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In this science fiction retelling of Pinocchio, sixteen-year old Penelope agrees to be transformed into a living, mechanical marionette, enhanced with superhuman abilities. As Penelope and her scientist "creator" parade throughout the country, she's soon deemed a threat and monitored for the nation's safety. In one last attempt to secure her freedom by making her appear harmless, Penelope's creator takes something away from her - the ability to lie. But as Penelope faces obstacles bigger than herself, battles a governmental uprising, and meets the first person who's ever truly made her feel loved, she's afraid she might lose it all. Because in a world where nothing is true and guarding her heart is her only chance at life, how can she survive without telling a lie?
- Sales Rank: #4043842 in Books
- Published on: 2014-10-18
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .62" w x 5.25" l, .63 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 246 pages
About the Author
Pauline C. Harris is the author of middle grade and young adult science fiction novels and published her first book at the age of fourteen. She's currently working toward a degree in English. Other than writing, her time is consumed mainly by reading, playing the violin, watching old black and white movies, and trying to survive her college classes.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
this was in large part a pretty disappointing read
By Ana Silva
Puppet is a retelling of Pinocchio, but almost in the opposite way. You see, Penelope is very much human, until she willingly goes to live with Jed the scientist and his son James. She agrees to that because she wants to get out of that orphanage more than anything else, and throughout the book we see that she is very thankful to Jed for that, even though she doesn't appreciate what she is becoming, but she feels it's the least she can do for her saviour. But becoming superhuman will have consequences.
First of all, that cover is gorgeous, and what drove me to the book in the first place. Now, I'm going to be straight here: this was in large part a pretty disappointing read. The character development and world building in Puppet are pretty close to null. The book is written in first person, so sort of like a diary entry by Penelope, which is fine in some cases, when the author manages to give us both the characters thoughts/feelings AND a good notion of the environment they're in. But that didn't happen here.
For a long time, we are stuck with the same 3 characters. Jed is James' father but so often he is portrayed as the child amongst them, at least in terms of behaviour and reactions. James is so much more mature and composed than his father, and he obviously cares about Penelope but, to me, in a sibling, protective sort of way. So as you can imagine, the romance developing between those two was beyond disappointing because it was so unrealistic, especially since I could smell it since the first few pages. Yet another book where there just has to be a romance, no matter how implausible. I would have been so much happier with the book if they had become true brother and sister, watching that relationship unfold would be a pleasure. And Pen... Well, she's like a broken record. Saying the same things over and over again. I could not relate to her in the least and could not even care what happened to her.
Especially during the first quarter of the book, I found some descriptions just so repetitive... Like the paragraph about Penelope's parents and the cross; how we are told time and time again that marionettes, and then Penelope, can shuffle cards so much faster than humans and crush things like rocks with their bare hands; how, for at least the first 5 chapters, we hear Penelope, in every single one of them, saying she is not pleased with what she'd become but she owed so much to Jed that she wouldn't do it any other way and she really wanted to make him happy. All this and more made me go Ok, I got it the first time, give me something new.... The book stretched on forever because of this, even though it is fairly short and in more than one occasion I pondered quitting - which I never do because I am that stubborn.
Apart from the repetitiveness, most of the time I just felt very disappointed because there was so much telling and not enough showing. Though she keeps going on and on about how awful the orphanage was, the fact is we don't really know much about what Pen went through, or even what her deal with Jed was exactly, the specifics of it, only that he kept asking her if she was sure she was okay with it and that his smile was lovely (*sigh*). Saying that all he did was due to 'cell manipulation' was overly simplistic and the whole process felt that way as well. Such a thing had never been attempted and yet Jed got it the first time. There is talk about side effects that he subdues with pills but what are said side effects? How did he detect them? (view spoiler) Was there any pain involved? What about the whole trial and fail process that usually comes with trying something for the first time? What was the process? Was there one in the first place? No, just shots of a yellow liquid. I mean, for a book which tries to contradict people's opinion of it all being magic instead of science, it sure doesn't focus on the science part much!
