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TJ Klune's latest novel, Under the Whispering Door (Macmillan-Tor), just came out last week.
This novel is about a man who is picked up at his own funeral by a reaper and taken to a tea shop where he meets a man who will help him "cross over." Our main character has to not only accept his death but go through all the stages of grief, twice actually.
The story starts with all the hope of the whimsy that Klune gave us in Cerulean Sea, but he just didn't keep it up. For that reason I just didn't love it, because it wasn't the style of writing I was looking for. And maybe that's unfair as it is a completely different work.
He does nicely work through acceptance and the stages of grief, and the character goes through quite the journey. The romantic relationship in the book again felt forced to me as it did in Cerulean Sea, but not quite as badly. This one ended up at least having some ground to stand on.
Should you read it? Do you want to read book that has a sad undertone the entire time? If so, then go for it. Check trigger warnings first as the book does discuss multiple paths to death.
A copy of this book was provided to me for review by Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
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