Robot in the Garden, A

from whitewavedarling

There's such a simple beauty to this story, mixing realistic drama with just a touch of science fiction, that I fell in love with immediately. Each character was given such attention to detail and mannerism, and each moment presented so naturally, that the book carried itself along with an inerti...

from Welsh_eileen2

A lovely story of a husband, Ben, who is not that good at much, who finds a robot in his garden. Ben must save the robot and in doing so will put his own life in order again. I was given a digital copy of this book by the publisher Sourcebooks/Landmark via Netgalley in return for an honest unbias...

from DeltaQueen50

It's hard not to simply fall back on cliches when discussing A Robot in the Garden by Deborah Install. It is designed to make the reader feel 'warm and fuzzy' and it certainly exceeds in this. It also has humor, charm and is an interesting relationship drama with a quirky, rickety robot for it's ...

from Dianekeenoy

One of the most delightful books I've read in a long time! Thanks to Joe (jnwelch) for the recommendation. I picked up this book yesterday at the library and sat down today to take a quick look before I started reading another book and just kept reading until I finished. One morning, Ben wakes up...

from carolyninjoy

A Robot in the Garden by Deborah Install is a delightful book. I gave it five stars. I was pleasantly surprised that it was a fast book to read. I wanted to know what would happen with Ben & Acrid Tang. Tang was child-like & I fell in love with him & his go-to gesture of picking at his gaffer tap...