May C. Frey

Ax!

Revisado: 05-26-20

Given the performances the narrators for 5 and 6 gave for Ax I was concerned that Verner's take would sound like a hammy middle-aged man, but I'm glad my fears were unfounded! All his voices were on point, I especially like the breeziness of his Tobias! I do wonder why those two other narrators are so off-base, and I hope Verner will get to voice Ax again. He and Crouch kinda got the short end of the stick with this run.

Aaah, these kids reconciling at the end. So young, so hopeful, not yet crushed by the war or disillusioned by the Andalites.

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oh, Marco

Revisado: 05-26-20

I'll admit Marco is not my favorite Animorph, but de Ocampo voices him with such humanity I find myself enjoying the character more. Marco's got a lot of these kind of horrific realization moments whenever he has to consider the situation with his mom and it's so compelling!

I dearly hope this isn't the end of animorphs audiobooks, I'd gladly buy more. Performance is down a star because it's still weird to have Ax voiced like a boisterous forty-year-old.

also you got a typo there with 'Animporhs' btw.

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An even better book than I remembered it being

Revisado: 05-26-20

I'm a long time Animorphs fan who's read a lot of the books an awful lot of times, but it's been a while since I revisited this one and I'm glad it's even better than I recalled. It's funny the things I didn't notice at eleven.

Johnson's Cassie in 4 was more mystical and removed from the situation, and I love her portraying the character's struggles and doubts here. It's hard to be a good person in a chaotic and violent world.

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Elephant police!

Revisado: 05-26-20

This is far enough along to have left behind some of the awkwardness of the early books and gotten into the swing of the best parts of the series. Ellet's such a great Rachel, really portraying her toughness and inner fears and doubts while also being able to play fully into the silly aspects too.

I'm also so glad Ellet's Ax voice isn't like a pompous forty-year-old! She does a real nice job in general. I heard her on the Animorphology podcast and I've been slowly writing reviews since.

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That last third!

Revisado: 04-07-20

The best part of this book is the final third, where poor Jake gets to experience infestation. I often wish it was more of the book, but maybe that would've been too overwhelming. The competence these kids show when their leader is incapacitated is very fun.

Still weird to have the Ax voice sound so old and pompous, but I really liked the rest.

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the first book where the title makes no sense

Revisado: 04-07-20

It's kind of a tradition how some of these titles are so disconnected from the story! My understanding is Applegate had no control over that.

The ant sequence is still a nightmare that I enjoy greatly, and the twist at the end remains very messed up and fun.

It's weird how Ocampo's Ax voice sounds so Dan Green, like a pompous, boisterous older adult, when in this book he's very much a child messing up and is even called out as being 'a little one'. Given how he's voiced in other books I suppose that's just the angle this series is taking?

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So good

Revisado: 04-07-20

The first of the books the Animorphs spent in the ocean! Possibly the best of them, for all that it's kind of more in the fantasy genre. Psychic whales!

I really love Johnson's voice acting here.She brings this wondering tone that I think really enhances the material.

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Emohawk lives

Revisado: 04-07-20

Tobias's narration can get pretty extreme but I think it's most understandably so here, even as it's at its most extreme. I wish he and Ax had been as regular in the rotation of books as the other kids.

Michael Crouch might be my favorite narrator so far. Oh, man, what if he voiced the Andalite Chronicles? If it was one of the established narrators it'd have to be either him or Ax's.

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Still good after all this time

Revisado: 04-07-20

Bits of this don't age so well, like how a random adult man trying to abduct a thirteen-year-old is handled and regarded by the cast. But I can really overlook that. Emily's such a good narrator! I love her character voices.

There's something about the earliest books, before Applegate really found her rhythm and before all the kids defaulted to roach and fly morph to sneak into everything, that's really charming.

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Nostalgia bomb

Revisado: 04-07-20

In a lot of ways, these still hold up. This was the series that really taught me to love reading, that tuned me to this exact balance of angst and comedy. Animorphs is so good! When I heard about these, I preordered the whole set at once, and I'd do that with more of the series if it comes out.

I think this particular narrator has a weird Tobias voice but I love the way he voices the narration when Jake's in morph.

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