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In the Lives of Puppets
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A NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER!
New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you deep into the heart of a peculiar forest and on the extraordinary journey of a family assembled from spare parts.
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This book is first and foremost, a work of fantasy. Unimaginable ideas and characters woven through the pages of the story. Yet, throughout, one question beckons: Will you dare to believe in impossible things?
Incredibly written, moving, and heartbreaking, yet filled with hope for something new when all seems lost.
Incredibly written, moving, and heartbreaking, yet filled with hope for something new when all seems lost.
I normally love TJ Klune but this story felt wooden. The repeated references to genitals and bowel movements was uncomfortable for me and the characters. Things I loved from previous Klune novels did not work here at all. The post-apocalyptic robotic run society felt too much like it had embraced the dark side of humans with no real back story for it. I can see how someone would like this story. If I look at it from surface level it's decent b...read more
loved every bit of this. I mean Rambo and Nurse Ratchet are just amazing. I sobbed through the whole last section.
This was a delightful mash up. Kind of a steampunk Pinocchio with a little Wizard of Oz thrown in for fun. I enjoyed my time with Victor and Gio, Nurse Ratchet, Rambo and Hap. Each character was carefully drawn and lived into their role in this adventure. The most significant aspect of the adventure was the discovery of self, and an understanding of the importance of community. Gio and his son Victor are inventors. They routinely plunder the...read more
T.J. Klune had me with The House in the Cerulean Sea (I laughed, I cried) and now with In the Lives of Puppets (I laughed, I gasped, I cried). Protect T.J. Klune, he’s a treasure.
Victor Lawson is a regular guy, living in a treehouse of such magnitude that the Swiss Family Robinson would be jealous. He lives with his dad, Gio, and his vacuum, Rambo, and Nurse Ratched.
Oh. Victor is the only human. Even dad, Gio, is a robot. We’re set somewhere in ...read more
Victor Lawson is a regular guy, living in a treehouse of such magnitude that the Swiss Family Robinson would be jealous. He lives with his dad, Gio, and his vacuum, Rambo, and Nurse Ratched.
Oh. Victor is the only human. Even dad, Gio, is a robot. We’re set somewhere in ...read more
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