![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It balloons when we’re introduced to Rambo and Nurse Ratched, two robots that are devoid of hearts but prove more endearing than most of nature’s creations. It’s no wonder that from the first page, we’re filled with a sense of tenderness. This attention to the smallest detail is evident in something as marginal as their surroundings, “There were old music boxes that sang little songs that ached.” Klune’s style is endlessly captivating, conveying the ethereality of the fairytale setting which he quickly strips of any naïveté. And as their world is quickly imperiled by robots bent on extinguishing the human race, more than hearts and memory are at stake. One day, with his creations Rambo and Nurse Ratched by his side, he brings back to life Hap, an android that proves lethal in every sense. In the Lives of Puppets is an ostensible retelling of Pinocchio, one in which Victor is a twenty-one-year-old human surrounded by machines. ![]()
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