In the Lives of Puppets

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This one was one of his "serious" works, like "Wolfsong" and "Murmuration", and those who are familiar with his work, know he has more playful and nonsensical side that comes out like "Lightning Struck Heart " and "Extraordinaries" .

One day, Vic, Nurse Ratched and Rambo visit a graveyard/scrapyard of robots and find a decommissioned android that seems awake. Inspired by Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, and like Swiss Family Robinson meets Wall-E, In the Lives of Puppets is a masterful stand-alone fantasy adventure from the beloved author who brought you The House in the Cerulean Sea and Under the Whispering Door.Being queer himself, TJ believes it's important—now more than ever—to have accurate, positive, queer representation in stories. I loved every minute of it - science fiction may not be my favorite genre, but the heart of the story - the characters' personalities - the wonderful and moving story - gripped me till the very end. When reading this, I couldn’t help but see constant shades of: WALL-E, Mass Effect 3, Terminator 2, Blade Runner, Fallout 4, and finally… The Iron Giant! It’s too long, the plot is distinctly on the thin side and there’s way too much dialogue for my taste.

The day Vic salvages and repairs an android labelled "HAP," he learns of a shared dark past between Hap and Gio-a past spent hunting humans.And I’ll just go ahead and throw this out there: In the Lives of Puppets is better than Under the Whispering Door and as good as (if not a teensy bit better than) The House in the Cerulean Sea. He names the human boy Victor and there they live in safety with a somewhat sadistic and well named robot Nurse Ratched (Nurse Registered Automaton to Care, Heal, Educate and Drill) and a fearful and anxious vacuum cleaner glorying in the name Rambo. Vic es el único humano del grupo y constantemente vemos su lucha interna por descubrir y aceptar su identidad así como su necesidad de crear vínculos con los que le rodean. It's an ode to our affinity for love and friendship, as well as a celebration of our flaws and quirks.