

elijah__'s review

dark emotional funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Terminal illness

Minor: Racism

tiernanhunter's review

emotional funny hopeful relaxing 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: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Violence

oliverreeds's review

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

mpbookreviews's review

emotional 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

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Violence, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cancer, Cursing, Grief, and Suicide

askirmishofwit's review

challenging dark 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

This book felt like what would happen if Dead Like Me and The Good Place were mixed together and then served with a side-order of sentimentality. Which is to say I really loved it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Terminal illness, Animal death, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body horror, Bullying, and Infidelity

sophie42's review

adventurous hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, Suicide, and Terminal illness

Minor: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

elazza3540's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Cancer, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

kbairbooks's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense 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

This was everything.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Grief, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Child death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Car accident, Terminal illness, and Suicide

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, Murder, Grief, and Mental illness

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

Minor: Animal death and Blood

kriti's review against another edition

funny lighthearted reflective 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Death of parent

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide