A review by bratatouille
How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is a book I’ve always loved so it gets five stars. Realistically, I might give it four or four and a half if I subtract the comfort factor from its existence. The characters in this are dynamic and so human. Everyone is quirky, odd, and incredibly flawed, but you can really feel the heart in all of them. Even the worst ones. It’s incredibly difficult for me to read YA as an adult but something about this makes it a wonderful exception. There are incredibly few tropes (in my opinion) and I think there’s should be more YA that isn’t romance focused. The only mediocre/poor reviews I’m finding on this book are those who say that the characters are impossible to relate to, but I don’t think that’s an issue of the story itself. It’s a letter to the weird, lonely, and detached. It’s about strong and impossible connections that don’t make sense even to you. I seriously adore it and am glad I can continue to claim its brilliance. The only reason I would possibly lessen the rating is due to a mildly clunky beginning and the overall spats of cringe that any book about teenagers is bound to have.