72. The Wild Robot. Peter Brown. 2016. 282 pages. [Source: Library] [5 stars, j fantasy, j fiction]
First sentence: Our story begins on the ocean, with wind and rain and thunder and lightning and waves. A hurricane roared and raged through the night. And in the middle of the chaos, a cargo ship was sinking down down down to the ocean floor. The ship left hundreds of crates floating on the surface. But as the hurricane thrashed and swirled and knocked them around, the crates also began sinking into the depths. One after another, they were swallowed up by the waves, until only five crates remained.
Premise/plot: Roz [a robot] finds herself on an island, an island inhabited by wildlife. The animals are scared of her--she's a MONSTER, of course, right?!?!--but as she observes the animals, slowly but surely, she learns their ways and becomes a wild robot. Her first friend is her 'son' Brightbill, a goose. The book follows several seasons...
My thoughts: The book The Wild Robot is not at all like the movie The Wild Robot. I loved the movie having never read the book. It was exciting, dramatic, well-paced, intense. The book, however, is much slower-paced, more heart and soul, quieter, subtler. The characters come across differently if you're comparing and contrasting. I enjoyed both. I did. But the book definitely is better....in my opinion.
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