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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

29 reviews

auburnivy's review

emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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

4.75

I don’t like thinking about death of my loved ones so this was a more difficult read however it was done so well and I’m absolutely in love with all the characters, especially how I hated Wallace at the beginning and was crying for him at the end 
Amazing book with an amazing story I’m obsessed 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, and Sexual harassment

katherinek's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense 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

Moderate: Death, Sexual harassment, Murder, and Death of parent

Minor: Animal death

murderofcrowel's review

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

Graphic: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Cancer, Murder, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Death of parent, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

kelseyr713's review

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious 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

I’m living with fresh grief, so this really hit hard for me. The quality of writing is a little stiff at times, and I wish we got to know the characters a bit more, but because of how much I was invested in the story and everyone’s relationships, I can overlook those things. Whimsical, funny, and poignant. I was sobbing through reading towards the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Animal death, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Child death, and Death of parent

hcrawfo3's review

adventurous 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Grief, and Car accident

nevermoregothic's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Terminal illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Animal death

Minor: Murder, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Cancer

chiaralzr's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Terminal illness, Violence, and Suicide

amberlen's review against another edition

emotional 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

2.5

Popsugar 2023 reading challenge #46: a book with a pet character

This story was sorta mediocre. I kept expecting to finally get into it, to fully root for these characters like I did with Cerulean Sea but it never happened. That's not to say that I actively disliked the characters, setting, plot etc. but it was all just okay. Did I cry? Duh, it's a book about death. But even so, I find very literal depictions of the afterlife not that interesting

, and the happy ending, Wallace basically eluding death, felt a little like a cop out (and also predictable)

. The author said that they were processing their own feelings of grief while writing the book, and that's fair, but it didn't really work for me.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Sexual harassment

niliii's review

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

This book made me cry in the very best way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Panic attacks/disorders

thoughtsontomes's review

emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective sad 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

4.0

This is a slow story about death and grief. The first half I didn't connect to quite as much and that's mostly because out MC is an asshole. Truly the worst. The worst to read about. And I didn't quite get what the others ever saw in him as far as having any hope. That seemed a little forced. But by the end I started to like him and pull for him. All of the different explorations of grief and death can be a little heavy (check trigger warnings please) and there are times the character dialogue can feel a little preachy, but overall I really enjoyed it. I like what TJ Klune does with emotional topics as well as the exploration of death as a kind of bureaucracy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Suicide and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual harassment