jennikify's review against another edition
medium-paced
2.0
Robert the Doll is an interesting topic. However, the organization of and inability to read parts of this book (photocopied news clippings and letters) makes it a slog.
z3r081's review against another edition
4.0
I am probably like most people and knew very little about the history of Robert, other than the "well known" facts that are touted around paranormal TV programmes (many of these "facts" it turns out are not true at all - for example, Chucky is NOT based on Robert's story).
So, when this book arrived from Miami, along side my 'replica Robert' I was keen to get started on my next read.
The book is not very long, at just under 200 pages, but even so, it is still a very entertaining read and its obvious that the author has spent a good deal of time researching the entire back story, which can't have been easy considering he is over 100 years old.
All in all I am happy with the book and feel I have learnt a great deal about Robert and the only thing left now is to go see him in person (and obviously seek his permission to take his photo).
If you have any interest in Robert, I can't recommend this book highly enough.
The only downside and the reason I gave it 4 out of 5 is that some of the newspaper clippings featured in the book are a little hard to read.
So, when this book arrived from Miami, along side my 'replica Robert' I was keen to get started on my next read.
The book is not very long, at just under 200 pages, but even so, it is still a very entertaining read and its obvious that the author has spent a good deal of time researching the entire back story, which can't have been easy considering he is over 100 years old.
All in all I am happy with the book and feel I have learnt a great deal about Robert and the only thing left now is to go see him in person (and obviously seek his permission to take his photo).
If you have any interest in Robert, I can't recommend this book highly enough.
The only downside and the reason I gave it 4 out of 5 is that some of the newspaper clippings featured in the book are a little hard to read.
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