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A review by beaundarrows
Elfangor's Secret by K.A. Applegate
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
I listened to this one as an audiobook.
I loved that each POV had it's own narrator, but I didn't like all the voices. I enjoyed Jake and Rachel the most. I didn't like Marco or Cassie much.
So, Elfangor's Secret was a time machine which he hid on Earth poorly. The story had very little to do with Elfangor, aside from the framing/prologue.
This story is about jumping through time, trying and failing in every jump until the last, where the Animorphs get lucky, if I'm honest.
The Yeerk causing all the problems was "Visser Four," who I doubt we'll ever hear of again.
Cassie decides the best way to prevent V4 from getting the time matrix is to prevent his hosts parents from ever meeting.
So, the host is gone, but V4 still exists, and the time matrix still exists. Somehow this means V4 won't find the McGuffin... Ok. I guess? I mean, couldn't he just have a different host and still find it? I guess not?
This entire book was confusing, and silly, and ultimately meaningless. It's framed as "Cryak is going to let you fix the timeline, but Jake has to die." Which makes absolutely no sense, considering how much Cryak supposedly wants the Yeerks to win. Surely Cryak didn't really believe they'd just accept Jake's death when there was a fucking time machine involved? V4 wanted to make humans weaker, so the Yeerk invasion could proceed more easily. Doesn't that serve Cryak's ultimate design?
I don't know why this one got to be a "special" either. This could have just been a regular book. As far as I can tell, none of this was ground breaking, or even necessary to the overall plot.
2.5 out of 5 stars.
I loved that each POV had it's own narrator, but I didn't like all the voices. I enjoyed Jake and Rachel the most. I didn't like Marco or Cassie much.
So, Elfangor's Secret was a time machine which he hid on Earth poorly. The story had very little to do with Elfangor, aside from the framing/prologue.
This story is about jumping through time, trying and failing in every jump until the last, where the Animorphs get lucky, if I'm honest.
The Yeerk causing all the problems was "Visser Four," who I doubt we'll ever hear of again.
Cassie decides the best way to prevent V4 from getting the time matrix is to prevent his hosts parents from ever meeting.
So, the host is gone, but V4 still exists, and the time matrix still exists. Somehow this means V4 won't find the McGuffin... Ok. I guess? I mean, couldn't he just have a different host and still find it? I guess not?
This entire book was confusing, and silly, and ultimately meaningless. It's framed as "Cryak is going to let you fix the timeline, but Jake has to die." Which makes absolutely no sense, considering how much Cryak supposedly wants the Yeerks to win. Surely Cryak didn't really believe they'd just accept Jake's death when there was a fucking time machine involved? V4 wanted to make humans weaker, so the Yeerk invasion could proceed more easily. Doesn't that serve Cryak's ultimate design?
I don't know why this one got to be a "special" either. This could have just been a regular book. As far as I can tell, none of this was ground breaking, or even necessary to the overall plot.
2.5 out of 5 stars.