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A review by persiphone
The Invasion by K.A. Applegate
2.0
I know I'm older than the target audience, but this is just plain bad writing. I thought the concept was great, but then there's dialogue like this:
"It isn't very big, is it?"
"It's about - about three or four times as big as our minivan."
Oof. And it felt more than a little strange to read all the times the protagonist said his cousin was pretty - but "he doesn't think of her like that" - nor is she pretty when her elephant trunk is retracting into her face. Why on earth does her attractiveness matter so much? Especially when she's doing something as cool as morphing?!
"It isn't very big, is it?"
"It's about - about three or four times as big as our minivan."
Oof. And it felt more than a little strange to read all the times the protagonist said his cousin was pretty - but "he doesn't think of her like that" - nor is she pretty when her elephant trunk is retracting into her face. Why on earth does her attractiveness matter so much? Especially when she's doing something as cool as morphing?!