Series Re-Read #49 The Diversion

[buffyangellvr23]

The Animorphs have their biggest problem yet. The Yeerks know they're human. They decide together that it's time to tell their parents and get them to safety. They manage with Cassie and Rachel, but it's too late for Jake's family. Tobias, meanwhile, has found his mother and is intent on helping her

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[cork118]

I wish we could have seen more of Loren. There's a moment in one of the later books where the narrator mentions how much time Tobias and Loren are spending together, which I thought was so effing sweet... and then that's the last time Loren's ever mentioned, even after Tobias emos off into the wild blue yonder in the last book. Lame.

[anijen21]

lol @ emos off into the wild blue yonder

[rena_librarian]

I did wonder what happened to her in the post-war wrapup. Was she at Rachel's funeral? Was that the last time she saw her son? Didn't he care about her at all? Someone else to care about (albeit in a very different way, of course) now that there's this gaping hole in his heart?

Basically, Loren is the reason that the whole, as you say, emo-ing off into the wild blue yonder doesn't quite WORK for me.

[anonymous]

THE STEEL MAN GOES UNPAID. HEED THIS, FOR CARELESS HOOFBEATS WILL AWAKEN JANE DOE AND BRING THE ARMIES OF JUSTICE TO SESAME STREET.

[anonymous]

Blasphemy. And Visser One will smite you!

[buffyangellvr23]

OK and what was the point of all that?

[mattiris]

I love this book. It may be tied with #13 for my favourite Tobias book. It's just so epic. (Seriously, Tobias always gets the best stuff to narrate. No filler for that boy.)

PS. Wheel of Fortune flub?

[buffyangellvr23]

Tobias hears someone's TV snd there's a line about "the wheel landed on a $5000 space and some idiot bought a vowel." You don't buy a vowel after a spin, you call a consonant. If it's there and you get the money, then you can buy a vowel.

[mattiris]

Oh. Eh. That's not really that interesting of a KASU, though.

[anijen21]

LOL IKRITE THAT BOTHERED ME TOO

[ghosted]

Cassie's parents are sweeties. Which isn't a very useful quality during a war, but I like them. I also wish Loren got to do more stuff, especially since I read the Andalite chronicles a few days ago, and she was chucking rocks at Visser Three.

Jake's parents being infested was horrible. Saving his family was such a huge part of his motivation, and this is the first step towards his utter failure at that goal.

[elektra30]

I think this book had the most epic scene: where Jake morphs to falcon in front of his parents so that he could give them a sliver of hope that he was still free. I dunno - that was really powerful even though it was put across in a few lines.

Actually I don't think however heartbroken Tobias was, that he never sneaked a peek at Loren or was unconcerned with her life. He might have found her difficult to relate to or whatsoever, but the moment she saved him from the Dracon beam and the little moment they had before they procured the dynamites (holding hands, was it?) - I thought that was more than enough to show that he did accept her in a small way.

Post-war Tobias-spying-on-Loren plot bunny ftw. Anyone? ;)

[cork118]

I loved that part too, where Jake morphs for his parents. And like, how touching and poignant that he's morphing to a bird of prey as a symbol of his freedom, when Tobias is trapped in hawk morph forever (even though the hawk ultimately came to mean salvation from his crappy life, you know?). There's so many amazing layers in that scene... ooh, goosebumps. :)

[mattiris]

I never understood how Jake managed to go the 1.5-2 minutes it took to morph. A moment before, his parents were firing Dracon beams at him.

[elektra30]

Desperation, rage and horror does wonders to your morphing abilities, apparently. Although those emotions are usually a hindrance lol.