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Under the Whispering Door
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A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND INDIE BESTSELLER
One of Buzzfeed's "Best Books of 2022"!
An Indie Next Pick!
A Locus Awards Top Ten Finalist for Fantasy Novel
A Man Called Ove meets The Good Place in Under the Whispering Door, a delightful queer love story from TJ Klune, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The House in the Cerulean Sea.
Welcome to Charon's Crossing.
The tea is hot, the scones are fresh, and the dead are just passing through.
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace from his own funeral, Wallace begins to suspect he might be dead.
And when Hugo, the owner of a peculiar tea shop, promises to help him cross over, Wallace decides he's definitely dead.
But even in death he's not ready to abandon the life he barely lived, so when Wallace is given one week to cross over, he sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
Hilarious, haunting, and kind, Under the Whispering Door is an uplifting story about a life spent at the office and a death spent building a home.
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Book Details
ISBN:
9781250217349
EAN:
9781250217349
Binding:
Hardcover
Pages:
384
Authors:
Tj Klune
Publisher:
Tor Books
Published Date: 2021-21-09
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I had no idea what to expect when I began this book. A book chosen by a local book group. Under the whispering door is a lovely story about the end of life. It’s about how the end of life can actually be the beginning of a new chapter. It answers the question is there something more when we finish this life?I love that Wallace found so much more once his life had ended then he could ever have imagined. He learned how to stop being a jerk and he learned how to love and to be a friend.Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all learn those things before we die?
10/10! Absolutely a must read.
This is not the same old story. This is something different, unexpected. Interesting characters. Masterfully written. Please enjoy this with a cup of tea.
If you are well acquainted with grief, this book has a real therapeutic feeling to it, at least it did for me. Real lovely cry fest at the end.
I've typically loved TJ Klune's books for their imaginative storylines and rich, queer representation, but Under the Whispering Door didn’t land for me. Wallace felt overly cruel, Hugo too saintly, Mei a bit contrived, and Nelson simply too gruff. The premise—a callous man dies, rages against it, then slowly learns the value of kindness and redemption—had potential, but the story ultimately felt predictable and overly sentimental.
