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The Illusion (Animorphs #33) by "K. A. Applegate" (Ellen Geroux)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Loved (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
In the last book, for the first time in the series, the Animorphs tortured one of their enemies. In this book, the tables turned. This whole book was about one of the Animorphs being tortured.
Let me repeat that: This whole book was about one of the main characters being tortured. Not the setup to torture, not dealing with the aftermath of being tortured. The whole book was him being tortured.
I'm just sitting here boggling. I've said it before (so many times before), but how much more serious can this silly-seeming series get?
There wasn't much plot in this book (job goes bad, basically. One of them got captured), but that was fine. Most of the story was just two people in a room (the Animorph and his torturer), and that was great. At the end, there is a fight scene (I could have completely done with that, but every book needs a fight scene), but that couldn't take away from the rest of the story.
Where in the world is this series going to go from here? About 20 more books left to go!
Edit: After I write my own review, I like going to Goodreads and seeing what others have said. This comment surprised me.
I was horrified and upset, seeing into his psyche as he was tortured almost to the point of insanity. Even though this is clearly a fictional series, it was a horrible reminder of some of the things that humanity is capable of. I’m happy to go back to farfetched tales about time travel to the Jurassic period. :(
I know different people like different things, but the silly time travel back to the Jurassic period was the absolute low in the series to me, while this book was the high point so far.
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Loved (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
In the last book, for the first time in the series, the Animorphs tortured one of their enemies. In this book, the tables turned. This whole book was about one of the Animorphs being tortured.
Let me repeat that: This whole book was about one of the main characters being tortured. Not the setup to torture, not dealing with the aftermath of being tortured. The whole book was him being tortured.
I'm just sitting here boggling. I've said it before (so many times before), but how much more serious can this silly-seeming series get?
There wasn't much plot in this book (job goes bad, basically. One of them got captured), but that was fine. Most of the story was just two people in a room (the Animorph and his torturer), and that was great. At the end, there is a fight scene (I could have completely done with that, but every book needs a fight scene), but that couldn't take away from the rest of the story.
Where in the world is this series going to go from here? About 20 more books left to go!
Edit: After I write my own review, I like going to Goodreads and seeing what others have said. This comment surprised me.
I was horrified and upset, seeing into his psyche as he was tortured almost to the point of insanity. Even though this is clearly a fictional series, it was a horrible reminder of some of the things that humanity is capable of. I’m happy to go back to farfetched tales about time travel to the Jurassic period. :(
I know different people like different things, but the silly time travel back to the Jurassic period was the absolute low in the series to me, while this book was the high point so far.
