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Offline jsh357

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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #75 on: June 28, 2008, 06:06:20 PM »
My least favorites:

1. #42 The Journey
2. The Ellimist Chronicles
3. #44 The one about Australia
4. #39 The one about the buffalo
5. #37 The Weakness

I think reasons for 42, 44 and 39 are covered quite enough here.  I hate TEC because it just seems like a different universe that has nothing to with Animorphs.  It read like a bargain bin sci-fi book.  There were some cool ideas, but the overall "What's the point of this?" feeling left me cold.  The Weakness had a pretty good idea with putting Rachel in charge, but the situation was incredibly bland (Visser Three's new feeding spot!  Let's wreak havoc!)  and the writing was really sub par.  Rachel as leader didn't seem to weigh enough in the story for it to be powerful.

Why did Cassie and Rachel get so many of the worst books, anyway? 
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #76 on: June 28, 2008, 07:23:17 PM »
Up to around #30, the series is quite good. Once some of the ghost writers come in it goes either way. So my shortlist would be:

#31 is ....meh. It has some good parts, but otherwise I'm not to interested in it.
#36 is .... It's okay. I love the idea of an "Atlantis" type place, but in the Animorphs Universe?
#37 .... No comment. I mean it's a good plot, but badly and hastily written. My LEAST favourite book.
#39 ....  Eh ....  ::)

After 40, there are some awesome stories.

But ....

42 .... It's sort of been overdone, storywise. But it's okay.
48 .... Oh man, I cannot stand this book. I think I might have only read it that one time, because I'm looking at it now and it's in pristine condition. 

The last few books were good, had few problems with them. Although #54 was a little disturbing. I loved all of the Chronicles (Ellimist is odd, but has some interesting imagery) and Megamorphs.

Alternamorphs I never even bothered with.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #77 on: June 28, 2008, 08:37:44 PM »
Thats okay, nobody else bothered with them either. They are like the ultimate sell out books. Total prostitution of the work.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #78 on: June 28, 2008, 08:40:20 PM »
My list of least favourite books are:

#24 - The helmacrons were just annoying
#42 - Same reason, although the plot was kinda cool so I gave it a few more points
#39 - Was way too much like Megamorphs #1.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #79 on: June 29, 2008, 08:55:25 PM »
I never liked The Attack because I always saw it as superfluous. So there is a race that the yeerks MAY become. Whoopty crap.  Every other lesson in the book was learned elsewhere. On a good note, I'm rereading the series and all the ghostwritten books surrounding it make me realize how great MM4 is.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #80 on: June 29, 2008, 09:00:32 PM »
The Attack was one of my favorites, plus it covers the "dream" Jake had in book 6. The Attack, in my opinion, is one of the great curves in the development of the Arcs, introducing Crayak, and the personal war between Howlers and Chee. And yeah, the almighty Iskoort.  ;D

The only book I diskliked was the one with the Buffa-human. I mean, Nartec was okay.... Helmacrons were okay.... Australia was okay... but buffa-Chapman and Ant-Cassie? Definitely NOT okay.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #81 on: June 29, 2008, 09:50:14 PM »
The attack is my 3rd favorite book.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #82 on: June 29, 2008, 10:56:40 PM »
My issue with The Attack and Crayak in general is that it makes that scene Jake saw in 6 no longer open to interpretation. I always thought the yeerk was going to hell. The Attack was also just a weird book.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #83 on: June 29, 2008, 11:24:31 PM »
so think the yeerk went to hell. what does that have to do with the revelation of crayak?
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #84 on: June 29, 2008, 11:26:56 PM »
Well, it means that the scene Jake saw wasn't hell. I thought originally that Jake had Glimpse the Yeerk going to hell.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #85 on: June 30, 2008, 12:10:25 AM »
Well, I dunno... do Yeerks have a god? Anyway... some people say 48 wreaks, but, I dunno, I loved that book... Explains the other side to Rachel, that she isn't just some bloodthirsty warrior as the other Animorphs describe her.

I've reread number 47, and before, I hated the Fitzenhenry parts... but now, I've come to like it. Fits well with Jake's scenario in the book...  :)
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #86 on: June 30, 2008, 01:14:17 AM »
I skipped the Fitzenhenry parts. #48, I don't know. Half the time I couldn't tell what was real, what was a dream, and what was memory.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #87 on: June 30, 2008, 10:04:47 AM »
Quote from: CounterInstinct on June 30, 2008, 12:10:25 AM
Well, I dunno... do Yeerks have a god? Anyway... some people say 48 wreaks, but, I dunno, I loved that book... Explains the other side to Rachel, that she isn't just some bloodthirsty warrior as the other Animorphs describe her.

I've reread number 47, and before, I hated the Fitzenhenry parts... but now, I've come to like it. Fits well with Jake's scenario in the book...  :)

I loved #47 and don't see why people dislike it at all.  The war scenes were an interesting parallel, even if they were a tad unrealistic.  It was a nice idea, unseen anywhere else in the series, but it fit.  Also, the battle between the free Hork-Bajir and the Yeerks was awesome.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #88 on: July 01, 2008, 05:16:18 AM »
yes! And the battle between Fitzenhenry's 3 dozen troops versus the hundred General Forrest's troops were awesome. Kinda symbolizes the few hork-bajir vs. the vast Yeerk Army.

plus, Jake couldn't decide whether to let the Hork-Bajir fight, just like Fitzenhenry couldn't decide whether to let the Trekkie humans fight with them in the losing battle. The only difference though, is that in the end, Fitzenhenry lost his war. Jake won his.
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Re: Worst Animorph Books
« Reply #89 on: July 02, 2008, 04:32:21 AM »
Yea I'm not sure if I really liked book 47,c oz of all the Fitzhenry parts..

 I can't think of any others I don't like..
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