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dreadandsolace's review against another edition
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?
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?
kateoclaire's review against another edition
3.0
Action, travel, action, death, action, moral dilemma without much time to explore, quick ending. #megamorphs
crosenfrisk's review against another edition
3.0
I was very thrown off by how this book started. Took me until chapter 3 to "get it."
pensandpicks's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, Racism, War, and Injury/Injury detail
irisfang's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.75
hstapp's review against another edition
3.0
We travel back in history and see some of the most brutal depictions of war I've ever seen. Fantastic job.
lycheecha's review against another edition
1.0
Sorry to say, but I think Katherine Applegate was on crack when she wrote this she should've let the ghostwriters cover for her for at least 10 more books. There's just so much going on here, and time travel in this series is always written very poorly for me, so it's no surprise that I haven't enjoyed any of the Megamorphs stuff. Maybe I haven't been paying enough attention but who the hell is Visser Four and why did they make a comeback?
alternbruno's review against another edition
3.0
At first it was exciting bumping through history but then it got real serious when they reach to the horrors occurred during war. I'm astounded by how much the characters have evolved.