What did you think when you read MM 3 for the 1st time?

[Andalite_Shorm]

I'd literally just finished 29 (I think it's the secret) when I read Elfangor's Secret
I started reading it, and it was going on about Melissa and slaves and stuff I was like, "What? Oh, must be something in book 30..." I waited for ages while I ran over books, read 30 etc Still couldn't work out why Melissa knew about the Animorphs and there was slaves... I was so confused! So, then I just thought, "Oh, well, I'll just read it." If I'd just read one more page I would have found out what was going on! I was such an idiot back then 

What did all of you think? Hopefully it wasn't as crazy as my story 

[Noelle]

At first I didn't like it, but after I read it a few times it's actually one of favorite books.

On the first reading, I actually flipped to the cover a couple times and went 'wait, what book is this?  Cassie with slaves?  What?!'  Definitely a plot-twister well done. 

[yunyun]

When I first read it, I was confused. I was like, 'what happened to Rachel? Why's millisa there? Why does Cassie have a slave?' but then, once I got to the part that explained all that, I loved that book

[Snakie]

I knew there had to be some explanation as to what was going on, so I just kept reading until I got to it.

That's my favorite Megamorphs book, and I remember worrying that there wouldn't be another good one after reading MM2.

[sublime88stang]

At first I was alright with it, I thought that there had been a typo when it said Melissa's name instead of Rachel's. Then tobias said "and even the slaves seemed to be having fun" or something like that, I was like  . then proceded to read further and figure the rest out.  One of my favriote books. 

[NateSean]

I'll admit I flipped through the book looking for more Melissa chapters.

I've seen quite a few fanfictions where people explored the idea of Melissa as an Animorphs. One was a continuation of the alternate universe presented in MM3 and it was actually pretty well written.

[Stephquiem]

So, the way I remember it, I was a very smart 11 year old and totally got that something weird was going on.

What I'm pretty sure actually happened: "What? ...Wait, what? Wh--Why? WHAT?"

I think that about sums up my reaction pretty well.

[Shenmue654]

X3 I figured out something was up. My first reaction to the slave comment was, "Wait, what the hell?!"

Knowing me, I probably slightly skipped ahead just to kill the confusion. Plus, Crazy Leader Jake was just hilarious.

[SkyMorpher]

I can totally see those reactions LOL. I have a habit of reading ahead and even looking online for plot info anyway, so things rarely surprise me.

[SitsInCorner1!]

I had kind of already read a rough plot synopsis so I sort of had an idea of what was going on. So, I didn't really get confused. I do love that book though.

[thesparkinside]

Honestly, I don't remember! But I think I was confused, but figured this was some alternate reality. Even at 12, I was able to figure that much out. I mean, we'd met the Ellimist . . .

[Tim Bruening]

I'd literally just finished 29 (I think it's the secret) when I read Elfangor's Secret
I started reading it, and it was going on about Melissa and slaves and stuff I was like, "What? Oh, must be something in book 30..." I waited for ages while I ran over books, read 30 etc Still couldn't work out why Melissa knew about the Animorphs and there was slaves... I was so confused! So, then I just thought, "Oh, well, I'll just read it." If I'd just read one more page I would have found out what was going on! I was such an idiot back then 

What did all of you think? Hopefully it wasn't as crazy as my story 

In the alternate universe, were Melissa's parents Controllers?  If so, how would she avoid rousing their suspicions?

I found it interesting that a BLACK girl owned a slave!

Are slaves allowed to join the Sharing?

[RYTX]

In the alternate universe, were Melissa's parents Controllers?  If so, how would she avoid rousing their suspicions?

Don't know, but if they were, same way Jake avoided Tom's. Lying

I found it interesting that a BLACK girl owned a slave!

You know some black people had slaves in actual american history right?

[Dylan]

When I first read MM3, I was weirded out by that opening. It was like "What the hell am I reading??!"

[redtailedsaffa]

I got weirded out. Then I continued reading. After it got cleared up, I loved it. It's my favourite Animorphs title of all time, possibly due to my partiality towards time travel/war/history stories which has always been a favourite genre of mine, but it did hit me in the feels and really leave me thinking afterwards. And jotting down a few Time Matrix RAF ficlets.