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I should have loved this one as I'm a fan of time travel books, but I found this instalment messy and chaotic. I would have thought it was a ghost written book if I wasn't told otherwise.

Definitely the most violent of the books so far. I think Applegate forgot she was writing a kids book

dreadandsolace's review

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adventurous emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The Solace: Wow! This book was wild! I'm obsessed with the premise - time traveling to key human history battles and moments like the Battle of Agincourt, Washington crossing the Deleware, and D-Day - absolutely wild, reliving these moments in history as one of our Animorphs. I mean, picture being a bird at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan - wtf! It was so crazy and so intense to read through. I also loved the moral dilemma that Applegate poses for her audience again: if timelines are changed, if people are different in their timelines, how can we judge humanity? "Good guys or bad? Had we turned the battle for better or worse?"

The Dread: Applegate is crying wolf with some of these consequences. Based on previous books, I know not to take every consequence or sad action to be 'real' or 'stay that way' in this universe since she's reversed them a bit in other books. And by the time we get to this one and take on a heavy consequence, I don't believe or feel it as much.

Overall, this book was a wild adventure and heavy on my heart to think and read through the heartache and destruction that humans cause each other throughout time. "...the killer with a conscience... Kill 'em and then cry over them." This series deserves all the love. But for those that read this as a kid, are you all ok?