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I was not expecting Under the Whispering Door to be so slow and philosophical. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a bad book, and I still enjoyed reading it. However, I was definitely expecting something more like The House in the Cerulean Sea, especially since the publisher chose THAT cover and chose to market this book THAT way.
Anyway, I think you’ll like this one if you enjoy reading slower paced books that focus more on philosophy and solving life’s mysteries. That’s not my favourite, pesonally. I found the world building to be very intriguing, though, and that’s the main thing that kept me reading.
The main character, Wallace, is being marketed as being a massive knob. He’s horrible when he’s alive and upon dying he realises he probably should have been a better person. I feel like this all came on way too quickly, especially considering the early reviews that talked about what a butt the main character is and it put some people off the book. He really wasn’t that bad.
I didn’t like the romance between Wallace and Hugo, just because it was SO RUSHED. One minute Hugo was just being lovely and friendly and then all of a sudden they’re in love with one another and they can’t be apart. I didn’t understand the build up. I felt similarly about the relationship in THITCS, though, however that relationship was so much better and CUTER.
Check this one out if you want, but go into it knowing it’s not really anything like The House in the Cerulean Sea and trying to compare the two will leave you disappointed. You may like this one, but for me it wasn’t what I was expecting, and I don’t love slow paced books anyway.
Becky @ A Fool’s Ingenuity says
I’m sorry to hear you didn’t love this one. It’s definitely being marketed as being similar to THITCS with that cover and everything but I’ll go into it with an open mind. I definitely thought THITCS was a slower paced book very much focused on the character development with a slower plot so hopefully that will give me the same vibes.
Georgia @ Lost in Neverland says
I don’t really like slow paced books so I think I’ll give this a miss. Great review!