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Junkers #2
Junkers Season Two
It was supposed to be the happiest place on the whole wide planet.
It was supposed to be a place where every child’s favorite characters came to life. And, it was, until those characters went nuts and started killing everyone. Then it wasn’t so happy.
Ten years later Jake and his team of robot reclamation specialists are heading to the island theme park to confront the evil machines, discover Kat’s connection to the disaster and boost the flagging ratings on their reality show, Scrappers. Fearless Monkeynauts, overly friendly Bearberry Bears, feuding Presidents, Dinosty Warriors, fairy tale legends and more populate the abandoned park and only the Junkers are brave enough, or dumb enough, to go for a visit.
Join Jake, Hailey, Kat, Savant, Mason and, of course, Glitch as they try to uncover the mystery of what they call The Tragic Kingdom.
It was supposed to be a place where every child’s favorite characters came to life. And, it was, until those characters went nuts and started killing everyone. Then it wasn’t so happy.
Ten years later Jake and his team of robot reclamation specialists are heading to the island theme park to confront the evil machines, discover Kat’s connection to the disaster and boost the flagging ratings on their reality show, Scrappers. Fearless Monkeynauts, overly friendly Bearberry Bears, feuding Presidents, Dinosty Warriors, fairy tale legends and more populate the abandoned park and only the Junkers are brave enough, or dumb enough, to go for a visit.
Join Jake, Hailey, Kat, Savant, Mason and, of course, Glitch as they try to uncover the mystery of what they call The Tragic Kingdom.
- GenresHumorScience Fiction
257 pages, Paperback
Published August 14, 2017
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May 16, 2018
Benjamin Wallace’s capacity for ridiculousness was really firing on all cylinders on this one. Shine on you crazy diamond!
The Junkers have traded in on the fame they garnered in the first book, but now their reality show is falling in the rankings, and most of them are overextended financially. The sleazy producer’s solution? Ratchet up the drama by air dropping them onto a deserted and quarantined theme park island where all the robots believe they’re cartoon characters, and are murderous.
What could possibly go wrong? (Everything and then some.)
The Junkers have traded in on the fame they garnered in the first book, but now their reality show is falling in the rankings, and most of them are overextended financially. The sleazy producer’s solution? Ratchet up the drama by air dropping them onto a deserted and quarantined theme park island where all the robots believe they’re cartoon characters, and are murderous.
What could possibly go wrong? (Everything and then some.)
August 29, 2017
Ehhhhhhhh . . . . I'll be honest, I didn't like this one as much as the first. It's like, there was a lot going on, but not enough . . . I don't know . . . plot? Maybe? There was constant action, but it mostly seemed to just drag for me for some reason. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it, but I didn't really enjoy the book.
I think that the fact that the Junkers crew got turned into a tv series (in the book) was a great plot idea, but it's like it got left on the wayside for the island adventure. (I won't go any further than that so that I don't spoil anything.) I think the show plot would have been more interesting than what happened, really.
Still a Wallace fan, and I'll probably even read another sequel if he comes out with one. But this one? Meh.
I think that the fact that the Junkers crew got turned into a tv series (in the book) was a great plot idea, but it's like it got left on the wayside for the island adventure. (I won't go any further than that so that I don't spoil anything.) I think the show plot would have been more interesting than what happened, really.
Still a Wallace fan, and I'll probably even read another sequel if he comes out with one. But this one? Meh.
May 16, 2017
Kindle Unlimited for 1 and ARC for 2, which is why I pulled 1 to check it out from the beginning.
Then the machines possibly rise, it's not going to be Terminator type, just billionaires on 2 sides, a not really an ex, a workshop full of employees and a shop badly in need of funds, glow in the dark 'junk', and okay it might still mean cyber-pocalypse that could become all too real. Can Jake and his team {Kat, Mason, Savant and Glitch} from a broken down bunch of bits at Ashley’s Robot Reclamation Of Green Hill {ARRGH} keep ignoring 3% owner Uncle Aaron and his crazy girlfriend while possibly having to save the world, and their lives? That's just no spoiler hints from 1.
