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best narrator in regular series
« on: June 17, 2009, 12:08:12 PM »
I like Ax and Jake's narration styles best.  Jake comes across almost like the Spider-man of the team and Ax is just plain hilarious at times.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 12:34:02 PM »
Don't really know . . . I guess I like them all equally . . .


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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2009, 12:35:11 PM »
Hmm. Probably Marco and Ax more than anyone else. Tobias sometimes came off as whiney, even though I'm not a big wangst shouter in his regard. Cassie could be a bit preachy, and I didn't agree with some of the things she said and did. That puts Jake and Rachel in the middle.


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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2009, 12:37:47 PM »
I loved reading Ax's books.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2009, 12:45:59 PM »
I liked Jake's, I think. Cassie's was my least favorite.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2009, 01:35:53 PM »
I liked Marco's books the best.  There was a good balance between the lighter, joking around parts and the heavy parts.

Least favorite would be Tobias, I guess.  Especially #23.  Eesh.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2009, 03:09:33 PM »
ax's books were definitely my favorite. I love the whole aliens-viewing-humanity thing

I think rachel and tobias were both the most...out of character when they narrated. Tobias never whined nearly as much in anyone else's books, and Rachel was always so tame and apathetic in hers.
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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2009, 03:15:18 PM »
Ax and Marco were both quite good. I agree with AniJen that the whole alien-viewing-humanity dynamic was compelling and, at times, insightful and hilarious. I also like Marco's balance between comedy and ruthlessness. He's such a smart character, but it's a scary sort of smart. I think I relate to Marco a lot more these days than the other characters.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #8 on: June 17, 2009, 03:31:59 PM »
i always viewed Ax as the best one.
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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #9 on: June 17, 2009, 03:33:05 PM »
My favorites were probably Ax, Marco, and Tobias.

To be short and sweet, Marco because of his wit, and his joining of humor and ruthlessness, Ax because of the insight of an alien looking at society, and, to be unoriginal and cliched, Tobias because of loner not fitting in situation.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #10 on: June 17, 2009, 07:06:02 PM »
ax's books were definitely my favorite. I love the whole aliens-viewing-humanity thing

I think rachel and tobias were both the most...out of character when they narrated. Tobias never whined nearly as much in anyone else's books, and Rachel was always so tame and apathetic in hers.

Exactly. Whenever we went into Rachel's narrations, she was so thoughtful and clear-headed. Not some 2 dimensional crazy war chic. Rachel's final narration before she died was actually really beautiful. Angelic, I once labeled it. There wasnt just a warrior we saw, but a focused warrior, not some raging nutcase lol.

Rachel's voice got lost in the middle of the series, esp in books The Weakness (pure Blond Rachel) and a bit in The Return, until the end of course. And then when we saw her through everyone elses narrations, then was she the 2D nutcase.

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #11 on: June 17, 2009, 08:13:13 PM »
I always liked Marco's the best. He was the most entertaining..I also liked how he sometimes branched off into situations that didn't involve the animorphs, like going on dates and stuff.
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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #12 on: June 18, 2009, 01:36:42 PM »
I'm torn between Marco and Ax. Both were my faves, but I chose Ax, simply because it brought in a fresh new perspective, in still a very funny way.


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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #13 on: July 01, 2009, 07:54:44 AM »
i like ax best. Even he said that he doesn't understand human humor at all, but he always made me laugh with his thoughts and comments bout human culture and habit.
But still,a tobias has always been my favorite

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Re: best narrator in regular series
« Reply #14 on: July 01, 2009, 09:14:24 AM »
I'm torn between Marco and Ax when it comes to narrating the books. Both of them had a great sense of humor, and a great sense of purpose.

My least favorite was definitely Tobias. He is way over-the-top whiney  :-\ Cassie was my favorite character (closely followed by Ax/Marco) but half of her books were just kinda.. blah at times.