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Tobias has an existential crisis.

February 6, 2018 by narfna Leave a Comment

So there’s a scene in this book that has stuck with me for years, ever since I first read it as a kid. Tobias is in human morph, sitting in a trap he very much knows is there, with an enemy watching, waiting for him to slip up, and he gets some unbelievably unexpected news. The only thing that saves him is that he’s so unused to being a human anymore, he doesn’t really make facial expressions. His face is perfectly blank when his world […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the pretender, tobias

narfna's CBR10 Review No:18 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, k.a. applegate, middle grade, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, the pretender, tobias ·
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Tobias and a couple of game-changers.

June 7, 2017 by narfna Leave a Comment

I actually thought this was a different Tobias book when I started reading it, but it’s okay because I still really like this one. Just have to wait a bit longer for the one I thought this was. Which is apparently #23. Dammit, Ashley’s brain! It doesn’t actually change too much of what I wanted to say about it, though. And this book has confirmed something for me. As a kid, Marco was my favorite. I thought he was hilarious. But as an adult, it’s […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Science Fiction Tagged With: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the change, tobias

narfna's CBR9 Review No:40 · Genres: Children's Books, Science Fiction · Tags: animorphs, children's fiction, k.a. applegate, narfna, sci-fi, the change, tobias ·
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