In 2 it's 10 years later and the team is headed to what they call The Tragic Kingdom, probably because a place supposedly having kids' favorite characters come to life, but going nuts and trying to kill everyone most likely wasn't the original intent. What is Kat’s connection to the disaster, why is their reality show Scrappers ratings not doing so well, and just how deadly could Fearless Monkeynauts, Bearberry Bears. Presidents, Dinosty Warriors, and fairy tale legends actually be in the abandoned park? Jake, Hailey, Kat, Savant, Mason, and Glitch are going to find a lot of things out, whether they're ready or not. But first, Monday Night Mayhem, Total Carnage Tuesdays, and Effed Up Friday Night, and you don't want to miss Burrito Hour. You really shouldn't want to go where there had been hundreds dead, thousands injured, and millions pissed that was quarantined like Jurassic Park, right.
Junkers - Junkers Season 2
Then the machines possibly rise, it's not going to be Terminator type, just billionaires on 2 sides, a not really an ex, a workshop full of employees and a shop badly in need of funds, glow in the dark 'junk', and okay it might still mean cyber-pocalypse that could become all too real. Can Jake and his team {Kat, Mason, Savant and Glitch} from a broken down bunch of bits at Ashley’s Robot Reclamation Of Green Hill {ARRGH} keep ignoring 3% owner Uncle Aaron and his crazy girlfriend while possibly having to save the world, and their lives? That's just no spoiler hints from 1.
In 2 it's 10 years later and the team is headed to what they call The Tragic Kingdom, probably because a place supposedly having kids' favorite characters come to life, but going nuts and trying to kill everyone most likely wasn't the original intent. What is Kat’s connection to the disaster, why is their reality show Scrappers ratings not doing so well, and just how deadly could Fearless Monkeynauts, Bearberry Bears. Presidents, Dinosty Warriors, and fairy tale legends actually be in the abandoned park? Jake, Hailey, Kat, Savant, Mason, and Glitch are going to find a lot of things out, whether they're ready or not. But first, Monday Night Mayhem, Total Carnage Tuesdays, and Effed Up Friday Night, and you don't want to miss Burrito Hour. You really shouldn't want to go where there had been hundreds dead, thousands injured, and millions pissed that was quarantined like Jurassic Park, right.
Junkers - Junkers Season 2
May 18, 2020
3 1/4 stars this time, noting I could probably just copy over my review from Junkers #1 here. Again, Wallace's 'Second Season' installment is funny (no, really! Like real lol-shit!), fast-paced and entertaining. I'm less concerned about the rating than I am that it fulfills its advertised highlights and made for an extremely worthwhile, Kindle Unlimited 'priced' one-sitting reading session.
This 2nd installment was ever-so-slightly LESS entertaining for me, mostly because I just felt like it got a bit muddled up and over-complicated with its never-ending Nightmare Island cast of characters. Also, as with book 1, there were some issues left open - what did they do to Glitch and why didn't it work on him but did on the full-fledged robots being just one example - that made my brain itch after everything was said and done. Sure, I appreciated the almost religious adoration of animated childhood TV shows - gods know that was the case in my life - but again, a bit convoluted overall with a less-than-stellar ending.
I really think the biggest 'mistake' about how I approached this book is that I read it immediately - we're talking from one minute to the next - after book 1, which had some real nice bits to it, kept things running parallel enough to keep the story really on track, and, of course, had the advantage of the whole 'hey glad to meet all of you for the first time' going for it! In hindsight, maybe some time between the two would have been the way to go. Still, if Wallace ever comes out with a 3rd season, I'll be one of the first fans to download it!
Read the books kids.
This 2nd installment was ever-so-slightly LESS entertaining for me, mostly because I just felt like it got a bit muddled up and over-complicated with its never-ending Nightmare Island cast of characters. Also, as with book 1, there were some issues left open - what did they do to Glitch and why didn't it work on him but did on the full-fledged robots being just one example - that made my brain itch after everything was said and done. Sure, I appreciated the almost religious adoration of animated childhood TV shows - gods know that was the case in my life - but again, a bit convoluted overall with a less-than-stellar ending.
