A review by joinreallife
Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune

3.0

For fans of The Good Place and A Christmas Carol, I guess? And also, of course, House in the Cerulean Sea, although this one is definitely more overtly dark than that one. Personally, I had a hard time feeling emotionally connected to the main characters, especially because I realized the thing that makes me not love TJ Klune's "whimsical" books as much as other people is that the love interest is basically a manic pixie dream girl, with no development or growth except what aids the main character. I honestly felt the most connected to a bit character. This one felt pretty intentionally emotionally manipulative - like talking to a grieving mom about things only she and her dead daughter shared to get her to accept her child's death - and I'm not quite sure how I personally feel about that, but I have a feeling that other people are going to really like this one because it's some Up-type shit, and people loved that.

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