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Summary: Read the other reviews before reading this one, it'll help!
Review: Although Animorphs are considered appropriate for ages 9-12, older children can certainly appreciate them. I'm 14 and have been reading Animorphs for about 4 years, and have noticed that it's difficult to comprehend some of the books if you're younger than 12. Judging by the previous reviews, this book is definitely one of them. The purpose of this review is to fill in some areas left void by the other reviewers, so read them prior to my review. First of all, the point of the book is to express a simple universal concept: love. The Animorphs have been forced to make difficult choices, but they continue to have a sense of morality. They realize that they cannot become totally ruthless. They need values and principles, or the world is not worth saving. Don't take this statement entirely literally, just be patient and you'll figure it out. The ending is easy to understand if you read the story carefully. Jake discovers the extent of his love for Cassie. An exciting new development is a being like the Ellimist, but different. I believe this book uses an idea similar to what was used in #7 "The Stranger", so read that too. It will also make the ending clearer when you read this book (And you should definitely read it! ). Be sure to read Megamorphs #4, because it relates to the book when Jake tells of his most terrifying dream, and at other points in the story. The new "being" in #41 could be interconnected with what is foreshadowed about Cassie during Megamorphs #4... that will make possible an interesting future plot. Anyway, this was one of my all-time favorite Animorph books, along with #s 4, 7, 19, 26, all the Tobias books, Megamorphs 3 and 4, and Visser (During which KAA implies that Marco is now either 12 or 15 years old, depending on what she means by "adolescence." Don't pay attention to the numerous hints about their age, they never add up.) But this is DEFINITELY a must-read, one of the best in the series. Don't miss it!
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Summary: An exciting but confuseing book
Review: I think Applegate took a risk with this book. We get to know Jake as he will be ten years in the future, and so the book reveals to us that in the present he is around FIFTEEN years old, so that is KA's first slip-up with the confidentiality on their descriptions. But the real problems with this book was that because the future is so alien to us, and in New York, you would expect some help in visualizing it. But that help is hard to find.Sure, Applegate gives us a lot of description, but that takes away from everything else, and by the end of the book we are still confused with how things are supposed to look like, how the things in the new world look like, and how the new society operates. It's graphic in the sense of basic character actions, like the fight with the Taxxons underground, but everything else is really confusing. Plus, we get to see all of the other Animorphs again except Ax, so that means the author didn't do a good job at twisting the story well enough for a cameo for him. And then the end is confusing, and it just leaves the fans screaming wondering what choice had he gone with. And why did Jake go through this situation in the first place? The book says it had to do with Cassie, but something like this in the series most-certainly suggests that it is a warning for an upcoming event in the series. What that is is unmentioned, but the book does poorly following Megamorphs #4. Jake needs to pick up on the storylines, and fast!
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Summary: The Familiar
Review: Jake seems to have grown up overnight - literally. He goes to bed as his usual kid-self and wakes up ten years older to find the world completely taken over by Yeerks. All the other Animorphs are either dead or Yeerk-infested, and Jake alone is left to fight. Is it all just a horrific dream, or has the Yeerk invasion truly succeeded?
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Summary: Excellent Plot Development
Review: Once again, K.A. Applegate marvels us in her latest book in the best selling series, "Animorphs". In this novel, Jake finds himself all grown up in a future world which is in control of by Yeerks. Not knowing where his friends are, or what happened, he struggles to remain sane in his surroundings. Again, K.A. Applegates gives us very realistic characters who have much depth, and are very intriguing. This book is reccomended for all ages.
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Summary: definately a head-spinner..
Review: The book The Familiar, by K.A. Applegate was a book that turned my head, K.A.'s books just keep getting better adn better. It all started after a battle, Jake was tired of fighting, tired of making the calls. when he goes to bed, he wakes up the next mornig, only something's wrong... the Yeerks have taken over Earth! and he's 25! Somehow Jake has been pushed forward in time, into a world where he has few allys, and has no idea what's going on. Will Jake return to his rightful time? will he even survive this misfortune? The Familiar keeps you on the edge of your seat, and when it's over, the reader is forced to stop and think... These books (the Animorph series)are both fun to read and full of morals and press the idea that there is no good or evil, black and white, just shades of grey. I would definately recomend this book to anyone who has ever been touched by the struggles of right and wrong.
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Summary: The Familiar
Review: The people that gave bad reviews on #41 are evil ! Well, okay, that's opinion. But anyway, I absolutely loved The Familiar. The way KA Applegate can create a futuristic Animorphs is amazing. I thought that The Familiar is one of the best books in the series, because it has so much glory in it. The auther fashioned this book to be not JUST #41. She fashined it to be a great , never to be forgotten book. True, the ending is a completely unexpected one -- but doesn't that make it all the more exciting? The Familiar is one of the best books in a long time since August. Now that's worth it.
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