The Warning (Animorphs #16)

FIRST REVIEW / MAR 19, 2015 THIS BOOK THIS BOOK THIS BOOOOOOOOK As other reviewers have pointed out, it is so 90s that it is glorious -- modems and kilobits per second, AOL, their single usernames, their explanations of what IMs and chatrooms are, and just how darned empty the internet was back then.......more

I actually didn't remember this one going into it, so my hopes weren't high, but it turned out to be one of the best installments of these first sixteen books, even if it's a little dated (okay, I'll be honest, part of the reason I liked it so much is BECAUSE it was dated--all the adorable little re......more

Yo dawg, I heard you like Internet sites. The plot basically goes like this: Jake is online, back in the days when most of the people online were nine-year-olds and 40-year-olds on the prowl for nine-year-olds. He discovers a Yeerk website and lurks in the chatroom, wondering if these people are for......more

October 18, 2021 audiobook review here. October 29, 2020 re-read:    In the days of dial-up internet, Jake chances searching “Yeerk.” And he finds a whole website about the Yeerks, complete with a chat room full of people talking about the Yeerk invasion, possible Yeerk-controlled people, and how to r......more

I was conflicted. I didn't know whether to give this four stars or five, but in the end, I had to go with five -- though it's probably more like four-and-a-half. "The Warning" is classic Animorphs. It's got a lot of action, and a bit of everything else: humor, sadness, mystery, self-doubt, and good p......more