I really think the biggest 'mistake' about how I approached this book is that I read it immediately - we're talking from one minute to the next - after book 1, which had some real nice bits to it, kept things running parallel enough to keep the story really on track, and, of course, had the advantage of the whole 'hey glad to meet all of you for the first time' going for it! In hindsight, maybe some time between the two would have been the way to go. Still, if Wallace ever comes out with a 3rd season, I'll be one of the first fans to download it!
Read the books kids.
February 11, 2019
The thing to understand about Wallace as a writer is that he is an expert at moving his tongue into and out of his cheek in such a way that one can slip into absurdity from a moment of real dramatic tension, only to realize it as the moment of absurdity hits its peak. This is a tribute to his literacy, and also an explanation for why he so often gets critiqued for being too serious.
Junkers Season Two is the sequel to, wait for it, Junkers. The premise is a near-future world in which robots are everyday servants for most things, but will occasionally go berserk and kill some people; the humans tolerate this because it's a small price to pay for never having to wash one's own dishes. Someone has to take down the insane robots when they start killing, and the stories revolve around an independent outfit that does so.
Season Two is a mild spoof on the reality genre (itself a spoof on our inability to permanently escape it), as the team has to take down a giant animatronic island that went amok years before. There's a Hall of Presidents setting with various robots, animated with mild-to-moderate caricatures of their historical namesakes' personalities, at war with each other; various cartoon homages and parodies; and proof of what you always thought about Teddy Ruxpin. Or at least what I always thought, especially when my sister's toy's snout broke off.
The story lives by absurdity and human reaction to it, and is highly recommended if you enjoy witty dialogue mixed with pratfalls and action-drama. I gave it five stars, so you can imagine what I think.
Junkers Season Two is the sequel to, wait for it, Junkers. The premise is a near-future world in which robots are everyday servants for most things, but will occasionally go berserk and kill some people; the humans tolerate this because it's a small price to pay for never having to wash one's own dishes. Someone has to take down the insane robots when they start killing, and the stories revolve around an independent outfit that does so.
Season Two is a mild spoof on the reality genre (itself a spoof on our inability to permanently escape it), as the team has to take down a giant animatronic island that went amok years before. There's a Hall of Presidents setting with various robots, animated with mild-to-moderate caricatures of their historical namesakes' personalities, at war with each other; various cartoon homages and parodies; and proof of what you always thought about Teddy Ruxpin. Or at least what I always thought, especially when my sister's toy's snout broke off.
The story lives by absurdity and human reaction to it, and is highly recommended if you enjoy witty dialogue mixed with pratfalls and action-drama. I gave it five stars, so you can imagine what I think.
May 22, 2017
I am reviewing an ARC of this book, which was given to me in exchange for an honest review.
This is a great follow up to the first Junkers book. If you liked the first book, you'll love this. All the characters are back, they get deeper development, and the story carries on nicely from the first book.
The deeply complicated robot hunters of ARRGH (or whatever they call it, makes for a good throwaway joke in both books) now have to go to this Disneyworld/Jurassic Park crossover that has been shut down and quarantined for over a decade. Madcap antics ensue. If you like Jurassic Park, but think it was lacking laugh out loud humour, this would be a good choice for you. If you hate Disneyworld for the unnatural happiness they force on people, this will confirm your deeply held views.
Look, it's a couple of bucks. You spent more on the latte you bought this morning. Just buy the book, you'll probably love it, or at least like it, and if not, you've spent a fraction of what the predictable bestseller and/or beach read cost you.
This is a great follow up to the first Junkers book. If you liked the first book, you'll love this. All the characters are back, they get deeper development, and the story carries on nicely from the first book.
