pickNot my favourite- Cassie really struggles with the morality of what the Animorphs are doing (and to be fair, they‘ve all gone through a lot of extremely messed up stuff & they are just kids) but I feel she‘s stressing about the wrong stuff.
Not all doom and gloom though, the termite morph went about as well as expected (terribly) but we had some fun with skunk scent (couldn‘t have happened to a nicer Visser) 🦨
pickThe humour in this one stems mostly from Ax‘s curious tastebuds and a fairly disastrous trip to the movies (in which Ax eats popcorn, the box it came in and other people‘s chocolates) but the serious notes deal with the weight of responsibility that Ax feels to Andalite law and customs and his new human friends. Will they hate him if they know the truth about Andalites and Yeerks? Or will withholding knowledge drive a wedge between them?
pickI don‘t even know where to begin to start with this book - there is unhinged and then one really big step up the ladder is this book.
Listened to most of this book like 😦🤭🫢
Loved it. No notes.
My goodness - I can't remember the last time I was this sick. It feels like a freight train ran me over and backed right back up over me. The worst part of being this sick is not being able to read because your head feels like it's swimming! Here's to hoping for healthier days ahead so I can get back to my books!
pick"OK, it's 3.47 in the morning," Marco said. "And i'm here because my Dad is a sound sleeper and doesn't notice when I wake up screaming because an owl and a hawk have just flown through my window."
This series goes SO HARD! And it‘s still so early in the series. Lots of impossible, hard decisions to be faced.
I enjoyed the pop culture references in this one - we had the GAP and we had a new Keanu Reeves movie playing at the cinema.
pickEach time I finish an Animorphs book - I marvel at how the stakes have once again risen - AND BOY DID THINGS ESCALATE in this one - with Jake falling into a yeerk pool and getting taken over by a high ranking yeerk. With literally everything on the line - from his own autonomy to his friends safety and the future of all humans… will his friends be able to outsmart the yeerk inside their dear friend and group leader?
pick“Marco doesn‘t believe in optimism.” - Jake
The most reluctant of the Animorphs has a really rough time - my favourite part was when he convinced the others that the best plan was morphing into lobsters to escape pursuit and jumping into a lobster tank at a supermarket (they got sold and almost ended up as dinner).
Marco can‘t catch a break (except for that one nice moment with his dad at the end). The stakes continue to rise! Great instalment.
pickDolphin morphs, whale friends, sneaking into places as seagulls and a daring underwater rescue mission that results in saving Ax, the younger brother of the Andalite Prince who gifted the kids with morphing abilities before dying. The stakes are raised again as they not only have another near fatal brush with Visser 3 but learn what Yeerks do to lands they colonise. The sound effects really elevate the audiobook experience. SO MUCH FUN!
pickIn which my heart breaks for Tobias on multiple occasions (and a yeerk ship gets blown up in a spectacular fashion)
pickI‘m having such a good time with these (2 down, 52 to go) Fluffers McKitty really stole the show here (or rather Rachel as Fluffers). The tragedy of human controllers continues with the reveal of how Mr Chapman became one (to save his daughter - a school friend of the animorphs) from the same fate. The stakes begin to crystallise for the kids as they realise the enormity of what they are up against.
