He also proves to still be the most canny member of the group when he, Cassie and Rachel are captured at the base. While there, he insists on asking about aliens and generally making out like a conspiracy theorist. Three regular, sane kids out there without shoes are a real question.
Body Horror Moment: At once point while morphing, Cassie gets to see her hand as just bones. Couples Watch! When Cassie comes home late from their mission, her parents make a point of embarrassing her, asking if she was out on a date with Jake. It just seems like something that he would consider so beneath him.
I mean, come on, the guy is the third most powerful Yeerk in the Empire! Does he really need to come along on the infestation mission of one little human Captain?? He does have this moment, though, when he meets up with the horse!
First we lose that clumsy fool, Korin Five-Four-Seven, when he was bitten by a snake. Adult Ugly Crying at a Middle Grade Book: Can I cry at the sheer stupidity and at the fact that the book is pretty much potty humor wrapped up in an Animorphs story?? What a Terrible Plan, Guys!
I mean, come on! Why, oh why, would they Control horses to check this place out? At no point in this series have we ever seen the Yeerks hesitate to just infest whomever is convenient. This just makes absolutely no sense. And the plan to capture the guy while at The Gardens is almost as stupid, too! So stupid. Visser Three himself admits that Plan B was better:. It was always the better plan. Rating: So, the plot for this one was pretty stupid.
The rating would then be somewhere in the middle. Not great, but its saved by a few things from being a complete disaster. I know this post is really old, but I just gotta say that I love this one. And the jokes have been burned into my brain forever ex. Like Like. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account.
Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Narrator: Cassie Plot: As we know from my last rant, ahem, I mean, review, I have some struggles with Cassie books some times. Cassie and Rachel decide she is half right - and assume that the Yeerks were trying to keep them away from the horse.
The other Animorphs are skeptical, though. Rachel and Cassie are frustrated, but Jake allows the group to go back to the site and investigate. Cassie, Rachel, Marco , and Tobias travel in bird morph, and land in a rocky outcrop. They're promptly arrested by soldiers, and taken to the Air Force base — Zone There, they meet Captain Torelli , the chief of base security, who is incredulous by the kid's lack of shoes.
Cassie, Rachel and Marco, fearing being grounded, or charged with trespassing, give the captain fake names; Marco calls himself Fox Mulder, Rachel calls herself Dana Scully, and Cassie calls herself Cindy Crawford. Marco and Rachel stare at her.
Marco gives them the number for the sports scores recording, Rachel gives them the number for Pizza Hut , and Cassie just gives them the numbers one-two-three-four-five-six-seven-eight. Cassie earns more stares from Marco and Rachel. The captain leaves, and the kids escape via cockroach morph. They escape outside, but Cassie is nearly crushed by a tank. Tobias picks her up, and airlifts the trio to safety.
Cassie decides on a new plan. They need horse morphs from the racetrack. They're nearly caught by the staff, and Cassie morphs Minneapolis Max — a champion stallion. The animal's jockey, assuming Cassie is the real horse, takes her to the starting gate, and she is caught up in a race, which she wins. The Animorphs are now ready to infiltrate Zone Back in the Dry Lands, the teens morph their respective horse morphs.
They join the alleged Yeerk herd, and trot directly into the base. They hear the horse- Controllers speak Galard — the interstellar language. Ax translates for them, telling them that the Yeerks are planning to complete their mission tonight. The Yeerks promptly break into a run, and rush into a hangar.
There, the Animorphs see what the government's been hiding. They know it's not human, but they don't know what it is. Neither do the Yeerks. The Yeerks are depressed and afraid, aware of the consequences for failure. They rendezvous with Visser Three , who decapitates the Yeerk 'responsible' for the failure. The Visser then orders his Hork-Bajir to eliminate the suspicious-looking horses standing close by. Three regular, sane kids out there without shoes are a real question.
Body Horror Moment: At once point while morphing, Cassie gets to see her hand as just bones. Couples Watch! When Cassie comes home late from their mission, her parents make a point of embarrassing her, asking if she was out on a date with Jake.
It just seems like something that he would consider so beneath him. I mean, come on, the guy is the third most powerful Yeerk in the Empire! Does he really need to come along on the infestation mission of one little human Captain?? He does have this moment, though, when he meets up with the horse! Adult Ugly Crying at a Middle Grade Book: Can I cry at the sheer stupidity and at the fact that the book is pretty much potty humor wrapped up in an Animorphs story??
What a Terrible Plan, Guys! I mean, come on! Why, oh why, would they Control horses to check this place out? At no point in this series have we ever seen the Yeerks hesitate to just infest whomever is convenient. This just makes absolutely no sense. And the plan to capture the guy while at The Gardens is almost as stupid, too!
So stupid. It was always the better plan. Ax said condescendingly. Rating: So, the plot for this one was pretty stupid. The rating would then be somewhere in the middle. Not great, but its saved by a few things from being a complete disaster. Nov 25, Jonathan Pongratz rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fiction , ya. Following the high from 13, I should have known to expect a little bit less out of this one.
