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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Yes
This approaches the difficult task of humanizing an antagonist while maintaining that they're objectively awful but opting not to resolve any of the contradictions that creates--and there are many, and they don't always make for cogent characterization, but it's still the right choice. The ambiguity creates nuance, while everyone else is in-character enough to sell the whole. And it shouldn't be able to surprise me anymore, but still does: this is dark, mean, and honestly doesn't feel like middle grade, especially with the focus on motherhood. I also appreciate the wealth of worldbuilding details, particularly re: Yeerks and the way they're affected by their host bodies. I still didn't enjoy this--the narrative is disjointed, and I have mixed luck any time the series moves away from the core cast. But it's surprisingly successful.
The Chronicles books are always a gut-punch, but the end of this one in particular…JFC it’s goddamn brutal.
Love love LOVE Marco here, and seeing him from an outsider’s perspective, even just briefly, really drives home how much he’s changed since the series started.
Love love LOVE Marco here, and seeing him from an outsider’s perspective, even just briefly, really drives home how much he’s changed since the series started.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I fucking love Eva and Visser One is goddamn terrifying. This is such a damn good book that all Animorphs fans should read.
Ack. Well, at least since it's really about Visser One and not Visser Three I didn't have to read a whole book of Visser Three being a slimeball. This was pretty interesting, seeing how the invasion started, but once again Marco's getting put through the emotional grinder. The last half is also super tense.
dark
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really good story and psychological study of how a Yeerk can be impacted by having a very intelligent and persuasive host. Unlike Geds, Taxxons, and Hork-Bajir, humans are reasoning and sympathetic and utterly alien to Yeerks in that they are are predators, mammals, etc. Emotion drives much of our behavior. A human host mind is one you must interact with constantly.
This is the story of Visser One, the one who discovered humanity's potential as a new host species, and how that discovery changed her. She's on trial for treason against the Yeerk Empire, facing off against Visser Three, and btw, she has Marco's mom for a host. Really well done.
This is the story of Visser One, the one who discovered humanity's potential as a new host species, and how that discovery changed her. She's on trial for treason against the Yeerk Empire, facing off against Visser Three, and btw, she has Marco's mom for a host. Really well done.
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced