Animorphs #18: Gjensynet

by Katherine A. Applegate

Other authorsMichael Grant (Author), Jørn Roeim (Translator), David B. Mattingly (Cover artist), Tonya Alicia Martin (Editor)
Paperback, 2000

Description

Ax and the Animorphs have a huge problem when they decide to morph mosquitos to slip by some Yeerks. They end up stuck in Zero-space with no idea how they got there, no way to get back to Earth ... and no oxygen.

Original language

English

Original publication date

1998-05

Publication

[Oslo] Gyldendal Tiden 2000

Pages

142

ISBN

8247805766 / 9788247805763

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Rating

½ (97 ratings; 3.6)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
A short comment for every book of the series until I get a chance to re-read them. All three of my sons and I loved this series and read every single book - I even bought every single book (most, but not all, used; some through school book sales). I'm excited to re-read them to see how the five
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main characters develop and to watch all the different transformations again.
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LibraryThing member mutantpudding
Made even less sense than usual, which is saying something.
LibraryThing member chuff
Hopefully the subplot introduced here is addressed later. It felt as though the plot of this book got WAY off track
LibraryThing member wanderlustlover
Spring 2020 (Animorphs Read 2020 / April);

3.5 Stars. (My second now!)

I really am pleased to see more from Ax's point of view, honestly.

My own downside to that: I feel like it's lacking in a lot of contextual references to his self, culture, and thought process in any ways that would make him not
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exactly like all the other 'normal' Earth children in the rest of our band of merry heroes. I know this is done mostly because the whole series is for young children, and they wouldn't be able to integrate that as easily into early level reading, but as an adult who teaches a whole lot of literature for a living, it feels like a massive cop-out to a great addition of flavor, language, culture, and insight that could be added through Ax.

Also, like last time commenting on how this round of the POV's is all about group dynamics and roles, we predictably got to watch Ax wrestle with where he belongs (Andelite or Human; Warrior or Animorph), and who to answer the orders of most. Even though we all knew going into that debate what the answer would be, I was very satisfied with the struggle and the journey displayed to get there.

I was super glad to see some actually Scifi hijinks come up, dragging all of the group first into Zero Space, second into Animorph spaceships and crews, and third, to the beautiful planet of Leera, currently being attacked. Yes, please, I would like more space in this alien invasion book series. This absolutely hit the space-spot.
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