Author Topic: Favorite Animorphs books and why  (Read 2451 times)

0 Members and 2 Guests are viewing this topic.

Offline goom

  • the underling of underlings
  • Administrator
  • *****
  • Posts: 8929
  • Karma: 690
  • Gender: Male
  • no other distinguishing characteristics.
    • Twitch.TV Streams
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #15 on: November 12, 2009, 01:06:33 PM »
finally found this thread.
i didn't want to make a duplicate topic. :/

i really liked 19/29, 33, visser, the andalite chronicles, the hork bajir chronicles..
..more complete list in a bit (heading off to school now!)

Offline DinosaurNothlit

  • Pixellated Prehistoric Paradox
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 14066
  • Karma: 521
  • Gender: Female
  • RAWR!
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #16 on: November 12, 2009, 02:07:11 PM »
Wow, how did I not see this thread sooner?

Okay, in order from most favorite to least favorite . . .

#33: I love the character development here for Tobias, and it was a very sad and emotional book, and I love that.  I like any book that can bring emotion out of me, and this one does it for me in spades.

HBC: Another emotional book.  You know from the beginning that the whole war they're fighting is pointless and that Dak is doomed, but you can't help but root for him anyway.  Plus, this book is the source of some of the best quotes in the entire series, in my opinion.

The Ellimist Chronicles: Holy-shiz wow.  Very good story, only slightly hurt by the fact that some of it leaves readers a bit confused (if it weren't for the constant obstacles to comprehension, it would have trumped HBC easily), and very emotional.  Still, I think that writing it with little description was an artistic choice, so I respect it.  It serves to sort of alienate us from the Ellimist, just as he is alienated from everyone else.  Still, it does make it a bit harder to read than HBC or #33.

#41: A very good book, once I learned to stop trying to make sense of it.  I've finally decided that it has to be nothing more than a dream sequence, but it is still incredibly meaningful and drenched in metaphors for Jake's eternal struggles.  The fact that Jake's mind is even capable of inventing such a twisted scenario tells you more about his character than most of his other books.  I also liked the ambiguous ending, where all they tell you is that Jake made the choice that 'should have been obvious.'

Visser: I would have thought it impossible, up to that point, to sympathize with Visser One.  But this book manages to pull that off.  At the beginning of the book, you're like, "Yeah!  Die!"  And by the end, you're like, "NOOOO!"  I was actually heavily disappointed when Visser One actually does die in #45.  All she ever did wrong was to love . . .

#45: A very good book, despite V1's death.  This marked one of the big turning points of the series, where everything starts going to hell.  Marco is forced to tell his father who he really is, which is a really charged scene, and kind of sad how hard it seems to be for his father to accept the new reality.

#49: Obviously, another huge turning point.  I think it's extremely sad to watch Tobias find his mother, and then hardly know what to do about her.  The idea of family and love being such a foreign concept to him is heartbreaking.  Also, of course, as has been mentioned by other people, this is the book where the Animorphs have to rescue their families and say goodbye to their lives as normal kids forever.

#13: Hehe, I like Tobias books.  Can you tell?  This one is another character-revealing book, and I think it's deeply meaningful how he got his powers back instead of becoming human.  Whether he knew it or not, the Ellimist was only granting his one deepest desire.  To fight.  Not to become human.  Because he never wanted to be human in the first place.

#1: Yes, this book was more riddled with KASUs than any other, but let's face it: this was the book that hooked us all.  It showed the struggle of five until-that-point normal kids who had suddenly been thrust into a war.  The fear and uncertainty of it all was completely new to them, and I think KA captured their reactions very well.  This was what set the stage for the Animorphs as potentially real kids, not just characters in a story.  How they reacted was exactly how any real kid would react.  Being scared out of their minds, yet still they stayed in the construction site to watch Elfangor's ship land.  And let's not forget the shock and horror of seeing the Yeerk Pool for the very first time.

TAC: Just generally a good story.  Elfangor is a great character, and watching his mistakes and consequences feels very real, like you're there with him.  Also, it's ironic how a few of the scenes from this book are re-played later in the series.  Elfangor's decision not to harm innocent Yeerks, for example.  Jake is faced with the same choice in the final battle, and makes the opposite choice.  A parallel that seems to show that Elfangor is actually less battle-hardened and ruthless than Jake.  Not to mention that Elfangor rammed a Blade Ship and survived . . .

