This was the first Animorphs book I ever read. :)

Happy to report that the voice narrator for this one has way more respect for Tobias than the last guy did.

Rachel is the best Animorph, and cats are the best thing to morph into.

SpoilerReal Chapman standing up to Visser Three for his daughter hits WAY HARDER when you're in you're thirties than it did when I was 11. Holy shit.

Also LOVE that Visser Three is as obsessed with cats as I am THEY ARE THE TRUE KINGS
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Any Rachel book is a good book (except the starfish book)
dark hopeful 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: Yes

I like how the author actually takes time to think about and describe what it might be like to be a different animal. 

My goal is to read all of these again
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

First time reading this one. Love the whole learning about animals through an alien invasion thing these books do. Going to read as many of them as I can, unless the quality takes a dive.

Solid, very tense. This series excels at conveying the stress of their beleaguered situation. The kids are still figuring things out, including strategy, motivations and 'work'/life balance. I appreciate that there's an emotional subplot of Rachel comparing how she imagined a loss of love when her parents divorced to a child whose parents are both controllers. Also kudos for some very casual preaching on good points for teens. "Those fools who starve themselves for gymnastics" and Rachel remembering how she was wrong to feel bad after her parents divorce. Each delivered in just a single throwaway line so the message doesn't take away from the story, but I'm sure helpful to those that might've needed to hear it.