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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

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erikagibson126's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

😭😭😭

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kananineko's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.5


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ju_harue's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

"Se você viver o suficiente para aprender a amar alguém, conhecerá o luto em um momento ou outro. É assim que o mundo funciona."

E você TJ Klune, tem um jeito especial de de levar histórias tão importantes, marcantes pra nós, neste mundo. Termino chorando (que novidade kkkk).
Amei demais essa história, me pegou em assuntos sensíveis, mas o autor é muito especial, responsável na abordagem. Não tem como não ser mais um favorito do autor.

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bussmanbooks3000's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny 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? Yes

4.5


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themdash's review against another edition

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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


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raptorq's review

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emotional hopeful 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

5.0


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julesbarthe10's review

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

5.0

Heartwarming, deeply moving, inspirational, and light hearted while still discussing some very hard subjects. So far both books i have read by this author have touched me deeply and made me have hope for any preteens/adults who also read the deeper messages in his books. 

Wallace was not a great person, his life revolved around his job as a lawyer and getting business done each day. He spent his most of his adult life being strict on rules and having no leeway. When Wallace dies of a heart attack and his reaper Mae comes to retrieve him he is very unaccepting to the fact he is indeed dead and there is no turning back from that. Mae brings Wallace to the way station for souls (a cute little tea shop) run by Hugo the ferryman. Hugo and Mae are humans and alive who help souls carry over who struggle with accepting their death. Wallace must now face all the things he will miss, all the things he should/shouldn't have done, all the wrongs he cant make right, and he must find his own closure so that he may move on. The "manager", an almighty being who trains the ferrymen and reapers, tells Wallace he has become a distraction to Hugo and Mae and gives Wallace a week deadline before he will be forced to go through the door to carry over. What all has Wallace learned and what will he due with his time left, especially when he has grown so found of Hugo and Mae and also the Hugo's ghost grandpa and service dog?

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third_bookworm's review against another edition

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hopeful lighthearted 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

3.0

Sweet, but kind of flat. Seemed like it was trying very hard to be inoffensive, at the expense of being interesting. But I think mostly I was just not the target audience for this book; it was fine, but not particularly to my taste.

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larbster90's review

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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


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xandra1412's review

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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

3.0


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