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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Violence, Grief, War, Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Message was kind of weird?? I kinda understand why people said it was a tad strange for an Animorph book. Through dolphin-whale telepathy Cassie found where the Andalite ship crashed...I can't make this up if I tried. And the whole 'great one' and 'evil one' thing threw me in for a loop. But, I will give points on how conflicted Cassie was in making decisions. Gotta love that.
3.95 / 5 C+
3.95 / 5 C+
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, War
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, War
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-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
Okay I changed my mind. Cassie is my favorite with Tobias coming in at a close second. The dynamic duo.
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
enjoyed cassie’s pov but like i said in my reviews for the other books, the action scenes aren’t that great.
cassie dealt with two main issues in this book: (1) the moral ethics of morphing and (2) stepping into a leadership role. the second issue was the wayyy more interesting to me. dealing with moral ethics could have been compelling if the author handled it a different way.basically cassie was worried that the first time she’d morph into an dolphin, the dolphin brain would be more human-like, meaning that it would object to having its DNA used to fight the yeerks. she wrestles with this quite a bit only to find out that her fears were for nothing. and that’s what where that arc ends. instead, it would have been interesting if her fears WERE confirmed and we could have seen her, the most talented animorph, struggle a bit with staying in control despite this, the leadership arc went really well. her fears were valid, relatable, and in character. i also enjoyed this arc because it lead to us getting some marco & cassie friendship scenes which made me unbelievably happy.
i was hoping we would get more about her family but we didn’t. except for one line about the farm she lives on being in her family since civil war times (which i found rly weird since cassie is black and that would mean her ancestors were slaves on that farm but imma try and block that out)
we also got more jake and cassie scenes. i like how chill they are around each other and about their feelings for one another. very innocent and very precious.
overall, it was a fun quick read, not as heavy as the previous book but still pulls on the heart strings at moments.
cassie dealt with two main issues in this book: (1) the moral ethics of morphing and (2) stepping into a leadership role. the second issue was the wayyy more interesting to me. dealing with moral ethics could have been compelling if the author handled it a different way.
i was hoping we would get more about her family but we didn’t. except for one line about the farm she lives on being in her family since civil war times (which i found rly weird since cassie is black and that would mean her ancestors were slaves on that farm but imma try and block that out)
we also got more jake and cassie scenes. i like how chill they are around each other and about their feelings for one another. very innocent and very precious.
overall, it was a fun quick read, not as heavy as the previous book but still pulls on the heart strings at moments.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Another lovely book in the Animorphs series. It's honestly so heartening to be rereading these as an adult and realising that the stories really were as much fun and exciting as my nostaliga-coated childhood memories of these held them to be. I will say though, the ending on this one felt rushed. We met Ax, and we don't really get to spend any time with him when the book ends. Compared to the previous book (Tobias's book iirc) the ending allowed us to really linger with him emotionally as he came to terms with being a nothlit. The moral dilemma in this book is partly that Cassie is worried that the dolphin morphs they acquire are functionally a kind of mental enslavement akin to what the Yeerks are doing all over the galaxy. That dilemma felt a little silly and not well fleshed out though, since the rules of morps they kids have acquired to this point include an elephant, a gorilla, a tiger, and a horse. Why would a dolphin have a form of intelligence that is substantively different from any of the other morphs of highly social large mammals all of a sudden? The resolution is interesting because Cassie decides that it's a moral complexity she needs to learn to live with rather than overcome or ignore, which gives her character development a level of depth that's unusual for middle grade protagonists but like... the moral dilemma itself remains unconvincing.
The other main dilemma of her character in this book, learning to trust her intuition and judgement as a leader in the group is pretty standard fare for the genre and target audience. I appreciate why this kind of narrative arc is important for its target demographic.
The other main dilemma of her character in this book, learning to trust her intuition and judgement as a leader in the group is pretty standard fare for the genre and target audience. I appreciate why this kind of narrative arc is important for its target demographic.