2019 book: The Andalite Chronicles (Animorphs)

[thistlechaser]

The Andalite Chronicles (Animorphs) by Katherine Applegate
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)



My first Did Not Finish book of the year and my first DNF of the Animorphs series. I strongly doubt it will be the last of either of those. My patience for this series is growing thin.

I've now read 15 books in this series, and I just want something to happen. Not filling in backstory (as this book was). Not side stories. Not basically the same plot over and over and over again (small battles with no overall effect on the war). I want story progress. Problem is, the author has a financial interest to not let that happen -- the more books in this series, the more money they make.

Other reviews said that lots of things happened in this book: Other alien cultures met and explored. The parents of current characters met. But none of those things are progress.

Edit: Apparently the next Animorphs book, The Unknown, is one of the worst books in the series. wheeeeee

Partial book credits:
Point reached in this book: 20%
Previous abandoned book total: NA
New total: 20%

Comments

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

Hm, I didn't read this one yet. But I have to agree, the Unknown was pretty lame. I didn't care for it much.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I did what I try to never do: I read others' reviews before I read the book. It sounds so so so bad... I'm hoping it'll be so bad that it's amusingly bad, but it will probably be just bad-bad.

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

Just finished this one. I actually enjoyed it- not so much all the fighting scenes and some of the stuff that happened on alien worlds was just- really weird- but the growth of the Andalite character, his struggle with moral dilemmas during warfare, going against the advice of his superior, and backstory on how some of the evil guys in the main series got to be where they are- that was pretty interesting to me.

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Ooh it goes into the Yeerk backstory as well? That makes sense, I might have to go back and read the whole thing now... I'm a lot more interested in them now than I had been.

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

Yeah, it tells how the andalite got taken over by a yeerk to become visser three. Best part of the story- guilt on the part of one everyone assumes (in the more current timeline of main series) is the hero.