There's a whopping 54 books in this series not counting the special in between ones , and not all of them can be winners, but this one fell a little bit short of my expectations. I love Cassie's character for many reasons. She's intelligent, a woman of color, and speaks her mind. That doesn't change in this installment. This time around, something is up with some nearby horses. Something that seems a little When Cassie's dad gets a call from a lady named Crazy Helen about horses acting strange in the area known as the Drylands, Cassie and Rachel come along.
However, when they get there they get a lot more than they bargained for. Once again, it appears the Yeerks are up to something. But what is afoot? Could it have to do with the nearby Zone 91 that people say is a coverup for alien activity decades ago? There were some great pros to this book. For starters, Cassie's POV. It's never very disappointing. Though she is young, she's a quick study and asks the right questions when it comes down to it. Also, most of this bookish journey including all of the Animorphs, so it was nice that things were balanced.
The concept was, as always, intriguing. However, that's where things went a little south. The reader spends a lot of time with the plot developing only to get very little in return by the end of the book.
We've come to expect some crazy antics, but this one just didn't have nearly as much flare as the others did. It just kind of fell a bit flat. Yes, we do have adventure. Was it entertaining? Of course! Did it flow? You betcha! But was it memorable? Mmm, probably not so much. That's why this time around I ended with a four rating, and honestly it probably deserves a slight bit less than that, but I don't rate in quarter stars.
Ultimately, this is a decent continuing of this series, entertaining and thrilling as always, just don't expect the world out of this one. Oct 13, Holden rated it really liked it. Mar 13, Jenny Clark rated it liked it Shelves: animorphs , childrens.
There are days when I don't feel like I can trust anyone. And the people who matter are the ones who see past all that. The end was rather funny, once they figured out what the item was. Cassie is becoming more and more worried about lying to her parents. This one did not have much in character development, just deepens r "There are days when it feels like a noose slowly tightening around my neck. This one did not have much in character development, just deepens relationships that are there already.
I did like the more serious side of Marco that we are starting to see. Was the story plot nice? Not really Did this really needed to happen? Not really Did it feel like And suddenly the author thought "you know what Maybe I can just make a reference about zone 91 and make some kind of connections to the story I'm writing now" Did that work? And in the end, you kind of Um And in the end, you kind of have a very wacky and barely relatable story to tell Now now Being a 90's kid, we all have seen our fair share of all the alien movies and TV shows and so called documentaries and what not about aliens I'm not sure it was a bigger "thing" back then or I just somehow lost interest after that but whatever the reason it was, back then there was quite a lot of shows that involved Aliens So its no surprise that this alien craze would be mentioned somehow I mean, literally in the first book when they all saw the Andalite ship appearing from the sky I guess if you are in that 90's era you would make an instant connection an alien arriving in our planet This book did not do much justice to that infamous 90s all alien related things.
It makes sense to relate all the huge hype about aliens with this book, but in my opinion it kinda felt like it was poorly executed. It really felt like someone threw in a suggestion and the author thought "eh why not make a wacky story about it" In the beginning of the story You know, its something to do with Yeerks or other new aliens.
Because we are reading a science fiction book about aliens. But after that incident everything seemed so "cartoonist" like the whole plot that relates to zone 91 and the kids escaping the military prison and then later the events at The Gardens. After reading 13 books, we know that Yeerks, Taxxon and Hork Bajir is not the only alien we know living among humans.
So why the Animorphs doubt this is anything but an Alien's work is beyond me Its almost comical really when they tried to deny the possibility of a possible "other" alien could have been captured by humans in zone Let's not jump ahead Both Rachel and Cassie found out that there is something else is making the horse act weird and they quickly find out that it's actually a Yeerk.
So now the question the book need to tell is "why infect a horse? So, later we found out that the Yeerks are trying to figure out what this whole hype is about zone An alien such as Yeeks would wanna find out what other aliens humans may have discovered.
I mean, if there is actually another alien race already living among humans Maybe Yeerks find that to be a threat to their evil planning But the author didn't quite mention it properly why the Yeerks want to know about zone However, the whole approach about this thing could have been more meaningful if the discovery wasn't a joke. I felt like the author could have gone a different way with this book But like I said It felt like she just wanted to touch on the subject of zone 91 and all the 90s cool alien shows and movies but don't really want to go down that path Just a surface touch for good luck sake I'm not sure if I'm making any sense here lol So, the whole thing that made me frown is how the kids got caught by the military people and they escaped so quickly like nothing ever happened These people know that there is an alien even if it is not a weapon that the thing they are guarding is actually a real alien object They know, we are not alone in this universe THEY are not gonna let you off the hook just because you're kid.
Especially when they found you in a unusual situation. Not to mention, they would have taken records of the kids face, thumbprint and whatnot But no Everyone and everything was very comical in this book Like the kids got away with saying cheesiest things and making bad jokes and nobody does anything. I think considering this kids are not anywhere near an adult or guardian, the military could have easily slapped them around for answers.