The deeply complicated robot hunters of ARRGH (or whatever they call it, makes for a good throwaway joke in both books) now have to go to this Disneyworld/Jurassic Park crossover that has been shut down and quarantined for over a decade. Madcap antics ensue. If you like Jurassic Park, but think it was lacking laugh out loud humour, this would be a good choice for you. If you hate Disneyworld for the unnatural happiness they force on people, this will confirm your deeply held views.
Look, it's a couple of bucks. You spent more on the latte you bought this morning. Just buy the book, you'll probably love it, or at least like it, and if not, you've spent a fraction of what the predictable bestseller and/or beach read cost you.
February 19, 2021
I think I love you, please make more of these!
I laughed so hard with the first Junkers that I accidentally squirted soda out my nose. Do you have any idea how painful carbonated anything is to a person's sinuses? Now, after Junkers 2, I will never be able to read while dining ever again. Every type of liquid and all four food groups have seen my sinuses because of my laughing so hard. Mr. Wallace has the sickest, most twisted, most deliciously warped sense of humor I have come across in decades. I can't wait to read everything else he has ever written. I can only hope he will bring the characters from Junkers back for more. Thank you for giving me the best time I've ever had getting a food related sinus infection.
I laughed so hard with the first Junkers that I accidentally squirted soda out my nose. Do you have any idea how painful carbonated anything is to a person's sinuses? Now, after Junkers 2, I will never be able to read while dining ever again. Every type of liquid and all four food groups have seen my sinuses because of my laughing so hard. Mr. Wallace has the sickest, most twisted, most deliciously warped sense of humor I have come across in decades. I can't wait to read everything else he has ever written. I can only hope he will bring the characters from Junkers back for more. Thank you for giving me the best time I've ever had getting a food related sinus infection.
June 8, 2017
After the fame that accompanied them from their success (during book 1), Jake and company have found themselves with a reality show. Their "normal" job of robot reclamation isn't exciting enough, so to boost the ratings the producer convinces the gang to go to a place that's happier than the happiest place on Earth!
Just imagine that all the animatronics in a particular theme park became self aware and a little bit homicidal... There you have it. Dinosaurs, fluffy bears, a space monkey, Presidents (oh my!) and many other park inhabitants make up the hurdles that Jake has to jump through to bring his team home safe. It's a wild and fun ride, I certainly enjoyed it.
Just imagine that all the animatronics in a particular theme park became self aware and a little bit homicidal... There you have it. Dinosaurs, fluffy bears, a space monkey, Presidents (oh my!) and many other park inhabitants make up the hurdles that Jake has to jump through to bring his team home safe. It's a wild and fun ride, I certainly enjoyed it.
May 16, 2017
Absolutely mental!
Going to a quarantined theme park after visitors were killed and maimed was never going to be an easy job, but Jake and his cohorts are nothing if not keen on the money (also slightly mad).
It's fun and insane, a skewed trip down memory lane. Psychotic robots running amok make it a madcap race for the team and a read that carries you along laughing all the way.
*This was an ARC, my opinions are my own*
Going to a quarantined theme park after visitors were killed and maimed was never going to be an easy job, but Jake and his cohorts are nothing if not keen on the money (also slightly mad).
It's fun and insane, a skewed trip down memory lane. Psychotic robots running amok make it a madcap race for the team and a read that carries you along laughing all the way.
*This was an ARC, my opinions are my own*
May 21, 2017
Now that I have your attention, you really need to read this. It has romance! Robots! Kickass presidents doing kickass president things!
The writing for this was a lot crisper and on point than the first. From the start, my fears it would suffer from "sophomore blues" were completely obliterated. Ben fixed the small issues in 1 , and really had the plot and character development running right from the first paragraph.
A must read. I cannot wait for Junkers 3, already!
The writing for this was a lot crisper and on point than the first. From the start, my fears it would suffer from "sophomore blues" were completely obliterated. Ben fixed the small issues in 1 , and really had the plot and character development running right from the first paragraph.
A must read. I cannot wait for Junkers 3, already!
