A review by bibliomancer7
The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss

2.0

It was pretty boring, which was surprising to me since I loved the Disneyland attraction that was based on the book. The premise sounds interesting, family stranded on a desert island has to learn to survive. But it was so unbelievable, the father knows how to make everything out of anything. They lack for nothing because he can some how turn around and find materials on the island that he can use to build whatever they want. In addition, between himself and his older sons, they know the names and all about all of the animals on the island, even though they have never been there before. They also know all about the plants on the island, which ones they can eat and which ones are poisonous, so no one ever gets sick. The gender and racial issues in the book are not surprising because of when the book was written, but they make that last few chapters difficult to read.