I actually didn’t remember this one going into it, so my hopes weren’t high, but it turned out to be one of the best installments of these first sixteen books, even if it’s a little dated (okay, I’ll be honest, part of the reason I liked it so much is BECAUSE it was dated–all the adorable little references to 14k bps internet speed and modems and THE INTERNET and chat rooms and their idea of “security” and such, not to mention the thinly veiled AOL […]
I’m behind on this Animorphs re-read, and all my reviews, and my entire life.
The Unknown, #14 Ugh, this one was a dud. Just, a silly, silly premise. And worse, a silly premise that isn’t backed up by anything substantial at all. Just empty jokes and no stakes. I mean, literally it starts with a joke (horses that are acting weird, and that are secretly Controllers, and why???) and ends with a joke (all of this over an SPOILERS Andalite toilet!) It’s all harmless enough, but compared with the best books in this series, it’s just not satisfying at […]
Tobias and a couple of game-changers.
I actually thought this was a different Tobias book when I started reading it, but it’s okay because I still really like this one. Just have to wait a bit longer for the one I thought this was. Which is apparently #23. Dammit, Ashley’s brain! It doesn’t actually change too much of what I wanted to say about it, though. And this book has confirmed something for me. As a kid, Marco was my favorite. I thought he was hilarious. But as an adult, it’s […]
This book is the reason I love science fiction.
Okay, first, I feel like I need to preface this review by confessing that if I had read this book for the first time at age thirty-one, I wouldn’t be giving it five stars. My rating is entirely colored by my intense nostalgic feelings of love for it. As an adult reading it as a part of an ongoing series, this is a solid book that does some really cool things. But for a kid who’d never read any science-fiction before, this book absolutely GOBSMACKED […]