After the first 25% the book finally started to pick up some memento. The administrators stop by, having heard about Penelope's abilities. That's when Jed sneakily takes away her inability to lie. I have to give kudos to the author here. The way it was done was clever, and the way Pen gradually realized what had happened is well achieved.
The narrative continues with lots of action and finally we get a plot twist. It wasn't my cup of tea and I have to admit I did not fully grasp the explanation and how it affected what I had read up to that point. (view spoiler) The ending was overly simplistic as well. (view spoiler) It was very disappointing that the 'powers' Pen had bore down to shuffling cards super fast, crushing things with her bare hands and being fast. Those three things were mentioned to exhaustion and I didn't get why Jed didn't, for instance, make her more resistant, if cell manipulation is as easy as it is portrayed. Especially after mentioning marionettes' bodies were indestructible. Alas, there is plenty more that I can no longer remember at the time and also some misspellings which should be addressed.
So, at the end of the day I felt disappointed because the concept was really interesting. For a long time, I felt more excited when reading the synopsis than the book itself. But it did end up picking up a bit and I am glad I trudged on instead of quitting. It's a fairly enjoyable read, if you can get past that first quarter and the plot issues and the fact that a lot of the time the story seems to keep revolving around the same things instead of exploring many others. I find the book wants to be, more than a sci-fi story, one about a lonely girl who doesn't really know how to love or what a family is. That's all she really wants and it takes her a while to realize it's already there. But it tries too much to be YA, making caricatures out of pretty much all adult characters and focusing so much on the romance. This book could have been so much more.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.
For a full review with spoilers please check out my blog Ana's Lair.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
Potential but lacked good execution
By Jamie E.
Puppet has a very interesting premise. Definitely a different twist on the Pinocchio tales. More opposite in fact. Pauline C Harris lays out an interesting foundation for storytelling. Sadly, though, I feel it fell a bit short of it's potential.
Penelope (Pen for short) is an orphan girl taken in by a man named Jed. In return for a home, she had agreed to his experiments on her. Now she is a living marionette. Now I fell this is a bit of a futuristic time because marionettes are not dolls on strings. They are instead control by remote control. They are faster and stronger than humans. But Pen her has a mind and heart of her own.
When Jeb starts showing her off to the public, the authorities begin to view her as a threat. So to attempt to erase some of that threat Jeb "programs" her so that she cannot lie. As things go from bad to worse, Pen feels like she is losing her rights as a person.
It is obvious she is, She cares, loves and has a sense of being that a doll would not have. The one she loves most is Jeb's son, James. Even though they have been raised together for a period of time, she in no way looks to him as a sibling. He is her romantic interest and to protect him, she may have to reveal more than is smart to.
Again, like I said, potential with the marionette concept but I feel that so many questions were overlooked. Things that come into question are her time at the orphanage. Does she have human limbs or now looking more like the cover? How does the science work? What is up with the government? I felt that so many things were glossed over and the time should have been taken to go over more. It is a very short read and more information would have added so much to the story. As it is, I often felt very confused in the purpose of everything.
**I received a copy of this book from Patchwork Press in exchange for a fair/honest review. All opinions expressed are my own.**
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
there was a hefty amount of info dump which wasn't too bad and fortunately didn't go over my head like info ...
By Madison De Julio
*I was sent this book by the author in exchange for a review
"Puppet" is a retelling of Pinocchio about an orphan who is adopted by a man who turns her into a living marionette. Which compelled me from the start.
In the beginning, there was a hefty amount of info dump which wasn't too bad and fortunately didn't go over my head like info dumps usually do. The story itself was so good. There wasn't one character I disliked. (Except for the villains but that's to be expected). I really liked the main character Pen. She had a lot of relatable thoughts and feelings and you just wanted the best for her, even though she obviously went through a lot of conflict throughout the book.
I wish there was a little more world development in this. At some points, the world was explained but I felt like it wasn't enough. Yet, this was the only flaw I found. Everything else was great.
As for the retelling, I felt like it was Pinocchio set in a sicfi world which was so good! And you could really see the similarities.
I enjoyed this overall. See all 19 customer reviews...
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