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A review by eviecheesepuff
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
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
5.0
This feels like if A Christmas Carol met Beetlejuice BUT make it gay 🌈
Our MC Wallace is equal times an asshole and dead. His reaper, Mae (a literal queen 🙌) takes him to a super cute teahouse to adjust to his new ghost/deceased status until he can move on. Problem? Hard to move on when you fall in love with your personally assigned ferryman 😉
The characters were overwhelmingly cute and funny. We have grumpy x sunshine, a ghost dog, lots of sarcastic humor and tons of queerness.
However ⚠️ the plot deals with very heavy subjects like anxiety and a lot of death in many different ways (suicide, murder, natural death) going in depth. So if you think that might be too much, it would probably be wiser to skip this one and take care of yourself 💜
I decided to pick this up after loving The House On the Cerulean Sea and I was not disappointed! Definitely 5 out of 5 tea cups!
Lessons learned,
- “Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.” Goddamn it! I'm not crying, you are!
- “Anxiety is…a betrayal, my brain and body working against me.“ I’m using this line on my next doctor's visit.
- Unexpectedly this book has very interesting commentary on how society views suicide victims and how mistreated they are after the fact, specially by religion. I agree completely and definitely wish people where kinder when remembering those who suffered so much 😔💚
notes
- “The Manager“ is giving me the same vibe as “The Collector” from #owlhouse …
- After doing some research I found out that TJ Klune’s husband, Eric Arvin, died on 2016. That gave me some insight on how the characters in this book deal with grief and loss. I’m sorry for your loss TJ, I hope you’re doing ok.
Our MC Wallace is equal times an asshole and dead. His reaper, Mae (a literal queen 🙌) takes him to a super cute teahouse to adjust to his new ghost/deceased status until he can move on. Problem? Hard to move on when you fall in love with your personally assigned ferryman 😉
The characters were overwhelmingly cute and funny. We have grumpy x sunshine, a ghost dog, lots of sarcastic humor and tons of queerness.
However ⚠️ the plot deals with very heavy subjects like anxiety and a lot of death in many different ways (suicide, murder, natural death) going in depth. So if you think that might be too much, it would probably be wiser to skip this one and take care of yourself 💜
I decided to pick this up after loving The House On the Cerulean Sea and I was not disappointed! Definitely 5 out of 5 tea cups!
Lessons learned,
- “Never forget where you come from, but don’t allow it to define you.” Goddamn it! I'm not crying, you are!
- “Anxiety is…a betrayal, my brain and body working against me.“ I’m using this line on my next doctor's visit.
- Unexpectedly this book has very interesting commentary on how society views suicide victims and how mistreated they are after the fact, specially by religion. I agree completely and definitely wish people where kinder when remembering those who suffered so much 😔💚
notes
- “The Manager“ is giving me the same vibe as “The Collector” from #owlhouse …
- After doing some research I found out that TJ Klune’s husband, Eric Arvin, died on 2016. That gave me some insight on how the characters in this book deal with grief and loss. I’m sorry for your loss TJ, I hope you’re doing ok.