The Suspicion (Animorphs #24)

Another Cassie book, more in the vein of #14: The Unknown than #19: The Departure. Applegate experiments with absurdism here With slightly more sophisticated humour than “hah hah, it’s an Andalite toilet!”—riffs on gender and politics and, of course, bureaucracy—The Suspicion holds a little more app......more

Oh damn, it's the Helmacrons! How can something so tiny be such an ass? Notable moments and inconsistencies: This book has each chapter begin with a sort of absurdist quote from a Helmacron ship log, introducing us to these tiny megalomaniacal aliens. It's its own mini-story from the point of view of......more

FIRST REVIEW / MAY 7, 2015 HELMACRONS!!! I really think it was a conscious decision on KAA's part to give such comedic books to Cassie, since she functions as the relatively serious straight man: after all, she got the freaking Area 51 book and now this, the Helmacrons' first appearance. I've been loo......more

Come check out my 4 hour 35 minute deep dive into reading every single Animorphs book for the first time on YouTube. I recap and review all of the books from the main series: [URL not allowed]......more

The Helmacrons are the worst villains. I also like them and think they are effective and ridiculous? It's complicated. The Helmacrons are an extremely violent and egomaniacal alien species that has decided to invade Earth and subject all citizens to their will, destroying the rest. They are also 1/1......more