Review: Hunger Games With Robots
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
When I started reading Destroy All Robots, I couldn't help flashing back to The Hunger Games, because of the delicious similarities.  In the more famous series, contestants from districts face off  on live television against one another in a ill-defined future with bits of technological advancement marred by backward steps toward decline of civilization.  Destroy All Robots has a similar type of atmosphere, at first.Yet, the author chooses to go in a different direction.  Having one robot sabotaged from the start, the made-for-TV show quickly turns into a fight for survival on an island far from civilization, and help.  Indeed, the action quickly turns violent as robots run amuck and indiscriminately attack staffers and contestants alike.The author delights in using archetypes and stereotypes to create an indelible cast of characters and contestants, although one would wonder how these folks ever develop the scientific know-how to create their own robots.  But since this is a Young Adult book, messy details are glossed over, as the author takes his readership on an action-filled roller coaster ride.  Indeed, in the end only one robot will remain standing, or not.  But the reader will certainly have plenty of fun before reaching that point.Destroy All Robots is recommended to older teens of age 15 and up.