The beginning is my favorite, with no one having quite the eye for making fun of corporate drones the way Klune does. As I'm reading it, I kept having this feeling of deja vu, like I've already read the same exact thing before. Hardly anything happens from the beginning of this story to the end. But there isn't much in that tale and we never go past skin-deep, so a lot of the passages and conversations feel repetitive and cliché. We are essentially following Wallace as he learns to be a better person and accept his fate. The story is very drawn out for what it contains. But when it's all said and done, does this book add anything new or interesting to the discussion? It pains me to say that my answer is no. Those are worthwhile topics, no doubt about that. They slowly get under his skin and show him that there is more to life than he ever realized.Īt its heart, this is a book that contemplates what it means to be alive and how to come to terms with death.
Something like that can't possibly happen to him! But then he meets his reaper and ferryman, and he's in for the surprise of his life. So when he keels over one day and just dies, he's shocked and angry. Uptight corporate soldier Wallace Price thinks he has it all: money, career, and success. But in the end, it never quite materialized into the profound story it should've been. Under the Whispering Door seems to have everything going for it, with an intriguing premise, quirky characters, and T.J.
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