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Up to the warning in my animorphs reread
Jun. 29th, 2019 07:28 amThis is one of my favorite low stakes books because it is one of the few times in the series where Jake and Cassie have real tension without the narrative contorting itself to take Cassie side.
We see her genuine concern for Jake’s mental state but we also see him rightly shut her down about it since he needs to set an example as the leader they asked him to be. We also see the first shades of her hypocrisy with her wanting Jake to kill for her so she doesn’t have to. The ending when he remarks that you can’t fight a war like they are fighting without doing evil along the way could have been a great feed into an arc where she actually faced her hypocrasy and the others learning Jake especially not to put her morality on a pedestal as she was no wiser or more mature than they were.
The novel also reveals what could have been an interesting conflict in their relationship that got lost along the way. Namely the fact Jake will side with Cassie some times when it isn’t the best strategy just to keep her good opinion of him. (Namely him siding with her on the don’t morph humans thing in the office building)
In a story arc where Cassie was allowed to suffer the side effects of her mistakes it could have been really interesting to see how their relationship would survive them growing up Jake having to weigh his desire to keep his relationship with Cassie going well and the practical needs of being the leader of a guerilla warfare unit.
Plus I love the ambiguity at the end about the fire was it set and if so by who. It is one of the rare leave it up to your interpretation scene sin the novels that really works for me because there are good arguments for any one to have done so.
Up next the oatmeal book
We see her genuine concern for Jake’s mental state but we also see him rightly shut her down about it since he needs to set an example as the leader they asked him to be. We also see the first shades of her hypocrisy with her wanting Jake to kill for her so she doesn’t have to. The ending when he remarks that you can’t fight a war like they are fighting without doing evil along the way could have been a great feed into an arc where she actually faced her hypocrasy and the others learning Jake especially not to put her morality on a pedestal as she was no wiser or more mature than they were.
The novel also reveals what could have been an interesting conflict in their relationship that got lost along the way. Namely the fact Jake will side with Cassie some times when it isn’t the best strategy just to keep her good opinion of him. (Namely him siding with her on the don’t morph humans thing in the office building)
In a story arc where Cassie was allowed to suffer the side effects of her mistakes it could have been really interesting to see how their relationship would survive them growing up Jake having to weigh his desire to keep his relationship with Cassie going well and the practical needs of being the leader of a guerilla warfare unit.
Plus I love the ambiguity at the end about the fire was it set and if so by who. It is one of the rare leave it up to your interpretation scene sin the novels that really works for me because there are good arguments for any one to have done so.
Up next the oatmeal book
