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A review by grapie_deltaco
The Departure by K.A. Applegate
5.0
After a battle that ends in Cassie giving into wolf instincts and murdering a Hork-Bajir, she makes the claim that she no longer wishes to be a member of the Animorphs or participant in this war.
“It was battle," I whispered into the sheets drawn up under my chin. "It's a war.”
The guilt is eating her alive and the toll of all this violence is weighing on her heavily.
”Each day, each battle, each mission. I just feel less and less.”
This has to be one of my all-time favorite installments for the series. Not only do we witness an intense journey of self-reflection as Cassie battles with her sense of morality, but we also get a deeper understanding of the Yeerks in a way that genuinely moves them into a sympathetic light. It’s a story that demands introspection and calls on Cassie (and the reader) to ask ourselves what lengths we would go to and what sacrifices we would make in order to gain freedom.
This book had me legitimately crying, especially after understanding the cover. Cassie doesn’t have it in herself to hate. She’s simply not built for it, and that lack of ability to hate leads to an incredibly honest and complex struggle with doing what’s right.
This was so painful and fantastic.
CW: war, slavery, violence, murder, death, ableism + dated ableist language
“It was battle," I whispered into the sheets drawn up under my chin. "It's a war.”
The guilt is eating her alive and the toll of all this violence is weighing on her heavily.
”Each day, each battle, each mission. I just feel less and less.”
This has to be one of my all-time favorite installments for the series. Not only do we witness an intense journey of self-reflection as Cassie battles with her sense of morality, but we also get a deeper understanding of the Yeerks in a way that genuinely moves them into a sympathetic light. It’s a story that demands introspection and calls on Cassie (and the reader) to ask ourselves what lengths we would go to and what sacrifices we would make in order to gain freedom.
This book had me legitimately crying, especially after understanding the cover. Cassie doesn’t have it in herself to hate. She’s simply not built for it, and that lack of ability to hate leads to an incredibly honest and complex struggle with doing what’s right.
This was so painful and fantastic.
CW: war, slavery, violence, murder, death, ableism + dated ableist language