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A review by libraryofpeculiar
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
4.5
T.J. Klune is climbing the ladder and becoming one of my favorite autors. This book was super fun and insteresting, I'm always a huge fan of books that deal with what comes after death. Do we become these "ghosts", does our soul roam around until it's ready to leave the earth etc. And I think this was one beautiful, emotional but also lighthearted way of doing it. I really enjoyed it.
At first I wasn't a fan of Wallace, he was such a dick... but I also found him hilarious. Hugo and the Co were adorable and I fell in love with them instantly.
I basically enjoyed everything about this book and it's really hard for me to point out what bothered me because nothing did. Except for this one thing, which was the book being little bit naive. I assume Wallace (and Hugo) to be 30 something. If we look at Wallace's career of him being super successful lawyer with his own firm and an ex-wife, he can't be younger than that. So I found it quite naive how Wallace had this whe rebrainding in only one week. Suddey regretting everything, seeing what he was like etc. in only one week. But I guess love does wonders to a person? Speaking of love, that also felt naive. We never got any scenes of Hugo and Wallace that might indicate them falling in love, sure we knew they had those talks but they were only briefly mentioned and all their interaction was with Nelson and Mae (+other side characters that would come and go). So them suddenly being so deeply in love was like ??? Their relationship lacked some building — it was all bones but no meat. But it was cute. They are super cute and I'm in love with love so I'll let it slide.
But despite that it was an amazing book and I love Klune's writing style and the way he tells a story. I can't wait to read more by him. And one more thing, I do recommend this book but I don't thing you would enjoy it if you don't like insta love and naively written stories where everything magically turns out to be good. I do, because I'm a sucker for an emotional happy ending.
At first I wasn't a fan of Wallace, he was such a dick... but I also found him hilarious. Hugo and the Co were adorable and I fell in love with them instantly.
I basically enjoyed everything about this book and it's really hard for me to point out what bothered me because nothing did. Except for this one thing, which was the book being little bit naive. I assume Wallace (and Hugo) to be 30 something. If we look at Wallace's career of him being super successful lawyer with his own firm and an ex-wife, he can't be younger than that. So I found it quite naive how Wallace had this whe rebrainding in only one week. Suddey regretting everything, seeing what he was like etc. in only one week. But I guess love does wonders to a person? Speaking of love, that also felt naive. We never got any scenes of Hugo and Wallace that might indicate them falling in love, sure we knew they had those talks but they were only briefly mentioned and all their interaction was with Nelson and Mae (+other side characters that would come and go). So them suddenly being so deeply in love was like ??? Their relationship lacked some building — it was all bones but no meat. But it was cute. They are super cute and I'm in love with love so I'll let it slide.
But despite that it was an amazing book and I love Klune's writing style and the way he tells a story. I can't wait to read more by him. And one more thing, I do recommend this book but I don't thing you would enjoy it if you don't like insta love and naively written stories where everything magically turns out to be good. I do, because I'm a sucker for an emotional happy ending.