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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Oh the ending. It was doing just fine until the ending. What rubbish.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
No
In this book the Animorphs become 7! After the new kid at school discovers Elfangor's morphing tech-cube in the construction site near his house, the Animorphs embark on a mission to get it in safe hands. Unfortunately this results in a battle between Visser Three's forces and the Animorphs, which exposes the Yeerk battle and destroys the new kid's house in the process. The Animorphs manage to escape with the cube, but are thrust into an awkward situation as the new kid now knows too much. The Animorphs are then forced to make new kid (David) into one of them.
The Animorphs bring David on a crucial mission, where failure could see the President of the United States being made into a Controller. Marco immediately realises something wrong with David as he freaks out before the mission, and also kills a crow in cold blood whilst in eagle morph. The Animorphs narrowly escape being squashed in cockroach morph whilst on the mission, only to end up flung out the air hatch several thousand feet above the ground! The book ends with a 'to be continued...' cliffhanger, and Visser Three having acquired the President's DNA.
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Oooh, this is the first two-part storyline we've had! All the other books were 'monster of the week' self-contained stories, but this one stretches over multiple books!
I'm really interested to see how this David guy plays out. It was one thing for him to fall apart or be a giant asshole, but it was another to kill the crow in cold blood. I'm wondering whether he's some kind of awful sociopath serial-killer-in-the-making, or if he was unhealthily expressing his angst at having no control over his life. He'd previously whined about how he constantly had to pack up and leave because of his dad's job, and how he therefore never really had any friends. So it'd kind of make sense if his killing the crow was because he finally felt strength and control in that eagle morph.
That being said, get the fuck out of the Animorphs club already! I'm not sure how the author could permanently get rid of him without a gory or violent end. I don't think the Visser is going to lop his head off, because that would probably be too violent for a series aimed at kids so young. It's one thing for the Animorphs to rip the throats out of Hork-Bajir, or for the Visser to make general decapitation threats, but it feels different here because they now know David. I'm personally hoping that he either killed in cockroach morph or becomes a nothlit. But knowing the author, the Ellemist will interfere or there will be some other random means by which the Animorphs can strip David of his morphing capabilities and his memories.
I'm also incredibly interested to see how this mission with the world leaders turns out. It was bad enough when the Animorphs only had to worry about preventing a world leader from becoming infested, but now they have to worry about the Visser having acquired the President's DNA! The scales have tipped considerably in the Yeerks' favour, and unless the Animorphs can manage to kill Visser Three in this next book (which I doubt as I get the feeling he'll be there till the very end), the Animorphs are screwed! Fingers crossed the Ellemist or even Erek intervene.
The Animorphs bring David on a crucial mission, where failure could see the President of the United States being made into a Controller. Marco immediately realises something wrong with David as he freaks out before the mission, and also kills a crow in cold blood whilst in eagle morph. The Animorphs narrowly escape being squashed in cockroach morph whilst on the mission, only to end up flung out the air hatch several thousand feet above the ground! The book ends with a 'to be continued...' cliffhanger, and Visser Three having acquired the President's DNA.
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Oooh, this is the first two-part storyline we've had! All the other books were 'monster of the week' self-contained stories, but this one stretches over multiple books!
I'm really interested to see how this David guy plays out. It was one thing for him to fall apart or be a giant asshole, but it was another to kill the crow in cold blood. I'm wondering whether he's some kind of awful sociopath serial-killer-in-the-making, or if he was unhealthily expressing his angst at having no control over his life. He'd previously whined about how he constantly had to pack up and leave because of his dad's job, and how he therefore never really had any friends. So it'd kind of make sense if his killing the crow was because he finally felt strength and control in that eagle morph.
That being said, get the fuck out of the Animorphs club already! I'm not sure how the author could permanently get rid of him without a gory or violent end. I don't think the Visser is going to lop his head off, because that would probably be too violent for a series aimed at kids so young. It's one thing for the Animorphs to rip the throats out of Hork-Bajir, or for the Visser to make general decapitation threats, but it feels different here because they now know David. I'm personally hoping that he either killed in cockroach morph or becomes a nothlit. But knowing the author, the Ellemist will interfere or there will be some other random means by which the Animorphs can strip David of his morphing capabilities and his memories.
I'm also incredibly interested to see how this mission with the world leaders turns out. It was bad enough when the Animorphs only had to worry about preventing a world leader from becoming infested, but now they have to worry about the Visser having acquired the President's DNA! The scales have tipped considerably in the Yeerks' favour, and unless the Animorphs can manage to kill Visser Three in this next book (which I doubt as I get the feeling he'll be there till the very end), the Animorphs are screwed! Fingers crossed the Ellemist or even Erek intervene.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Really good, suspenseful setup for a trilogy. Nice to see the formula getting mixed up a little bit, Applegate having a little fun here.
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes