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The Pretender

K.A. Applegate

3.94 AVERAGE

thedemonisstoredinthelegs's review against another edition

4.0

Tobias will always break my whole heart. Against his own better judgement, he allows himself to hope that someone out there wants to take care of him, and

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when this is proved to all be a trap, his reaction speaks so much to who he was before the animorphs.

The self loathing he experiences really hit me in the gut. His struggles to reconcile his humanity with his hawk-ness continue to be devastating.

What I also like about Tobias's narration is the criticism he has for humans that we just don't get with the rest of the kids. His reflections that even if they win the war against the yeerks, humans are not likely to maintain peace on their own planet, really rang true.

I kind of never really pay super close attention to the missions the kids attempt in the books, finding myself much more interested in their interior lives and relationships. So I don't exactly remember who the Ellimist is and I'm too scared of spoilers of future books to look it up. A couple other questions i have:

Spoiler

so does this mean that Ax is his uncle?

Why does Tobias believe the lawyer guy so readily? Why are we meant to believe him?

n7keidence's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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

shighmore's review against another edition

3.0

Como siempre me pasa con esta saga lo interesante llega al final, en esta ocasión provocó una explosión en mi mente al enterarme de algunas cosas, pero sigo dándole las 3 estrellas porque era narrado por Tobías y honestamente no me interesa mucho...aunque tenía razón en esto:

"Es difícil imaginarse a los humanos dando la bienvenida a criaturas de dos metros de altura en la tropa local de los scouts, cuando ni siquiera pueden tolerar a un chico un poco afeminado."

Sí, quizás porque cuestionarlo todo no tengamos amigos de otro planeta.

matttruss's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

I very much enjoyed this Tobias book. Tobias is the character who has sacrificed the most in this series, and the trauma is real. The trauma and depression really come out in this book, honestly, great for a middle grade book to be tackling such issues. I didn't see the twist coming, and I'm surprised I was able to stay spoiler free on that this whole time. This series really seems to be hitting its stride here in the 20s.

ida_reads_77's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad 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: No

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madisus's review against another edition

4.25

I cannot believe they followed up the David trilogy with an even better book, omg.

I will be thinking about Tobias falling from the sky in despair for a long, long time. Why didn’t anyone tell me Animorphs was gonna make me cry?? Also love Visser 3 being so obsessed with Elfangor he sets up this weeks long scheme just to see if his son is cool LMAO