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A review by madly_
The Pretender by K.A. Applegate
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
can't stop laughing at tobias waxing poetic about how hot rachel is including while in her bald eagle morph but then walking it back with a "no homo" bc her eagle morph is male. he really went "i can excuse being attracted to birds but i draw the line at homosexuality"
all jokes aside, this paragraph on page 118 really struck me with how frank it is, given that this is a children's scholastic book published in 1998:
"I wondered about the image of Hork-Bajir and humans living side by side if the Yeerks were defeated. Humans don't have a great track record of getting along with people different from themselves. Humans killed one another over skin color or eye shape or because they prayed differently to the same god. Hard to imagine humans welcoming seven-foot-tall goblins into the local Boy Scout troop when they couldn't even manage to tolerate some gay kid."
man, i loved this book. it was so thoughtful and introspective and full of DELICIOUS tobias angst, and so much of it was spent with just him & rachel hanging out :) a sorely needed respite after the nonstop action and trauma of the d*vid trilogy. and i have such a soft spot for bunnies/rabbits as a horror trope >:}
an unexpected favorite!!!
all jokes aside, this paragraph on page 118 really struck me with how frank it is, given that this is a children's scholastic book published in 1998:
"I wondered about the image of Hork-Bajir and humans living side by side if the Yeerks were defeated. Humans don't have a great track record of getting along with people different from themselves. Humans killed one another over skin color or eye shape or because they prayed differently to the same god. Hard to imagine humans welcoming seven-foot-tall goblins into the local Boy Scout troop when they couldn't even manage to tolerate some gay kid."
man, i loved this book. it was so thoughtful and introspective and full of DELICIOUS tobias angst, and so much of it was spent with just him & rachel hanging out :) a sorely needed respite after the nonstop action and trauma of the d*vid trilogy. and i have such a soft spot for bunnies/rabbits as a horror trope >:}
an unexpected favorite!!!