A review by the_crooked_neighbor
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

challenging emotional 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

The author gives fair warning of all the triggers but I really wanted to read it given how much I liked House on the Cerulean Sea. I should not have read this book. But I did so here is my review. It is really slow to start and then moves with the anxious pace that Wallace himself feels at the end. It was hard for me to get through because of how long it took to get into. If you can get past the hard topics and the slow beginning I do think it pays off to some degree.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Child death, Chronic illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Body horror