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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.
sizrobe's review against another edition
5.0
Surprisingly, a plot based around time travel turns out to be some top notch stuff. The plot bounces around between atrocious human acts of war as the Animorphs chase Visser 4 across time and space. There's some deeply nihilistic meditation on human nature and what makes a person who they are.
justgj's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
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
2.0
wetdryvac's review against another edition
4.0
Fun fluff series that gets less and less fluff over time. (And this is the book where Applegate appears to just throw their hands in the air and say, "Look at these humans being human, and dear gods they're sometimes pretty bloody awful." But, like, with a hammer.
endaira91's review against another edition
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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
5.0
This book was awesome. The beginning AU whiplash, not one but two gruesome deaths (the half a chimpanzee scene, oof), the multiple wars PTSD… Definitely the least “for kids” book in the series, but probably the most fun
fae's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
temporaryhouseplant's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
3.0
odinblindeye's review against another edition
2.0
Read these as a kid. They were one of the series that kept me reading.
grapie_deltaco's review against another edition
1.0
This is legitimately the most unhinged, offensive, and disorienting installment in the entire series. There are so many layers as to why this entire concept needed to have been avoided. I think this installment is entirely skippable.
Apparently this is the book where K. A. Applegate stopped using ghost writers. I think her break could’ve been extended just a bit longer. I also think someone should’ve reminded her that her target demographic is young children aged 9-12.
In this installment, we’re seeing the story begin in an alternate timeline that’s been manipulated by Visser Four where:
1. Slavery was never abolished in any war and shifted from being race-based to targeting those with mental and physical disabilities.
2. The Nazi party never lost in WW2 and flourishes in the modern-day
3. Women are forced to breed in order to continue populating the “dominant white race”
4. Indigenous people are referred to as “Primitives” and are the current target of a genocidal war to completely wipe them out
5. Stricter and more “traditional” gender roles are still intact (causing Rachel to have been absent in the beginning as in this new reality, she would be experiencing “re-education” to better “learn her place as a female”)
6. Secret police round up the homeless and those living in poverty to execute
This alternate timeline was created by Visser Four time traveling to different moments in history and altering major events and once the Animorphs re-gain their original consciousness from their original reality, they have to power through the disgust and self-loathing of being made to be literal slave owners and nazis and travel throughout to correct the altered historical events.
I think this installment also ruins Marco’s character exponentially in Applegate writing him to have his same indifferent, apathetic, jokester attitude intact during conversations discussing incredibly disgusting displays of oppression. Here’s an excerpt from a conversation when the team members are given their original minds back and are all panicking over the new reality they’ve been placed in. Rachel is ranting about how disgusting it all is and Marco cuts her off to make a joke about the video game ‘Pong’:
“‘We're just going to let it all happen?’ Rachel went on, in full outrage mode. ‘All we just experienced? Slavery? Censorship? Wars? Secret police rounding up the homeless and -‘
‘-and Pong?’ Marco interrupted, breaking her momentum”
Wtf even was that
Apparently this is the book where K. A. Applegate stopped using ghost writers. I think her break could’ve been extended just a bit longer. I also think someone should’ve reminded her that her target demographic is young children aged 9-12.
In this installment, we’re seeing the story begin in an alternate timeline that’s been manipulated by Visser Four where:
1. Slavery was never abolished in any war and shifted from being race-based to targeting those with mental and physical disabilities.
2. The Nazi party never lost in WW2 and flourishes in the modern-day
3. Women are forced to breed in order to continue populating the “dominant white race”
4. Indigenous people are referred to as “Primitives” and are the current target of a genocidal war to completely wipe them out
5. Stricter and more “traditional” gender roles are still intact (causing Rachel to have been absent in the beginning as in this new reality, she would be experiencing “re-education” to better “learn her place as a female”)
6. Secret police round up the homeless and those living in poverty to execute
This alternate timeline was created by Visser Four time traveling to different moments in history and altering major events and once the Animorphs re-gain their original consciousness from their original reality, they have to power through the disgust and self-loathing of being made to be literal slave owners and nazis and travel throughout to correct the altered historical events.
I think this installment also ruins Marco’s character exponentially in Applegate writing him to have his same indifferent, apathetic, jokester attitude intact during conversations discussing incredibly disgusting displays of oppression. Here’s an excerpt from a conversation when the team members are given their original minds back and are all panicking over the new reality they’ve been placed in. Rachel is ranting about how disgusting it all is and Marco cuts her off to make a joke about the video game ‘Pong’:
“‘We're just going to let it all happen?’ Rachel went on, in full outrage mode. ‘All we just experienced? Slavery? Censorship? Wars? Secret police rounding up the homeless and -‘
‘-and Pong?’ Marco interrupted, breaking her momentum”
Wtf even was that