A lovely, warm, loving story about creating your place in a world that wants to shut you out. Comforting and gentle, with with lovable characters who are deeply human without being human. My only complaint is that it isn't a longer book!

This novella is a total delight! Fans of Becky Chambers -- whether the MONK & ROBOT series or the WAYFARERS -- will adore this sweet book. Set in a not-too-far-away future when California has declared independence from the US after a war, AUTOMATIC NOODLE follows the journey of a found family of four robots and one human who band together to open a noodle restaurant. I loved each of the four robots and how each of them had their own backstory that we got to explore to see how and why they ended up in a restaurant.