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loreleifae's review
2.0
Honestly pretty disappointing after the last one. No real drama other than "Cassie is scared to make decisions". Also the CassieXJake thing is so painful.
booksthatburn's review
adventurous
inspiring
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Blood, Violence, Death, and Gore
Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Slavery, Death of parent, and War
themintcar's review
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
absolutelyfatal's review
adventurous
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
deviki's review
4.0
Books I've read and provided detailed reviews over the years but all data is lost after accidental deletion and GD's refusal to restore it back.
Adding books back to my library for my own reference and tracking purposes
Adding books back to my library for my own reference and tracking purposes
the1germ's review against another edition
3.0
Everything about this book SHOULD qualify another 5-star on my Animorphs scale, but eh. I don't know. Something about this one has just never clicked with me.
This one is significant, with actual game-changing events. The scale is broadened outside of just their backyard. It's set underwater, with DOLPHINS, and WHALES, and SHARKS! With underwater dome habitat thingies!
But look. They take forever getting there, with so much back-and-forth before they actually do anything. I can't believe Ax survived all that time while Cassie whinged about what to do. Her moral dilemma about morphing into dolphins could have been interesting if it hadn't been thrown away entirely with no resolution. At the end of the book, there is no discussion or reconciliation whatsoever with the morality of morphing into sentient beings, despite it being a major plot point in this book. It doesn't even cross Cassie's mind that he just did exactly what she's quarreled with this whole time.
This also is the first of the audiobooks so far I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. The narrator plays it a bit young, and this was the first of the four I've listened to so far where I felt like I was definitely listening to a kid's book.
This one is significant, with actual game-changing events. The scale is broadened outside of just their backyard. It's set underwater, with DOLPHINS, and WHALES, and SHARKS! With underwater dome habitat thingies!
But look. They take forever getting there, with so much back-and-forth before they actually do anything. I can't believe Ax survived all that time while Cassie whinged about what to do. Her moral dilemma about morphing into dolphins could have been interesting if it hadn't been thrown away entirely with no resolution. At the end of the book
Spoiler
when Ax morphs into a Captain Planet version of the human AnimorphsThis also is the first of the audiobooks so far I haven't thoroughly enjoyed. The narrator plays it a bit young, and this was the first of the four I've listened to so far where I felt like I was definitely listening to a kid's book.
ahakuutti's review
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Not as good as the previous three, I had more difficulties reading through because I personally found Cassies POV kinda boring. Still enjoyable as part of the series but I wasn't as invested in this one.
marcel's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
4.5
"People who argue about how smart whales are, or whether they are as smart as humans, kind of miss the point. Whales will never read books or build rockets or do algebra. (...) But it isn't necessary to believe whales are as smart as humans to believe that they are great. They don't have to know words to sing songs. They don't have to be anything but what they are to be magnificent. And even though I don't really know what a soul is, I know this—if humans have them, then so do whales."
garrodot's review
4.0
Good: The ocean is very dangerous, some of our first glances at the mythology of animals being more than we humans suspect, clever strategy and planning to get to the sea floor.
Less-than-good: Ultra convenience of an Andalite survivor chilling in Sandy the Squirrel's Bikini Bottom glass dome park.
Less-than-good: Ultra convenience of an Andalite survivor chilling in Sandy the Squirrel's Bikini Bottom glass dome park.
asktheleaf's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25