The Return (Animorphs #48)

David’s back and he wants revenge. Rachel is the point of view character and we once again get more than a glimpse at how her character deals with the effects of the war. Her entire character arc revolves around the war affecting her psychologically and how she’s come to enjoy the violence. And here......more

Decidedly mixed feelings about this one! The Return asks some important questions about Rachel and her attitude towards fighting this war against the Yeerks. It also features the much-anticipated … uh, return … of David, one-time Animorph. Yet, like many Animorphs books, I find that the actual story......more

Ghostwriter: Kimberly Morris, who also wrote the fantastic #38 The Arrival. I have to say, I'm really enjoying casting a spotlight on the ghostwriters this time around, getting a sense of their own strengths and weaknesses and styles -- I had no idea they were ghostwritten when I was a kid, so this......more

3.5! really liked it. Usually the short sentence style would drive me insane but it added to the dreamlike quality of this book. What was real and what wasn't. Rachel, oh Rachel.......more

We begin the story with Rachel dreaming of willingly choosing death over submission to even the members of her own team and it’s a terrible sight to see immediately after the unknown death we just read about. “My deep, dark secret was like an elephant in the living room. A big purple one. With polka......more