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The Pretender (Animorphs #23) by K. A. Applegate
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The few good Animorphs books are so good. The rest are so disappointing. I wish the ratio of good books to bad were a lot better.
The main plot in this one alternated between boring and bad. On the boring end, it was the same plot that has been used so many times: Just an action scene, for reasons the Animorphs have to break into the brain slug aliens' base to do whatever. On the bad end, the author completely changed one of the alien species, just because the plot needed it. In all books so far, the aliens are described as simple, very slow, "stupid" to the point of barely being able to talk. But the plot needed one that could talk and make decisions, so guess what! Now and then a "seer" is born in the species, an individual of human-normal intelligence!
The B plot was at least more interesting than the A plot. This was a Tobias POV book. (Tobias is the member who got trapped in a hawk body, then through plot devices regained the power to morph.) Supposedly his long lost family had found him and wanted him back. Oh plus he's all angsty about having to kill to eat as a hawk. Nevermind he's been doing it for the last many months.
The end of the book had a giant twist that apparently sent the fandom into a tizzy.Turns out Tobias is actually the son of the alien who gave the Animorphs the power to morph... I really, really did not like that though. It was way too convenient and unrealistic.
I'd say hopefully the next book will be better, but based on reviews, people are pretty negative about it. Oh well. Hopefully there will be another good one soon. Luckily these take only an hour or two to read.
Amazingly, this book had fewer sound effects than usual. I was more than halfway through the book before one was used. Can you guess what this is supposed to be?
HhhrrrEEEEE-uh! Hrrreee-YAH!
Angry elephant
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The few good Animorphs books are so good. The rest are so disappointing. I wish the ratio of good books to bad were a lot better.
The main plot in this one alternated between boring and bad. On the boring end, it was the same plot that has been used so many times: Just an action scene, for reasons the Animorphs have to break into the brain slug aliens' base to do whatever. On the bad end, the author completely changed one of the alien species, just because the plot needed it. In all books so far, the aliens are described as simple, very slow, "stupid" to the point of barely being able to talk. But the plot needed one that could talk and make decisions, so guess what! Now and then a "seer" is born in the species, an individual of human-normal intelligence!
The B plot was at least more interesting than the A plot. This was a Tobias POV book. (Tobias is the member who got trapped in a hawk body, then through plot devices regained the power to morph.) Supposedly his long lost family had found him and wanted him back. Oh plus he's all angsty about having to kill to eat as a hawk. Nevermind he's been doing it for the last many months.
The end of the book had a giant twist that apparently sent the fandom into a tizzy.
I'd say hopefully the next book will be better, but based on reviews, people are pretty negative about it. Oh well. Hopefully there will be another good one soon. Luckily these take only an hour or two to read.
Amazingly, this book had fewer sound effects than usual. I was more than halfway through the book before one was used. Can you guess what this is supposed to be?
HhhrrrEEEEE-uh! Hrrreee-YAH!
