Reviews

The Andalite Chronicles by K.A. Applegate

grapie_deltaco's review

5.0

For the first time, we’re getting parts of the story told from Elfangor’s perspective. Functioning as a prologue building up to the alternative perspective of the events that occurred in the opening book to the series, we get a deeper understanding of who he was at his core.

We also get a pretty insane background on a (sort of) minor villain in a twist I was not prepared for. It was an origin story for more than just the Animorphs and I think that’s pretty fantastic.

I don’t have a word for what I feel other than devastated.


CW: war, slavery, violence, death, murder, grief, brief suicidal ideation

wanderlustlover's review

3.0

Spring 2020 (Animorph's Read 2020 March/April);

This ranks in as my highest Animorph star count so far at 3.5. I found myself more engrossed in the last third of this book than I have in any Animorphs novel yet (or the first 2/3rds of this selfsame novel). I am deeply interested in the parts where we begin messing with time, place, dimensions, and the shattering-merge of them with multiple minds involved and I NEED MORE of that part now (...and hopefully I won't be waiting for 2/3rd of the full series to pass me by before that?).

I wish we'd gotten to see more of their life on Earth.
I wish we'd gotten to see more of his life after-earth, pre-Book 1.
I wish any of the adults had sounds like adults during their parts of this book.

I will say that I was surprised by at least one reveal in this book (and another in 13).

jirafasycebras's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.75

tuufa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

gadogttas's review

5.0

All the feels.

miette_xo's review

hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

invisibleninjacat's review

5.0

The Animorphs reread continues! I don't think I've actually read this one before, but it was pretty amazing. I'm about 90% certain the entire book was written just to have the scene where Elfangor is driving across the Taxxon home world in a bright yellow Mustang while drinking a Dr Pepper through his hoof and blasting Britney Spears. Also Elfangor's backstory, I guess. But mostly that one scene. :-D

ohnoitscoco's review

5.0

The very interesting backstory of Elfangor, the Andalite who gave the Animorphs their powers, and his brother who later joined the team, Aximili.

lesbianwolves's review

adventurous dark sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

ifthebook's review

5.0

Pretty darn epic.

More than pretty darn epic. We have cross-species love, insane time travel, alternate universes, bad guys and good guys in close quarters, betrayal... Basically, we have it all.