Offline adeon222

  • Jr. Xtreme Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 1558
  • Karma: 26
  • Gender: Male
  • Without whom, we would all be lost...
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #17 on: November 13, 2009, 02:30:19 AM »
Wow... I'm totally coming back to this thread... Once I figure out an answer...  :explode:
"Hey, who taped a full color picture of a forum to my screen? And why won't it come off??? What?? it's an Animorphs forum, and you can talk about your favorite Animorphs and such??? Oh, Best Thing Ever! Best Thing Ever!"

Offline Dameg

  • Esplin's RAF Lady
  • *********
  • Posts: 7879
  • Karma: 209
  • Gender: Female
  • <Pirate Gloomy bear morph!>
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #18 on: November 13, 2009, 08:55:48 AM »
#1 because it's the beginning, and the end with Tobias... T_T
#19 was always very important to me, 'coz the clear lines between "good" people and "bad" people begin to disappear.
The Andalite Chronicles and the Hork-Bajir Chronicles because we see the point of view of the aliens ;)
MM3 and MM4: time travel and different "Animorphs"
#53 'coz I like tragic endings ^^'
And most of them in fact.
I don't like so much #2 and #3, and particularly like #4: Because without Ax, the story wasn't so interesting ;)
..."in a perpetual state of Celtic gloom"
Esplin's RAFwife!

DeviantArt
Student Evil Demo 1.0 (explicit dialogs, 12+)
My Forum

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #19 on: November 13, 2009, 12:32:08 PM »
#1) The first I ever read, and it was really well written.

#26) Just an awesome story; and Jake and Cassie finally kiss!

#5) Marco finally gets into the fight.

TAC) You get to see more of Elfangor and you find out Tobias is his kid!

THBC) Just an amazing story with a female Andalite as the Heroine!
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress


Offline anijen21

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 666
  • Karma: 49
  • Gender: Female
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #20 on: November 13, 2009, 06:45:51 PM »
The Andalite Chronicles will always be one of my favorite books of all time. I love Elfangor's character arc, that he starts off as kind of a typical ambitious, arrogant Andalite, but ends up humbled, wiser, and then, in the last thirty pages (and among my favorite pages of anything ever), totally, totally screwed. Completely heartbreaking and beautiful.

My favorite regular series books are #18 and #26, I think. Both of them are incredibly action-packed and well-plotted without losing any focus on character. I think I love #18 particularly just because it averts plot impetuses that defined the 10 or so books that came before it. I mean, we really got two plots in that book--drink the blood of Hewlett Aldershot III so we can expose the Yeerk threat, and then ZERO-SPACE/ANDALITE TRAITOR SHENANIGANS. Just really good stuff. And #26 kind of epitomized the goofy imagination that the authors have. I loved the Iskoort, and every twist executed in that book was just pitch-perfect. Too bad we couldn't get more off-world adventures like that.
I go off topic on purpose.

Offline Darth Revan

  • Master of the Star Forge!
  • Gold Donor
  • *********
  • Posts: 15291
  • Karma: 408
  • Gender: Male
  • Now you see the true Dark Lord of the Sith!
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #21 on: November 13, 2009, 07:09:12 PM »
Too bad we couldn't get more off-world adventures like that.

Too true, the curse of the Ghostwriters saw to that.
RAFengaged to Midnight_Huntress


Mira

  • Guest
Re: Favorite Animorphs books and why
« Reply #22 on: November 15, 2009, 05:22:11 PM »
The best Animorphs book ever is: The Andalite's gift. And the reason is... All those mistakes that Marco did.

#6 Mainly because I love horror stories, if none of them had been through this in the book I would have to write a fanfiction about it. I really liked this story.

#9 It changed my view of Cassie, she is amazing!

#12 I think it's just because I know what it means to be allergic. All this "you should not pat the dog" should not sit too close to someone who has parfume on"...

#19 For the same reason as Kharina and Dameg

#26 I love Crayak and the Elimist!

#31 It reminds me of why I began to like Animorphs in the first place. And because it's a good story.