A review by kmanhart
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

adventurous hopeful informative slow-paced

3.0

First of all where the heck are these guys where there are monkeys, flamingoes, penguins, and kangaroos? Secondly I find it so unbelievable that they just KNOW everything- which plants are edible, how to make the toxic plants edible, what the new and weird animals are, how to cook said plants and animals, and make a living off this island. Third, what little psychos their boys are literally killing everything without purpose, and then just shrugging their shoulders and laughing about it and telling their mother she needs to figure out how to cook and preserve them for later. Fourth- the dad is such a hypocrite, telling his boys not to joke around with each other because it’s “lying” and then pulling all sorts of mean pranks on his wife. Fifth- I loooove how everything they need just conveniently shows up. I get they’re traveling on a merchant ship but a merchant ship that just so happens to have exactly what they need, and an island full of every fruit and veggie they know of including things that don’t grow together all on this one island?! Really?! Now based on my review you probably think I don’t like this book, wrong, I did enjoy it. I’m just pointing out all the blatant plot holes.