74. The Wild Robot Escapes. Peter Brown. 2018. 279 pages. [Source: Library] [j fiction, 3 stars, speculative fiction]
First sentence: Our story begins in a city, with buildings and streets and bridges and parks. Humans were strolling, automobiles were driving, airships were flying, robots were hard at work.
Premise/plot: Roz [the Robot] now finds herself working on a farm far, far, far away from her island home and her son, Brightbill. Roz wants to escape, but, she must fool the humans into thinking she is a 'normal' fully functioning robot, a mere machine. Only when their guard is down AND after she's found a way to remove the tracking device can she make her move to escape. She finds herself befriending the farm animals and the farmer's children..... Will Roz make it back to her island home?
My thoughts: I didn't love this one as much as the first book. I'll clarify, I DEFINITELY wanted to know if Roz made it back to the island. I did. I wanted a happy ending for Roz and Brightbill. I didn't find myself loving the story as much in this second book. The first half was Roz befriending the children and getting them on her side. (Plus an intense situation with wolves regarding the cattle). The second half was Roz and Brightbill trying to get back to the island. This probably was meant to be an exciting adventure. Probably. Definitely. I found myself bored for the most part with this trek back. There was one part I definitely enjoyed which is when Roz met her literal maker....but except for a few scenes in a few chapters, it wasn't as compelling and enjoyable as I was hoping.
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