Item - La Rebelión de los Robots

This is a linear novel disguised as an interactive book. There are very few choices, and none of them are of any consequence. Having only four endings does not allow for much diversity, and some of the endings are just plain stupid (one of them reveals you're not talking to your companion character, but you have rather become trapped in a timewarp, while the other option proceeds the story normally. There is another one which is even worse). Unsurprisingly, there are extremely long stretches of text without any choices (but with lots of page-turning, nonetheless), so the reader feels most of the time like a spectator rather than a participant in the story. Another choice only allows you to choose which character you read about, and means you get to miss a large chunk of the storyline if you choose one of the characters. The book's story is rather boring (even for the age group this is aimed at), being a rather incoherent mix of Greek mythology with armies of intelligent apes fighting one another and a final showdown against the evil robot (with a lot of events happening without allowing the reader any input and several opportunities for decision-making being perfectly ignored). This is the worst book in the series. Stay away from it and go read a Skylark Choose Your Own Adventure instead.

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