In the Lives of Puppets

This is the 3rd book I have read by this author and while I admire the world-building and creativity in his plots, TJ Klune's books leave me unengaged. The characters are too cartoon-like and I never actually care what happens to anybody so I end up skim-reading, just wanting the whole thing to be over. So I'm forswearing this author henceforth, despite all the love he gets from readers cause there are too many other authors on earth to enjoy.