Bruce’s Reviews > Under the Whispering Door > Status Update

Now little bits of Supernatural & Neverwhere have presented themselves. Fascinating. Good book to read while in the psych ward.

Add Wings of Desire to the traces of homagerie I see happening. Maybe a bit of The Matrix in the training montage “I know king fu!”

Well, finally things start to fall into place. No idea if that will continue, or if I am just being the eternal optimist that I typically have been, but perhaps this novel is about being human, and the striving to be a good one. Lord knows, I've never found it easy to be OK with my efforts.

I'm not really enjoying this book; it's taking too long to get anywhere, though that may be the exact reason why I should continue, as the book's theme is all about developing patience and waiting for the answers to come naturally, once sufficient information and understanding has developed. I just don't feel I have the time to wait for this.

Peeved that I have to write this again… my initial take that this will be Dead Like Me handles Arthur Dent has been reinforced, though there's a bit of Groundhog Day in here too. I hope the main character breaks out of his cosmology soon. I'm not keen on spending too much time with assholes as they try and bend reality to their will.

Chapter One did an estimable job of establishing a primary character, and how he sees the world as a well oiled machine that will run to his specifications. His death at the end of the chapter through apparent heart failure will carry through. Intrigued.