📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚 Under the Whispering Door
AUTHOR: T.J. Klune @tjklunebooks
Publisher: Tor Books @torbooks
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐1/2 + 🐢
Published: September 21, 2021
The Review 📚 Under the Whispering Door
✨ The Title/Cover Draw:
- I loved T.J. Klune’s previous book “House on the Cerulean Sea” so this was one of my most anticipated books for this year. Thanks to Tor Books and @Netgalley for allowing me to read this ahead of publication.
💜 What I liked:
- The characters, as always, are deep, complex and loveable. The location is magical and fun. This book really touched me in the end, making the heavy subject of death very thought provoking.
😱 What I didn’t like:
- This book kinda dragged for me until past the halfway mark. But people had said there was a payoff and they were right. The end is very heartfelt.
🚦 My face at the end: 😹
💭 3 Reasons to Read:
- 1. Magical Tea Shop
- 2. Thoughts about the afterlife
- 3. Ghost Dog
🕧 Mini-Summary:
- After not being a well-liked person, Wallace finds himself dead and at a halfway point between life and death that looks like a tea shop. The ferryman, Hugo, is working to get him to move on.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.
📘 Summary 📚 Under the Whispering Door
When a reaper comes to collect Wallace Price from his own funeral, Wallace suspects he really might be dead.
Instead of leading him directly to the afterlife, the reaper takes him to a small village. On the outskirts, off the path through the woods, tucked between mountains, is a particular tea shop, run by a man named Hugo. Hugo is the tea shop’s owner to locals and the ferryman to souls who need to cross over.
But Wallace isn’t ready to abandon the life he barely lived. With Hugo’s help he finally starts to learn about all the things he missed in life.
When the Manager, a curious and powerful being, arrives at the tea shop and gives Wallace one week to cross over, Wallace sets about living a lifetime in seven days.
Under the Whispering Door is a contemporary fantasy about a ghost who refuses to cross over and the ferryman he falls in love with.