December 9, 2020
Book 2 of the Junkers series, featuring the rag-tag team of robot wranglers who battle rogue robots. In this installment, the Junkers take on a quarantined theme park full of rogue animatronics. Here Wallace took this “robots true to their function” joke to the next level. It had satire, banter, and even slapstick humor to go with the excellent story.
November 12, 2025
This time out we have our team of runaway robot wranglers taking on automatons who rule an amusement park on an island under international interdiction. Think Westworld but Disneyland on Isla Nublar. This is a fun remix of elements, if not quite as funny as the first book.
Audiobook performance by Phil Thron is excellent again.
Audiobook performance by Phil Thron is excellent again.
July 8, 2017
Funny, lighthearted and fast paced, just like pretty much all of his books. Sure, they get serious at times, as is necessary in an action/adventure book, but the humour is always there. Pick up one of his series, you wont be disappointed.
October 24, 2018
This book was awesome but not as awesome as the first one. The team still gets me every time and Wallace’s twisted sense of humor and nostalgia will keep me reading him. Check out this series and then check out the Duck and Cover series he did. You won’t regret it.
January 23, 2019
This one took me a while. Not because I hated to read it (quite the contrary) but because, now that Im done, I am in all sorts of bother being all caught up.
There are times when youll laugh out loud. These are that books to not put down.
There are times when youll laugh out loud. These are that books to not put down.
December 9, 2025
Jake, Hailey, Kat, Savant, Mason and Glitch are back. Having cashed in on their fame, they are tricked into returning to a fantasy island overrun with robots, who turned on the human visitors. Good story, that has the team struggling to survive and escape the island of death.
November 6, 2019
Quirky
Quirky light reading that is enjoyable due to the complete insanity of it all. Not sure if this makes me insane or not! LOL
Quirky light reading that is enjoyable due to the complete insanity of it all. Not sure if this makes me insane or not! LOL
December 25, 2019
Decent but the comical bear bit wore thin a lot more quickly than the author seemed to think.
January 18, 2020
Lots of fun. I am biased and love this author. Kinda a Zombieland meets the machines. Weird, funny and that is I my wheelhouse.
July 26, 2021
Okay, this just got too silly.
February 28, 2023
Could not finish this. I was shocked by how such a great story teller could write this infantile drivel.
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September 5, 2023Mr. Wallace is one of my favorite authors. I really enjoyed his Junkers series. The books are fast paced and funny.
October 9, 2024
I liked this one best of all the Junkers series. But they're all good -- I've read them all now!
January 7, 2018
"Junkers Season Two" is the second volume of the series detailing the humorous adventures of robot maintenance men whose business it is to rehabilitate bad-acting mechanical men. The story is a romp through a perverted adventureland, closed due a mass murder that occurred there ten years earlier, of various eras based on mechanical versions of children's cartoon creatures, funny or heroic with their comedic opposites. The activity is fast and furious, but not necessarily logical. That being said, the story is still a good, quick read involving wise-cracking, smart-mouthed characters and some very bizarre scenarios.
September 25, 2025
found this book on Hoopla (only EBook version )
November 16, 2020
Well, Season 2 was more of the same - except maybe a bit too-much so,
In Junkers Season Two, the gang that keeps robots from going bat-crazy on humans is plopped into a place where they're overwhelmed. Beyond reason. Let's see you get out of THIS, all you Junkers.
And, there's kind of the problem. They are SO overwhelmed that the process of surviving is - while resourceful - kind of contrived. It's pretty clear the plot is being steered to give the team lifeline after lifeline.
The upside: It's still good humor, and a quick, light read. But, I was ready for it to wrap up when I was about 60% done.
In Junkers Season Two, the gang that keeps robots from going bat-crazy on humans is plopped into a place where they're overwhelmed. Beyond reason. Let's see you get out of THIS, all you Junkers.
And, there's kind of the problem. They are SO overwhelmed that the process of surviving is - while resourceful - kind of contrived. It's pretty clear the plot is being steered to give the team lifeline after lifeline.
The upside: It's still good humor, and a quick, light read. But, I was ready for it to wrap up when I was about 60% done.
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