I've had this novella on my Kindle forever, and I'm glad I finally picked it up. Dolls in general don't really creep me out, but there is something so nightmarish and uncanny valley about ventriloquist dummies. Nightmarish is actually a pretty fair description of the whole book. This one is short but impactful, with a couple of scenes that made my skin crawl. I would have happily read it at twice the length. 4 stars