Puppet’s Banquet – Valkyrie Loughcrewe

2.5 stars

Reading Puppet’s Banquet took more mental gymnastics than I was prepared for. In the end, I was left with a lot more questions and confusion than I generally like with the books I read.

That being said, I really enjoyed the layout of the book with the transcripts of recordings, intermittent commentary from someone not revealed until the end, and actual story. Parts did get a little confusing though trying to sort out what was happening and who was doing what.

I don’t think I was the right audience for this. While definitely full of gore and horror, enough to make your hair curl in fright, I struggled to figure out what the book was telling me. There were places where I was extremely lost, and I’m still not sure that I fully understand everything that was going on.

Honestly, I think this would make a better video game to give me the visuals and extra context I couldn’t get from just reading the story.