Okay, this thing is showing me a warning
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But I'm going to ignore it because I can't resist.
I guess I was always into reading since I was a kid, and I was only introduced to Animorphs when I found a dog-eared tattered copy of
the Visitor in our school library when I was 9. I didn't understand half of it then, so I went back to Enid Blyton. But later, in the sixth grade, I rediscovered Animorphs when I saw a copy in the mall and ever since I've been obsessed with the series. But this was three years back, by which time, most of the books were already out of print ... I remember my desperation to read book 54, but being unable to find it anywhere until I found the e-books.
Yeah, I just stared at the screen when Rachel died and it took me a few minutes to realize there were tears on my face.
I guess this Animorph obsession of mine is going to last forever, what got me hooked to the series was the fact that KA could express such a variety of emotions so fantastically in a sci-fic book. All those insightful quotes on war and shades of grey ... they were so simple and meaningful. The characters were also something I could relate to ... her books sorta transported me into their world. Most of the stuff she wrote was so realistic ... an accurate pen-portrait of the ugliness of war. -sighs-
Part of me even agreed with the ending [though 'the One' was a definite no-no] I don't think I would have liked a cheesy ending like Tobias and Rachel happily ever after/Cassie and Jake marrying etc. She kept the books grounded to reality till the end.
Kudos to KA!