Reviews

In the Lives of Puppets by TJ Klune

averyb79's review

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

hopedihop's review against another edition

5.0

TJ Klune enttäuscht einfach nicht.
Dieses Buch hat mich schon mitten drin zu Tränen gerührt und ich konnte einfach nicht aufhören es zu lesen - ich habe mich dazu zwingen müssen es zur Seite zu legen, damit ich noch länger etwas davon habe. ♥

xyranys's review

I hate the crude humor in this. I just cannot get past it. 

leannecs's review

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

thwipys's review

2.0

this had sooo much potential…

favorite line:

“No civilization can survive indifference.”

casualk's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

3.0

kristenlees's review

3.0

It’s not fair to compare, or go in with certain expectations, but I absolutely adored Cerulean Sea, and really liked Whispering Door. So I went in with expectations that I would thoroughly enjoy this. Unfortunately, I did not. It started out really slow (something mentioned in the synopsis doesn’t even happen until like 30% or more?) and throughout the whole book, the pacing just felt off. I had both the ebook and audio from netgalley, and I tend to follow along with the ebook while listening - and I felt like the narration was so slow, it was taking ages for me to be able to turn the page, and I had it on 2x speed! It just felt super slow, and I admit, I always speed audiobooks up, but 2 or 2.5 is normally my sweet spot. 2x on this still felt so slow, and I really struggled through it (user error on the app made me think that was the max speed, but I eventually got it to 3x speed and it was more enjoyable at that speed).

So on top of the narration and plot both feeling slow, I just didn’t love the story itself as much as I wanted to. One of the characters is super quirky and perhaps that comes across better in print but I wasn’t a fan of it in the audio, the character just kind of annoyed me or made me cringe. Maybe it was the specific humour, I don’t know. The humour felt a bit young, but what do I know. There were some things I liked, but I think the things I disliked overshadowed the good things. I felt a couple times like I was supposed to be feeling certain emotions based on the writing, but it fell flat or missed the mark for me. I do admire TJ Klune as a writer and I really enjoyed the other ones I’ve read, but this one just didn’t work for me.

arc received from netgalley in exchange for honest review

pelargonia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

kyletav's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ellbo_oks333's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25