I mean who is gonna believe some bunch of kids They might not be local police but you are trespassing on their secure ground. They have all the rights to keep you on hold in their military prison. So hellooooo Also why is the Yeerks plan so elaborate? They could have kidnapped one soldier and Visser three could acquire his DNA and go in and do the same until he have gotten the VIP access to their secure storage.
Instead he send a bunch of horses to do the trick Also does anyone feel like this place is even really secure? I mean within a few minutes a bunch of wild horses could make it all the way into the secured area just like that Not very high tech and very secure like how the author was trying to convince the reader. I don't think a military secure facility would allow wild animals to roam around their compound. Like why the hell would they?
Its not safe and wild animals can poop everywhere and make a mess. Then the whole thing at the Gardens Man this one This one really takes the cake So many people saw the aliens Because he screamed and ran for his life when he got free. Then again everyone saw Hork Bajir and an Andalite running around.
Mind you, people have seen an Andalite before at the mall Ax Here is the thing Visser three was so adamant about other animals being around them at while they were doing their evil planning yet They never seems to notice that a certain bear, hawk, wolf, tiger and gorilla always seem to be making appearance everywhere they are trying to deploy their plan. Like when they were inside the house of horror The Hork Bajir and Visser three was there but a few fake gravestone away was a bear and a hawk and snake Like did they not see the same bear and hawk appearing before this Why didn't they just destroy them Instead choose to wait it out Like it makes no sense to me at all Like sometimes, I wonder if Yeerks and Andalite really is smart like they claim.
Or if the author bother recalling all the plot holes in previous books. So in overall was the story fun to read? Maybe Was it a fast read? Yes Did this book move forward with our story!? Definitely not. It was just another book with wacky adventure. How soon can Cassie and Jake be more the just like like with each other? I'm kind of getting tried with their same description of their supposed "likes" for each other.
Dec 03, Janelle Dazzlepants rated it it was amazing Shelves: from-my-childhood , animorphs , aliens , adaptation , sci-fi. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.
This is the first Animorphs book I ever owned as a child! I'd completely forgotten the plot though, so it was like reading it for the first time. The Animorphs go to investigate, and find that the Horse-Controllers are trying to sneak into 'Zone 91' the equivalent of Area It turns out that the military staff of Zone 91 are unaware that the crashlanded alien spacecraft they've bee This is the first Animorphs book I ever owned as a child!
It turns out that the military staff of Zone 91 are unaware that the crashlanded alien spacecraft they've been guarding since the 's is actually a primitive Andalite toilet. The Yeerks are also clueless as to the purpose of the artifact, but want to destroy it all the same to further their mission. If humans have no proof of alien life, that makes it easier for the Yeerks to invade without questions being asked.
The Yeerks plan to destroy the artifact through enslaving the military personnel that work at Zone Fortunately for them, the Zone 91 staff have rented out the Gardens Amusement Park that Saturday night, making it easy for the Yeerks to ambush key military personnel while on scary rides.
Visser Three and co. Even if there weren't the nostalgia of it being the first Animorphs book I ever owned, I'd still love the storyline. It was one of the more lighthearted and humourous books of the series thus far, with the joking jab at Area 51, the artifact turning out to be a 'waste disposal unit', and the battle in the House of Horrors.
I also liked this book as it represented another look into Yeerk culture. Before now, we hadn't even entertained the idea of Yeerks controlling any other Earth species but humans - which in hindsight is silly, as they first creatures they ever inhabited bore a striking resemblance to monkeys!
I wonder if the Animorphs will start to suspect the Yeerks of controlling other animals, because that'll certainly up the paranoia and 'we need to be stealthy' stakes. I guess the only thing I didn't like about the book was that I wish it had been from Marco's perspective. He made a lot of wise cracks and showed some genuine fascination with Zone 91, but it would've been funnier to experience it all from the perspective of the resident sci-fi nut.
I'm sure he would've slipped in some good Star Trek references. Jan 01, Z rated it it was amazing Shelves: library , animorphs-top , favorites. Update I don't care that people seem to hate this one. It is in my top ten of the series. There's conspiracies, X-Files references, Cassie being awful at being a spy, confused Air Force people, racehorses, and gratuitous use of the Gardens. What more could you ask for? Sep 04, Magali rated it liked it Shelves: ya , fiction , , audiobooks , re-read.
When I saw the cover I thought "Ugh the horse girl episode". I love Cassie for many reasons. I love her because she thinks about ethics a lot and is basically a pacifist fighting a war which is very interesting to observe. But that book I remembered as one of my least favorite. And so far I'd say it was the most boring one. Still well written though and the characters are good and the depiction of a horse running was very intense.
But th When I saw the cover I thought "Ugh the horse girl episode". But the whole thing felt like a filler and I couldn't take it seriously. Dec 02, Justice rated it liked it. This was probably the weakest so far, definitely filler. As the series progresses, I'm finding myself favoring the Rachel and Tobias stories way more, and I've felt that Marco's are also super strong.
Although I love Cassie's character, I feel like her perspective works better as a contrast to the others rather than as the main voice. May 21, Hillary rated it really liked it Shelves: racial-diversity. The Animorphs reread continues! I do not remember reading this one before, and it is both bizarre and hilarious.
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