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And it just reminds me of how frustrating I find the character. The first time I ever read the message I absolutely loved Cassie and the book sets up what should be an awesome journey for her. A young character with a very black and white world view having to face the realities of war and the challenges to her ideas about right and wrong.
And then it never happens the character never changes Cassie of the later books is in some ways even IMO a regression of the Cassie in the first book she narrates. It is incredibly frustrating because she goes from a character who could have had a truly great arc into a static hypocritical character that the narrative contorts itself to make always right.
What makes it even more frustrating is that all the other characters do change in ways that are both positive and negative and yet she doesn't. She just gets preachier and more hypocritical while being the author's mouth peice on issues which means the narrative always rewards her and works out for her.
Which is why every time I reread Animorphs especially the message I just feel sad that a character that was initially vying for the spot of my favorite animorph (when I started she was #2 with the potential to hit number one) ended up my least favorite and the weakest part of the books.
And then it never happens the character never changes Cassie of the later books is in some ways even IMO a regression of the Cassie in the first book she narrates. It is incredibly frustrating because she goes from a character who could have had a truly great arc into a static hypocritical character that the narrative contorts itself to make always right.
What makes it even more frustrating is that all the other characters do change in ways that are both positive and negative and yet she doesn't. She just gets preachier and more hypocritical while being the author's mouth peice on issues which means the narrative always rewards her and works out for her.
Which is why every time I reread Animorphs especially the message I just feel sad that a character that was initially vying for the spot of my favorite animorph (when I started she was #2 with the potential to hit number one) ended up my least favorite and the weakest part of the books.
