Friday Firsts: The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue
7 October 2016
Filed under Book Reviews
Tags: Friday Firsts, Keith Donohue, The Motion of Puppets, The Tenacious Reader
Friday Firsts is a new meme that runs every Friday over on Tenacious Reader. The idea is to feature the first few sentences/paragraph of your current book and try and outline your first impressions as a result. This is a quick and easy way to share a snippet of information about your current read and to perhaps tempt others. Stop on by and link up with Tenacious Reader.
‘She fell in love with a puppet.
Because he was beautiful, because he was rare, because he could not be hers. Every time she passed the dusty display window of the tiny Quatre Mains storefront, she looked for him. Propped by hidden scaffolding, the puppet stood beneath a bell jar. Two black holes drilled for eyes on just the hint of a face.’
My First Impressions
What are you reading right now? Did it start out strong? Feel free to join in.
Books and travelling with Lynn 
I’ll be reading this very soon. Already the story sounds eerie and otherworldly:-)
So far it is very otherworldly
Lynn 😀
“Spooky” does not even start to describe what I felt with that snippet your quoted.
But spooky can be fun, sometimes… Looking forward to your review!
That intro is enough to make me want to read further. I hope you like it. 🙂
heh … I’ve been curious about this one, but have to admit starting with “She fell in love with a puppet” doesn’t draw me in 🙂
That does sound scary! Nice share!
Oh cool, I’m glad you’re reading this, I’d love to get your impression of it!
I need to write my review. In some respects I think it was great but I did have some issues. Have you read this one?
That’s a strong start, with a hint of creepiness. I’m intrigued.
Puppets and clowns – creepy!