Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

159 reviews

__ashli_'s review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

This is the first book to make me cry in quite some time. It’s hard to imagine a book so centered around death and grief to be so vibrantly colorful and comforting, but TJ Klune has done it. While some plot points felt predictable, the book leaves you attached to multiple characters. It’s an easy read that can leave you feeling all kinds of emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Suicide, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, 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

vael's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

raintje'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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief

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

Minor: Racism, Homophobia, Car accident, Cancer, and Terminal illness

zumo's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, and Animal death

eggfartz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

rebeccadiv's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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

4.0

I overall really enjoyed this book despite some critiques. I loved the characters and ugly cried a lot. I do feel some level of disappointment about the ending and at times the storyline seemed all over the place but I loved the characters so much that it ended up evening out.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Animal death

Moderate: Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Suicide

em_gauts'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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, and Murder

katy_bee's review against another edition

mysterious reflective 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

3.25

I enjoyed reading this. I don't think it's as good as the House by the Cerulean Sea, and from memory some of the characterisation is quite similar. Some of it felt a bit cartoonish- especially early Wallace being an awful human. But the writing is very readable and the relationship were well built

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Child death, Suicide, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

adalinemccormick's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Mental illness, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Homophobia