Under the Whispering Door in Turn of a Page

Jul 14, 2022 Trisha rated it really liked it

"It’s beautiful, even when it hurts."

I hesitate to say this one was cute. There were many cute moments in it and moments that melted my heart and made me swoon a bit. It's a bit of a love story - but it's a love story about finding life and finding love and finding. . .what life means.

This is the story of Wallace and the day he died. But it's so much more than that. It's about the reaper and the ferryman and about what happens after we're gone. There are so many tough topics tackled in this st ...more

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Feb 12, 2022 Meera rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, paranormal-romance

This took me a long while to get into. It wasn't the characters. It was that not much was happening. But I should have trusted the author. It did finally grab me when the book started to deal more seriously with grief and loss. While I still didn't like it as much as the The House in the Cerulean Sea, this was good in its own way. ...more

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Sep 06, 2021 Avigail rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle, 5-stars, ebook, e-arc, 2021, netgalley

Firstly I would like to thank Netgalley & Macmillan-Tor/Forge, Tor Books for the opportunity to receive a complimentary copy of this book. The opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. It is also my first T. J Klune book that I read and for sure not the last one.
I enjoyed the book more because on my mind while I was reading it, I had scenes from the movie "Ghost" with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwin & Vicent Schiavelli.
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Aug 18, 2024 Susan rated it really liked it

I really liked this book but it was not as amazing as The House in the Cerulean Sea. That book to me was such a good and heart warming book. This book had me laughing on a couple occasions and I was happy about that.

I loved all the characters in this book. I didn't love Wallace in the beginning but that was the idea. Hugo and Nelson were top tier characters and Mei was amazing. I loved when she was angry because she was prone to get knives out and go after those customers she dislikes in the tea ...more

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Nov 04, 2021 Catsalive rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021

Although this book isn't populated by teenagers - quite the contrary -, it feels like an adolescent story. I'm not quite sure why, perhaps the underdeveloped emotions & tedious navel-gazing. It's all very twee, anyway. Purportedly about grief & grieving, living life, and a love story, I mostly found it fairly flat & emotionless - all the right words were there but they mostly left me cold and thinking, "just get on with it".

It should have been interesting but it just didn't deliver. I found myse ...more

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Aug 25, 2021 Gina Marie ~books are my drug of choice~ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: m-m-books, paranormal, psychics-extra-abilities, disabilities-ptsd, m-m-romance, romance, contemporary, fantasy, hea-hfn, dark

This book is completely different from anything else I have ever read by Mr Klune. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started and in the beginning I absolutely hated one of the MCs. I think most people will. There are other less than likeable characters but he is the one who undergoes the most positive changes.
This one is book book about death, change, growth, self-awareness, love, acceptance and moving on. Fortunately these weighty issues are not handled with a heavy hand. Yes there are discu ...more

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Apr 21, 2024 Rachel N. rated it liked it

Shelves: play-book-tag, death, ghosts, gridlock, read-in-2024, steeplechase

Wallace realizes he's dead when he shows up at his own funeral. Mei, who is a reaper, appears and takes Wallace to Charon's Tea House which is run by Hugo, a ferryman. Hugo is there to ease Wallace and other dead people to what comes next. When they are ready dead people can travel through a door at the top of the tea shop. My main problem with the book is that the whole ferryman system didn't make a lot of sense. With how many people that die every day there would need to be a lot more ferrymen ...more

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Oct 09, 2022 Hayley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, mm

Tj is one of my favorite authors, i like his humor and style. Is it rambling, yes, is it filled with irreverent humor, also yes. Is it filled with a cast of misfit characters who work hard to make the main character see the error of his ways and grow in some meaningful way. Of course. I liked the story and it's take on death and death's journey. If you are looking for some serious, though provoking words on death that will rip your heart our and rebuild you, be sure to read Tj's Into This River ...more

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