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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is the first book from Cassie's perspective and it was vital to hear more from her. Cassie was good friends with Rachel before becoming an Animorph, and they compliment each other in many ways. Rachel is quick to anger and eager to fight, while Cassie knows how to calm the group down, values careful planning and is often first to notice if something is wrong.
The Animorphs often meet at Cassie's because she lives on a farm well outside of town surrounded by woods and fields. Cassie's parents are both vets, her mom works at the zoo and her father works from home as an animal rehabilitator. Cassie's family has owned the farm since the Civil War and Cassie grew up hearing stories of her family's close ties to the land. Cassie's affinity for animals is given as a reason why she is a natural at morphing. She is reluctant to admit any superiority and it was nice to see Cassie grapple with becoming a leader and gain confidence during this book.
Tobias and Cassie have both had the same dream. A voice is calling to them from the ocean asking for help. is it a message they can trust? If it is what they think it is will the Controllers get there first?
The ocean mission is an early highlight of the books, with the group planning a complicated and dangerous method of getting out into the deep ocean and also be back in time for supper. This is also where the Animorphs contemplate for the first time the ethics of acquiring an animal's DNA and then suppressing that creature's mind to use the body. What is the difference between what they do and what the Yeerks are? This comes up as the group ponders morphing into dolphins for the mission.
Also, Cassie and Jake have moved into like-like territory - he has a picture of her on his desk. Awww.
Animorphs
Next: 'The Predator'
Previous: 'The Encounter'
The Animorphs often meet at Cassie's because she lives on a farm well outside of town surrounded by woods and fields. Cassie's parents are both vets, her mom works at the zoo and her father works from home as an animal rehabilitator. Cassie's family has owned the farm since the Civil War and Cassie grew up hearing stories of her family's close ties to the land. Cassie's affinity for animals is given as a reason why she is a natural at morphing. She is reluctant to admit any superiority and it was nice to see Cassie grapple with becoming a leader and gain confidence during this book.
Tobias and Cassie have both had the same dream. A voice is calling to them from the ocean asking for help. is it a message they can trust? If it is what they think it is will the Controllers get there first?
The ocean mission is an early highlight of the books, with the group planning a complicated and dangerous method of getting out into the deep ocean and also be back in time for supper. This is also where the Animorphs contemplate for the first time the ethics of acquiring an animal's DNA and then suppressing that creature's mind to use the body. What is the difference between what they do and what the Yeerks are? This comes up as the group ponders morphing into dolphins for the mission.
Also, Cassie and Jake have moved into like-like territory - he has a picture of her on his desk. Awww.
Animorphs
Next: 'The Predator'
Previous: 'The Encounter'
i just wanna know why whales are the only animals w souls (so far?) (maybe only cassie can tell?)
LOVE THOSE WHALES LOVE THAT AX LOVE THOSE DOLPHINS
Ax ! Finally ! The team is now complete !
After a pretty dark book about Tobias and his issues with losing himself into his new hawk life, we have a Cassie book that explores the ethics of morphing... Said that way, it does not seem like a lot of fun, but our favorite Animorphs get to be dolphins and to make friends with whales... As someone that dreamt about studying the oceans as a kid, it's pure joy.
Also, I love that it goes into ethics territory. Those kids have to save the earth from a covert alien invasion, they have to make war... Yet, they try to do it by staying the good guys. They ask themselves questions that most adult professionnal armies don't. And that one of the reasons those books are so good...
After a pretty dark book about Tobias and his issues with losing himself into his new hawk life, we have a Cassie book that explores the ethics of morphing... Said that way, it does not seem like a lot of fun, but our favorite Animorphs get to be dolphins and to make friends with whales... As someone that dreamt about studying the oceans as a kid, it's pure joy.
Also, I love that it goes into ethics territory. Those kids have to save the earth from a covert alien invasion, they have to make war... Yet, they try to do it by staying the good guys. They ask themselves questions that most adult professionnal armies don't. And that one of the reasons those books are so good...
The Animorphs series was a huge part of my childhood! Overall, all of these books were excellently written, and a fantastic book series to share with kids. They dealt with a lot of important themes, often dark, but in a relatable and easy to access way.
This book in particular was always one of my favorites! The first told from Cassie's perspective, this book also introduces Ax to the series, a beloved and much-awaited addition! I was excited to start reading Animorphs again, but chose to pick up the series here, just due to personal preference.
I love Animorphs, and would strongly recommend the series to anyone, especially those who love sci-fi, and its a great way to introduce kids to sci-fi, or to reading in general!
This book in particular was always one of my favorites! The first told from Cassie's perspective, this book also introduces Ax to the series, a beloved and much-awaited addition! I was excited to start reading Animorphs again, but chose to pick up the series here, just due to personal preference.
I love Animorphs, and would strongly recommend the series to anyone, especially those who love sci-fi, and its a great way to introduce kids to sci-fi, or to reading in general!
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
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:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
you know. this one's fine, not too standout. its mostly just here to provide us with our new bonus character, ax. the morphs were pretty cool - seagull were funny how they kept getting distracted, and dolphins were just neat, so powerful and smart but also playful. i also enjoyed the bit where cassie found out that whales are kind of psychic and just very mysterious wise beings?? and the whales save them multiple times
also they suffer their first horrifying injury! marco gets his dolphin tail bitten off and almost bleeds out :))) they're gonna get used to this eventually heheheh. it begins
cassie also gets a fun character reason beyond 'if we have the power i can't just stand aside' to fight the yeerks - according to ax, standard yeerk protocol is to basically extinguish biodiversity on every planet they conquer, and cassie won't stand for that
also they suffer their first horrifying injury! marco gets his dolphin tail bitten off and almost bleeds out :))) they're gonna get used to this eventually heheheh. it begins
cassie also gets a fun character reason beyond 'if we have the power i can't just stand aside' to fight the yeerks - according to ax, standard yeerk protocol is to basically extinguish biodiversity on every planet they conquer, and cassie won't stand for that
Not the best writing, with lots of tell instead of show. But hey, it’s a kids book. Joey enjoyed reminiscing and explaining the backstory to me. I’m not going to make a point to read any others, but I’m glad I tried it. And I can mark off a category on my Reading Challenge!