Book #21 of 2019: The Experiment (Animorphs #28)

[thistlechaser]

The Experiment (Animorphs #28) by "K. A. Applegate" (Amy Garvey)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Okay (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)



"In the annals of stupid, screwed-up, pointless missions that was the stupidest, most pointless of them all," Marco said.

Well said, Marco.

On one hand, the plot of this book was stupid and pointless. But on the other, at least it put the Animorphs into an interesting situation (which was probably the point of the stupid plot).

Blah blah something something evil alien plot. All that was setup for the Animorphs to be cows in a slaughterhouse. Chilling much? This book was also a nice look into how the Animorphs really aren't friends -- most of them didn't know each other before they were given the power to morph. I actually enjoyed seeing how much they disagreed in this book.

I think it's telling that even a book with a stupid plot could get an 'okay' rating, now that we're in the ghostwritten part of the series. Even with the stupid plot and completely unbelievable things repeatedly happening, I didn't dislike this book.

Comments

[jeane nevarez (from livejournal.com)]

ok, ok I really need to get back into this series now! especially if so many of the ghostwritten ones are interesting even when they're 'bad' !

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

I'm really impressed since this was supposed to be one of the worst of the series. And it did have a LOT of issues (like Marco as a gorilla was driving a truck and half-morphed to talk to someone and no one noticed). But all in all, I still enjoyed it.