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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
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
Disclaimer: I'm reading this series for the first time as an adult. (Unfortunately) I have no fond memories coloring my reading.
This was the second book in the Animorphs series that I didn't finish. These "extra" books never seem to work for me. The Megamorphs ones (so named because they're twice as long as the other books) are 100% action, no plot-impact. I'm not reading this series for the fight scenes.
In this book, through aplot device riff in space/time, the Animorphs go back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. I have no idea why, but it takes them a really long time to realize when they are. They've dealt with time travel in previous books, and they know what dinosaurs are... When they see evidence of dinosaurs (footprints the size of swimming pools, tops of trees eaten, dinosaur-sized paths through the forest) it takes them forever to put the pieces together.
These books almost always have big honking plot holes, but the ones in this book were bigger than usual. (Dinosaur-sized!)
Based on the other reviews of this book, it gets even worse in the second half (TWO new alien races that we never encounter again, one of them apparently shaping the whole human race in a most illogical way), so I jumped ship at the 50% mark.
This was the second book in the Animorphs series that I didn't finish. These "extra" books never seem to work for me. The Megamorphs ones (so named because they're twice as long as the other books) are 100% action, no plot-impact. I'm not reading this series for the fight scenes.
In this book, through a
These books almost always have big honking plot holes, but the ones in this book were bigger than usual. (Dinosaur-sized!)
Based on the other reviews of this book, it gets even worse in the second half (TWO new alien races that we never encounter again, one of them apparently shaping the whole human race in a most illogical way), so I jumped ship at the 50% mark.
Immediately after coming from an adventure leaving the Animorphs suspended in Zero-space, the team finds their way going back in time to the land of the dinosaurs and acquiring new morphs that may help them in future battles to win the war.
This honestly feels like a filler episode to also conveniently give Cassie a T-Rex morph for future fights but I don’t care. It was fun (with the exception of that one guy whose body was made up of ants. That was horrifying.)
I do really appreciate these multi-POV stories, though, and we get better inside (on top of everything that occurred in the story prior) about why Jake is the only one built for the position as group leader.
CW: violence, death, grief
This honestly feels like a filler episode to also conveniently give Cassie a T-Rex morph for future fights but I don’t care. It was fun (with the exception of that one guy whose body was made up of ants. That was horrifying.)
I do really appreciate these multi-POV stories, though, and we get better inside (on top of everything that occurred in the story prior) about why Jake is the only one built for the position as group leader.
CW: violence, death, grief
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Animorphs reread continues! Through shenanigans, there are dinosaurs. And some other aliens, but mostly dinosaurs. I found the POV changes a little disorienting, since they switch every chapter, but this one was a fun one.
I've always loved this one, mainly because I really like survival stories. This time through, though, I also stayed engaged after they acquire the dinosaur morphs and start actually living competitively instead of as scared little humans. And that was fun, too. I was also really struck by Tobias's whole I'm-doing-this-so-that-you-guys-won't-feel-guilty thing. Oh, Tobias. So typical.
adventurous
lighthearted
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Violence
Minor: Injury/Injury detail