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The Resistance (Animorphs #47) by "K.A. Applegate" (Ellen Geroux)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
When there are 30 or 40 books left in a series, a bad book is less annoying. But when there are seven more left to go, a bad one seems criminal.
Oh this book was so bad, in so many ways. First off, for completely no reason, fully 50% of the book was about a different story. Half of it was about the Animorphs, fully half of it was about Jake's great great grandfather in the Civil War. For no reason, just because Jake glanced at the man's journal, we the reader saw what was happening in the grandfather's time. Why? It was completely pointless.
And the half of the story about Jake and the Animorphs? It was worse than the Civil War half of the book.
I really don't like the Hork-Bajir aliens, but their leader is even worse. (The race as a whole is so stupid they can barely talk, but their leader is smarter than humans. And probably psychic.) The whole of the Yeerks' army was coming to attack the valley the free Hork-Bajir aliens live in, but instead of doing the reasonable thing and moving elsewhere, they wanted to stay and fight. So of course the Animorphs had to stay and help them.
There just happened to be some campers in the woods nearby, so Jake told them what was happening to get their help. But the campers were all Star Trek fans, so they endlessly asked if the Animorphs were aliens, were in the Federation, could beam them up... they were just so amazingly stupid and unbelievable. You see some kids transform into animals, I think most fans would know that is different than a TV show they like.
Ugh. This whole book was just so bad.
The Return (Animorphs #48) by "K. A. Applegate" (Kimberly Morris)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
I'm so torn about this one. It was a roller coaster, but not in a good way. My emotions while reading it went: "What the hell, this makes no sense." "Oh I guess that explains why." "Wait, this makes NO sense..." "Oh that explains it, I guess." "What the hell, this makes no sense..." over and over. The book was supposed to be a mindfuck, making you confused over reality, but it didn't really work.
So much of the book didn't work for me. I never liked the gods' meta fights in this series, so Crayak being a main player in this story wasn't a good fit for me. (Plus he was kind of dull, stupid, and unimpressive for such a powerful being.)
The 'return' in the title is David coming back. David, the short term sixth Animorph that the original five basically killed (trapped as a rat). His trilogy was one of the most powerful arcs in the series, and bringing him back did the character no justice at all.
All that being said, I liked the ending a lot. It was one of the most mature moments in the series so far.
Since I like the dark elements of these books, this one should have worked for me, but it didn't. The whole thing just seemed so childish and I guess I didn't buy most of it.
Only six more books to go. It's going to be sad when I'm done with this series.
Zoo: Alien Lockdown by Phil Price
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
So many authors of self-published books try to trick you into buying their books. They make up a fake publisher, they do everything they can to try to hide that they're self-publishing. The latest new trick they seem to be doing is listing an editor next to the author's name. They probably think that it will fool some people into buying the book, thinking it will be edited better.
This one listed an editor. This one was, like so many self-published books are, full of typos, grammar issues, spelling mistakes, etc.
I have no idea what the story was like. Stopped reading at the 5% point. If the author can't be bothered to edit the book, why should I bother to read it?
Partial book credits:
Point reached in this books: 5%
Previous abandoned book total: 542%
New total: 547% (5 books)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
When there are 30 or 40 books left in a series, a bad book is less annoying. But when there are seven more left to go, a bad one seems criminal.
Oh this book was so bad, in so many ways. First off, for completely no reason, fully 50% of the book was about a different story. Half of it was about the Animorphs, fully half of it was about Jake's great great grandfather in the Civil War. For no reason, just because Jake glanced at the man's journal, we the reader saw what was happening in the grandfather's time. Why? It was completely pointless.
And the half of the story about Jake and the Animorphs? It was worse than the Civil War half of the book.
I really don't like the Hork-Bajir aliens, but their leader is even worse. (The race as a whole is so stupid they can barely talk, but their leader is smarter than humans. And probably psychic.) The whole of the Yeerks' army was coming to attack the valley the free Hork-Bajir aliens live in, but instead of doing the reasonable thing and moving elsewhere, they wanted to stay and fight. So of course the Animorphs had to stay and help them.
There just happened to be some campers in the woods nearby, so Jake told them what was happening to get their help. But the campers were all Star Trek fans, so they endlessly asked if the Animorphs were aliens, were in the Federation, could beam them up... they were just so amazingly stupid and unbelievable. You see some kids transform into animals, I think most fans would know that is different than a TV show they like.
Ugh. This whole book was just so bad.
The Return (Animorphs #48) by "K. A. Applegate" (Kimberly Morris)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Disliked (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
I'm so torn about this one. It was a roller coaster, but not in a good way. My emotions while reading it went: "What the hell, this makes no sense." "Oh I guess that explains why." "Wait, this makes NO sense..." "Oh that explains it, I guess." "What the hell, this makes no sense..." over and over. The book was supposed to be a mindfuck, making you confused over reality, but it didn't really work.
So much of the book didn't work for me. I never liked the gods' meta fights in this series, so Crayak being a main player in this story wasn't a good fit for me. (Plus he was kind of dull, stupid, and unimpressive for such a powerful being.)
The 'return' in the title is David coming back. David, the short term sixth Animorph that the original five basically killed (trapped as a rat). His trilogy was one of the most powerful arcs in the series, and bringing him back did the character no justice at all.
All that being said, I liked the ending a lot. It was one of the most mature moments in the series so far.
Since I like the dark elements of these books, this one should have worked for me, but it didn't. The whole thing just seemed so childish and I guess I didn't buy most of it.
Only six more books to go. It's going to be sad when I'm done with this series.
Zoo: Alien Lockdown by Phil Price
Traditional or self-published: Self-published
Rating: Hated (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
So many authors of self-published books try to trick you into buying their books. They make up a fake publisher, they do everything they can to try to hide that they're self-publishing. The latest new trick they seem to be doing is listing an editor next to the author's name. They probably think that it will fool some people into buying the book, thinking it will be edited better.
This one listed an editor. This one was, like so many self-published books are, full of typos, grammar issues, spelling mistakes, etc.
I have no idea what the story was like. Stopped reading at the 5% point. If the author can't be bothered to edit the book, why should I bother to read it?
Partial book credits:
Point reached in this books: 5%
Previous abandoned book total: 542%
New total: 547% (5 books)
