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A review by chronicreader96
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
5.0
Rounded up from around 4.5 Stars ⭐️
Under the whispering door follows Wallace, recently deceased. He is collected by a Reaper and taken to Hugo, a ferryman who will help him to cross over. But Wallace is reluctant to let go of the world he knows.
This book would have been a solid 5 stars for me if it weren’t for the first 60%-70% of the book. I enjoyed it, it made me laugh a lot and I loved the characters. But it just felt slow, and relatively uneventful. That being said, I think it did really help me to connect with the characters in the novel, I just found my attention waning at times. However, I loved the last section of this book. It was exciting and incredibly emotional. I cried so hard I got a headache! I love that this book had me laughing out loud and sobbing until it hurt.
I also loved the representation in this book. With characters of colour and/or from the LGBTQ+ community. It’s beautiful to be able to read a book with representation. I particularly fell in love with Mei and Nelson. Mei felt so vivid in my mind, I’ve never quite connected with a character like I did with her and I will definitely feel a little lost without her. I haven’t read The House in the Cerulean Sea yet, so I cannot compare the two. But as my first step into TJ Klune’s novels I loved it!
I would recommend this to any fantasy novel lovers who like representation and emotional moments in their novels! Please be aware there are some possible trigger warnings in relation to this book.
Under the whispering door follows Wallace, recently deceased. He is collected by a Reaper and taken to Hugo, a ferryman who will help him to cross over. But Wallace is reluctant to let go of the world he knows.
This book would have been a solid 5 stars for me if it weren’t for the first 60%-70% of the book. I enjoyed it, it made me laugh a lot and I loved the characters. But it just felt slow, and relatively uneventful. That being said, I think it did really help me to connect with the characters in the novel, I just found my attention waning at times. However, I loved the last section of this book. It was exciting and incredibly emotional. I cried so hard I got a headache! I love that this book had me laughing out loud and sobbing until it hurt.
I also loved the representation in this book. With characters of colour and/or from the LGBTQ+ community. It’s beautiful to be able to read a book with representation. I particularly fell in love with Mei and Nelson. Mei felt so vivid in my mind, I’ve never quite connected with a character like I did with her and I will definitely feel a little lost without her. I haven’t read The House in the Cerulean Sea yet, so I cannot compare the two. But as my first step into TJ Klune’s novels I loved it!
I would recommend this to any fantasy novel lovers who like representation and emotional moments in their novels! Please be aware there are some possible trigger warnings in relation to this book.