I Found Puppets Living in my Apartment Walls - Book Review

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"Can you tell me how to get... out alive?

Johnny's grandpa was a puppeteer on the popular children's television show R-City Street. When Grandpa went missing, his family speculated that his dementia had finally got the better of him and he had just wandered off one day. A year later, he is presumed dead. Johnny moves into his now empty apartment only to find that it is not so empty after all. He wakes one night to find Grandpa's puppet looming over his bed, staring at him, before somehow disappearing into the bedroom wall. Johnny and his cousin Brittany venture into the walls and the strange labyrinth they find beneath the building, hoping to find their grandfather alive down there.

I Found Puppets Living in my Apartment Walls is a bizarre horror novel written by Ben Farthing. It's part of the I Found horror series, which also includes I Found A Circus Tent In My Backyard and I Found A Lost Hallway In a Dying Mall. However, it doesn't matter if you haven't read any of the other books because they are all standalone novels and can be read in any order.

I bought this book because of the weird title and cover, which grabbed me as a both a fan of the Muppets and a horror enthusiast. I was expecting it to be more of a horror comedy, but it is played absolutely straight (or whatever is the equivalent of that in a written work), coming from the author's lifelong fear of puppets, especially the Muppets. While I have never found Jim Henson's creations, or other puppets, scary myself, I can see how someone might find them to be, what with their big staring eyes and odd movements.

As absurd as the premise is, this book is genuinely creepy at times and does not pull its punches. At its core, the story is not really about killer puppets, but rather about the grief of losing a loved one and missing the things, places and people that made you feel safe as a child. It's an unusual book, and at just 160 pages, it makes a fun weekend read. If you like this one, you might enjoy another scary story involving puppets: How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix.


More articles by Jennifer Muirhead:
The Lake House - Book Review
The Last Word - Book Review
The Sunday Girl - Book Review
Pre-Approved For Haunting - Book Review
30 Days of Night - Book Review
The Crow 2024 - Film Review
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey - Film Review
I Am Big Bird - Film Review

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