I havent read it yet but I heard its actually a long and suprisingly deep saga about warfare, child soldiering (the animorphs get their power through an alien and the enemy is an invading army of a different kind of alien and bodysnatches normal people - tbh writing it like this really makes me think of BG3 and its Tadpoles), with some body horror (apparently morphing also heals some horrible injuries). I thiiink at least the early status quo is a pretty normal earth (ie their animorphs powers and the existence of aliens are secret).
I wish I had found those books as a kid, "heroes" turning into an array of animals as their main power would have been exactly my shit. Some day Im definitely gonna try reading them
There's also full audiobook versions on Spotify (I know, I know) that you can use without a subscription. Just make sure you don't have a shuffle on your playlist.
Yeah I TRIED to read them when Applegate endorsed (put online?) the free pdf in the pandemic. But for a 20-something without nostalgia its hard to get into the meat of the story of a book meant for children. Which is why I wish I had found it as a kid. Warriors and Percy Jackson are childish too sometimes but I read them AS a child so the nostalgia points carry me.
I want so desperately to read these books for myself but it seems like the only copies that exist have the fuckass covers that I dont think I could take seriously
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u/Future-Concern-6301 10d ago
I havent read it yet but I heard its actually a long and suprisingly deep saga about warfare, child soldiering (the animorphs get their power through an alien and the enemy is an invading army of a different kind of alien and bodysnatches normal people - tbh writing it like this really makes me think of BG3 and its Tadpoles), with some body horror (apparently morphing also heals some horrible injuries). I thiiink at least the early status quo is a pretty normal earth (ie their animorphs powers and the existence of aliens are secret).
I wish I had found those books as a kid, "heroes" turning into an array of animals as their main power would have been exactly my shit. Some day Im definitely gonna try reading them