When the reaper comes to collect him at his own funeral, Wallace Price, a soulless lawyer obsessed with all the wrong things, finds himself taken to a small tea shop tucked into the mountains. Given one week until he needs to pass on, Wallace decides to lives as much as he can in the next seven days with the help of the kind tea shop owner who is assigned to assist Wallace.

Many readers are going to love Under the Whispering Door, raving about the profound truths conveyed through wry humor and quirky characters.

Unfortunately, I am not one of them. To me, Under the Whispering Door felt like it was trying to hard to be meaningful. The tongue-in-cheek humor just isn't my style, so I decided not to finish this one.

If you liked Fredrik Backman's Anxious People, you'll likely love this book. Else, I'd skip this one.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Tor Books. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.