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07/02/2023
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So here I am finally reviewing book #10 (audio-book format) of Animorphs and I have just got to say- these books are super intense. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy them, but woweeeee.

4.5 stars

Book #10, The Android, follows the Animorph kids and Ax the young Andalite as they continue to try thwarting the bad guys, the Yeerks. I felt as if this one did not follow the same pattern as some of the books before where we got to learn about the animals the kids morphed, but instead I felt as if the book focused more on the moral, and ethical dilemmas of the space war/trying to save humanity/defeat the baddies. I did enjoy meeting Erek and the other dog androids (sorry already forgot what they are called), but I felt their lore was so deeply important, especially for Cassie to learn. It felt as if the kids were given such a HUGE eye opener at just how devastating and how much of an impact (ahem PTSD actually) taking lives, fighting, and making giant choices can have on a person's mind.

As per my small review said, I was extremely stressed out the last 15 minutes trying to gauge how the kids were going to pull off their ridiculous and hair brained scheme without one or all of them dying only for the climax to sorta fall flat in HOW it explained (like trust me, it just worked out- it is a book for kids but common, I want a tad bit more), but I did deeply appreciate that, once again, the lasting emotional and mental damage of war was kinda thrust directly at the readers. It was correctly packaged for the target audience (children/young teens), but I felt it was a good way to pretty much express this very nuanced topic to any audience really.

It is only book #10 and yet the mental and emotional decline of each of them is extremely apparent in this book and in everyone of their POVs I feel like it gets gradually in your face that these are just kids and these kids are literally child soldiers fighting an insanely hardcore war and they still have to get their homework done in time. My only bone to pick as a parent myself is how the hell did NONE of their parents notice that their children were going through any of this stuff?? I get its the 90's but man.....oooof. Big call out to the generations before us I guess

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Short Review: Still motoring through the Animorphs (audio) books. Bigger and more cohesive review to come but i hate the whole giant climax, everything might go to sh*t, anxiety mess at the last 15 minutes this one had.

This book felt more like a character growth/emotional growth book than usual and it was definitely needed. These kids need therapy ASAP