brye90's review against another edition
4.0
First time reading this one. Love the whole learning about animals through an alien invasion thing these books do. Going to read as many of them as I can, unless the quality takes a dive.
garrodot's review against another edition
4.0
Solid, very tense. This series excels at conveying the stress of their beleaguered situation. The kids are still figuring things out, including strategy, motivations and 'work'/life balance. I appreciate that there's an emotional subplot of Rachel comparing how she imagined a loss of love when her parents divorced to a child whose parents are both controllers. Also kudos for some very casual preaching on good points for teens. "Those fools who starve themselves for gymnastics" and Rachel remembering how she was wrong to feel bad after her parents divorce. Each delivered in just a single throwaway line so the message doesn't take away from the story, but I'm sure helpful to those that might've needed to hear it.
motypeandroid's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Really interesting to hear from Rachel’s pov. It was nice to see how compassionate she is, and how brave she is as well.
brookieblue's review against another edition
4.0
These books are much more i tense than I remember! 😆
hidemybook's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
asktheleaf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
this arc made me tear up more than once. things are getting dark fast
hstapp's review against another edition
3.0
So it looks like each book is going to be written from a different characters perspective. With all the preamble over I found this book much easier to get into, and I enjoyed it more.
lycheecha's review against another edition
4.0
The first book from Rachel's POV. I honestly really liked this one. Things were on a much smaller scale than the grand battle to rid Earth of an alien infestation, but I think it humanizes a lot of the characters. We get to see how the Yeerks taking over hosts affect the people around the hosts as well. I honestly forgot how action packed these types of books could be despite how short they are. It honestly plays a big part in how fast these are to read.
kartrick's review against another edition
4.0
Not much to say about such short books. Just that I want to read the next.