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A review by apfelkistenbuch
In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune
4.5
((i wish i hadn’t read the acknowledgments 😐
if the ‘House’ discourse gave you the ick about Klune — just skip reading them. he does not seem to be sorry.))
apart from that, ‘In the lives of puppets’ is a typical Klune — cosy found family plus a small adventurous journey and an ‘Extraordinaries’ type of juvenile “haha sex” humour, which i didn’t love; but sometimes it did get a chuckle or a fond eye roll out of me. With Vic we also have an ace main character which i appreciate, but i also feel like that choice was made to stop the romance from being weirder than some ((me)) already found it to be; and not primarily bc of representation.
i didn’t know if i really wanted to read a robot/human romance story at first, and i’m still not sure about that, but it was fiiiine…. though definitely the least convincing part of the story.
i quite liked the characters, more than i thought i would (considering they are machines), and the conversations between them are so warm, and human (ironic, i know), and wise.
So even though it is not Klune’s strongest book, compared to other works it’s still wonderful and i definitely worth picking up.
if the ‘House’ discourse gave you the ick about Klune — just skip reading them. he does not seem to be sorry.))
apart from that, ‘In the lives of puppets’ is a typical Klune — cosy found family plus a small adventurous journey and an ‘Extraordinaries’ type of juvenile “haha sex” humour, which i didn’t love; but sometimes it did get a chuckle or a fond eye roll out of me. With Vic we also have an ace main character which i appreciate, but i also feel like that choice was made to stop the romance from being weirder than some ((me)) already found it to be; and not primarily bc of representation.
i didn’t know if i really wanted to read a robot/human romance story at first, and i’m still not sure about that, but it was fiiiine…. though definitely the least convincing part of the story.
i quite liked the characters, more than i thought i would (considering they are machines), and the conversations between them are so warm, and human (ironic, i know), and wise.
So even though it is not Klune’s strongest book, compared to other works it’s still wonderful and i definitely worth picking up.