Under the Whispering Door Book Reviews

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heart felt and funny. I cried reading some passages and laughed out loud at others. Clear your expectations and just read it.

This is an uplifting and, at times, heartbreaking story. Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune Wallace is told he has one week to cross over to the afterlife, so now he decides he must try living an entire lifetime in just seven days. He meets Hugo, the owner of a tea shop, Charon's Crossing, who promises to help him cross over. This is an uplifting and, at times, heartbreaking story about a life spent barely living at the office and a death spent building a home. This is a standalone LGBTQIA+ paranormal fantasy novel. I have not any other novels by this author. Check out Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune and be sure to get this standalone wherever you buy books! TAGS: fiction, LGBTQIA, paranormal, fantasy, death, dying, grief, loss, afterlife, cancer, suicide, suicidal thoughts, childhood death, adolescent death, depression, mental health MY RATING: 4/5 stars MY RATING SYSTEM: 1 star = I don't recommend the book 2 stars = I would not read the book again 3 stars = I enjoyed the book 4 stars = I liked the book and would recommend to others 5 stars = Everyone should read the book; I would read the book again & again *Thanks to NetGalley, Macmillan-Tor/Forge, & TJ Klune for providing a free eARC in exchange for my honest review #UndertheWhisperingDoor #NetGalley @NetGalley #Macmillan #MacmillanTorForge @ForgeReads #TJKlune @tjklune @tjklunebooks

Relevant, sweet and compelling. A beautiful story about life and death and love. Made me smile and cry. I didn’t want it to end but I loved the ending.

Amazing yet again. I don’t even have words to say how TJ Klume manages to tug on my heart strings. Between this and House on the Cerulean Sea I am now this author’s biggest fan. This book will make you fall in love with humanity and with the main characters - just as hard as they fall for each other.

Loved it from start to finish!. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. The story flowed so well and left me feeling inspired to live life to the fullest. The characters were so vividly portrayed that I felt as though I knew them personally. I'm sure it would make a great movie or TV series. TJ did an amazing job with this book!

Love the author. I love how the author writes as he feels. I can feel the details of the actions the character portrays. I must admit.. for someone who isn’t a fan, the author does turn me into a loyalist. This book tells of the struggle of the ferryman and the souls he ferries to the undead realm. That description was enough to intrigue me. Definitely a feel good story. P.s. spoiler: the deer in the picture is a god.

Tea and Death. If dying means going to a tea shop in the middle of the woods then I am ready to go!

Awesome. I truly enjoyed reading this book. It hand me “hooked” after the first chapter. There were several times that I laughed out loud and several times that I felt empathy for the characters. This book is easily in my top 5 of favorite books.

Favorite book so far. It is thought provoking, relatable and romantic. I loved the characters in all their quirkiness! I can’t wait to read more books by this author!

Fantastic Read. I honestly love this book, but I felt like the ending didn’t quite fit. Maybe that’s just my perspective on the finality of death and reality of grief. The characters were wonderful and the writing is just as strong as The House in the Cerulean Sea.

5/5. This was such a joy to read, very much recommend.

Brilliant. It’s funny how queer representation made a book on life and death so much more powerful. Brilliant.

Delightful. A delightful tale about life, death, love and redemption.

Under the Whispering Door. Character development was fantastic, the story was very thought provoking. Life, love, pain, mystery and joy was woven throughout the book. A big thank you to everyone involved.

Hope. I really liked this book. The characters are engaging and interesting and nuanced. It’s refreshing to read a book that offers a new perspective of life and death and most importantly, hope. This novel also makes you appreciate living and that’s a real gift.

Love Transcends Death. I hadn’t realized death could be infused with such great vibrancy until TJ Klune’s “Under the Whispering Door.” It faces bereavement with a wit, charm and whimsy which softens the harsh truths it examines. As a psychologist of forty years, I was with many people in their last moments and with others who mourned. Only a few approached death like TJ Klune, running towards it with a gentle glee that lit their transition with hope, decreasing my own fears. For the rest, I wish I’d had this romance to offer them … Because it is a romance through and through. Here’s the premise. In life, Wallace was an unkind lawyer who believed the ends justified the means. After sudden death, he’s taken by a reaper, Mei (a human who can physically interact with ghosts) to meet his ferryman, Hugo. A ferryman helps the newly dead come to terms with unfinished business and get ready to enter the door to their afterlife… a door that is on the top floor of Hugo and Mei’s tea house. They’re human, after all, and need to earn a living, so they own a real bakery, which grows its tea leaves on the grounds. Also present are two ghosts who haven’t transitioned, Hugo’s dog and grandfather, Nelson. Wallace is so busy recapturing human decency that he feels more alive in death than he did before. But change is hard and slow. “Honesty was a weapon. It could be used to stab and tear and spill blood upon the earth. Wallace knew that; he had his fair share of blood on his hands because of it. But it was different, now. He was using it upon himself, and he was flayed open because of it, nerve ending exposed.” Throughout this process, Wallace’s conversations with Mei, Hugo and Nelson examine the unfairness of living past those we love, or of facing our own ultimate unknown. “Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.” Yes, I depleted a travel size tissue box while enjoying “Under the Whispering Door,” but didn’t mind or feel uncomfortable. Because as snot dribbled, I was either pondering a really wise throwaway line (“A river only moves in one direction”) or hungry, as tea and delicacies were passed out. Often I was swooning at these men’s love. Though Hugo and Wallace are unable to touch, their affection transcends sensory intimacy. What makes a novel on the dreaded topic of mortality so damned approachable? First is Mr. Klune’s vivid imagination – a tea shop to the other side, indeed! Then, he paints people with a nuanced delicacy. I recognized and loved (or love to hate) them. The plot builds until my whole world became irrelevant in my urgency to learn Wallace’s fate. And finally, Klune’s phrasing, his small details and observations, are as heady a brew as the tea Hugo serves, tea I could almost taste. I full-heartedly endorse “Under the Whispering Door,” whose great care for, and respect of its audience, proves love continues on, rescuing the living, so that we may love again. Try it and you might just to lose a little fear of death, yourself.

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