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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
I enjoyed getting into Cassie's head. Also, the whales were amaaaaaaaaazing. I'm finding that I do have an advantage reading these as a 40-year-old, which is that I get all the pop culture references.
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
This was another quick read that kept me on the edge of my seat from beginning to end. I love seeing their confidence start shining through.
Spring 2020 (Animorphs Read 2020);
This time we head into our girl Cassie, who I already dubbed the heart and soul of this group with her heart and soul so big in who she is, how she makes decisions, and how she shores up/softens down everyone else. She's always been our peacemaker so it was lovely to get to be inside her head. I loved seeing her world, how much she loves things, how much she cares about people.
On my continual and constant Rachel-Read of the Animorphs, I love Jake & Cassie's eye-rolling affection for her massive stunts (looking at you, Rachel-Diving-Off-The-Railing) about how she's fearless and headstrong and they love her so much for it.
I think my only real disappointment with this book was that the last-second *"I never told you."/"Yeah, me, too."* between Jake and Cassie about their feelings in this book was almost exactly the same situation and basic wording/exchange that Tobias and Rachel had in a similar situation in the last book. I know these are the early setup couples, but I like a little more differentiation in how people portray and emote. Not just the same 'hey, I never told you' and 'I already know' responses from different people, different couples. I hope to see them grow into being very different in these things, too.
This time we head into our girl Cassie, who I already dubbed the heart and soul of this group with her heart and soul so big in who she is, how she makes decisions, and how she shores up/softens down everyone else. She's always been our peacemaker so it was lovely to get to be inside her head. I loved seeing her world, how much she loves things, how much she cares about people.
On my continual and constant Rachel-Read of the Animorphs, I love Jake & Cassie's eye-rolling affection for her massive stunts (looking at you, Rachel-Diving-Off-The-Railing) about how she's fearless and headstrong and they love her so much for it.
I think my only real disappointment with this book was that the last-second *"I never told you."/"Yeah, me, too."* between Jake and Cassie about their feelings in this book was almost exactly the same situation and basic wording/exchange that Tobias and Rachel had in a similar situation in the last book. I know these are the early setup couples, but I like a little more differentiation in how people portray and emote. Not just the same 'hey, I never told you' and 'I already know' responses from different people, different couples. I hope to see them grow into being very different in these things, too.
adventurous
adventurous
reflective
tense
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
fast-paced
Intriguing plot points presented in this one and I’m excited to see the new addition to the crew, Ax!
In this book, Cassie and Tobias experience identical dreams of an Andalite voice calling to them from the ocean. Jake, Cassie, Rachel and Marco morph into dolphins to follow the call, which leads them to a submerged Andalite ship. The ship is like an underwater ecosphere, much like Sandy Cheeks' home in Spongebob Squarepants. The ship plays home to Ax, Prince Elfangor's brother, who escapes with the Animorphs and agrees to help them fight the Yeerks.
Unfortunately Visser Three had also heard the Andalite call for help, and the Controllers immediately took to the oceans. Visser Three sees the Animorphs and Ax escape the dome in dolphin and shark form, and pursues them in the body of some monstrous alien sea creature. The Animorphs are nearly captured by Visser Three when a pod of whales come to their rescue, offended by the alien abomination tarnishing their precious ocean. The Animorphs and Ax make it safely to dry land, where Ax acquires their DNA and morphs into a mix of Jake, Cassie, Marco and Rachel.
Somewhere along the way Elfangor revea;s that the Yeerks set out to not only control the minds of each species they conquer, but to destroy their planets too. The Yeerks plan to kill off Earth's animals and turn the planet into something closer resembling their own barren wasteland home. Cassie had been having ethical reservations about morphing into a dolphin due to their high intelligence, but her doubts are immediately cast aside when she hears this.
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Super excited by this revelation that the Yeerks plan to all but destroy planet Earth! I'm interested as to why they'd bother doing so, because there's got to be a deeper motivation than them just being pure evil and resentful that their homeworld is a shithole. I hope we get to see or hear a bit more about the Yeerk homeworld, as all we know right now is that it's a giant muddy pond. I'd like to know how they got off their planet in the first place, given that they're essentially just angry slugs that lie around bathing in Kandrona rays all day!
And yay for spazzy Andalite Ax showing up, I'd completely forgotten about him in the TV show!
Unfortunately Visser Three had also heard the Andalite call for help, and the Controllers immediately took to the oceans. Visser Three sees the Animorphs and Ax escape the dome in dolphin and shark form, and pursues them in the body of some monstrous alien sea creature. The Animorphs are nearly captured by Visser Three when a pod of whales come to their rescue, offended by the alien abomination tarnishing their precious ocean. The Animorphs and Ax make it safely to dry land, where Ax acquires their DNA and morphs into a mix of Jake, Cassie, Marco and Rachel.
Somewhere along the way Elfangor revea;s that the Yeerks set out to not only control the minds of each species they conquer, but to destroy their planets too. The Yeerks plan to kill off Earth's animals and turn the planet into something closer resembling their own barren wasteland home. Cassie had been having ethical reservations about morphing into a dolphin due to their high intelligence, but her doubts are immediately cast aside when she hears this.
--
Super excited by this revelation that the Yeerks plan to all but destroy planet Earth! I'm interested as to why they'd bother doing so, because there's got to be a deeper motivation than them just being pure evil and resentful that their homeworld is a shithole. I hope we get to see or hear a bit more about the Yeerk homeworld, as all we know right now is that it's a giant muddy pond. I'd like to know how they got off their planet in the first place, given that they're essentially just angry slugs that lie around bathing in Kandrona rays all day!
And yay for spazzy Andalite Ax showing up, I'd completely forgotten about him in the TV show!