Under the Whispering Door

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TJ Klune: Under the Whispering Door (2022, Pan Macmillan)

English language

Published Nov. 5, 2022 by Pan Macmillan.

ISBN:
978-1-5290-8799-4
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3 stars (1 review)

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Not my cup of tea

3 stars

This is the first book I read for the book club my friends and I have now. We're following the illumicrate calendar. Reading the description, I expected this to be a fun romp but it's really more of a slow romance. Unfortunately, I found almost all characters annoying. Mei (the reaper) verges on manic pixie dream girl and Nelson comes off as pretty mean. Even though Wallace is very unsympathetic I couldn't help but feel exasperated on his behalf as Mei and Nelson weren't very helpful or were even having him on, given that finding out you're dead is a difficult situation to be in. They grow more sympathetic over time, though. After the initial excitement the book is rather slow moving and I lost interest. Not sure I would have finished it if it wasn't a book club book. The pace picks up again in the second half and …