The Encounter (Animorphs #3)

Spring 2020 (Animorphs Read 2020);

Into the mind of Tobias, our red-tailed hawk, we spend a lot of this one getting to see the war in Tobias heart/mind/soul/body for who he is now. Whether he's a hawk. Whether he's a boy. Whether it would be easier to let his humanity slip away. Whether there are things more important to being human than looking it (especially juxtaposed to Controllers who still look human, but *definitely are not*). I really like that they have chipped a tiny bit into this and hope they do continue to deep dive into his further books.

I did love getting to see more of Rachel through Tobias' eyes, because we all know I'm here to basically fall into love with Rachel and Tobias is already well into that job. I like that show more with him we do see the more sensitive side of her sometimes. show less

This is the one I started with when I saw it at a Scholastic book fair when I was 11 years old. I didn't care that it was the third in a series--it had a rad looking guy turning into a hawk on the cover! I bought it for $3.99, loved it, and then went back to get the first and second books.

So, reading it now, it was a bit surprising to realize that the main character, stuck in an animal body, is actually suicidal. He almost succeeds in killing himself and is barely stopped by a friend. Somehow I missed that as a kid. It continues the trend of these books being much darker than I realized.

This third volume ends with the most successful mission so far, with the team destroying a giant transport ship and Tobias coming to terms with his show more situation. Overall it's fun and fast. (I think it was the shortest of the series so far.) show less

This is the first book in the series from the perspective of Tobias, the boy trapped in the body of a hawk. In this book, you really start to understand what this is like for him and see how much he is struggling with his identity. And in addition to this internal conflict, there's an external one in the form of a mission involving a gigantic Yeerk spaceship.

This particular installment is told from Tobias's perspective. Given his unusual point of view, the storytelling method seems slightly different and not in an unpleasant way.

While Animorphs 2 focused on the build-up of tension, this one focused more-so on emotional development.

This book is about Tobias a guy who got stuck in a morph in the previous book, so at first I thought this book would not be as good as the previous ones but I was wrong. This book was actually better because of the perspective of it, though even as he was stuck in a morph he could see others perspective. My favorite scene is when they fight the aliens on their (the aliens) ship.

Animorphs was a good series that kept me reading. Enjoyed these as a kid.

Honestly should put this on my horror shelf wtf