In The Time of Dinosaurs (Animorphs Megamorphs #2)

This one was alright, although some things didn't make sense... The Animorphs find out there's a nuclear disaster at sea, so they dash over there in dolphin form to see what's going on and help out rescuing people. Well, the blast throws the Animorphs back in time, to the Cretaceous age. It takes them a while to realize they're not in a strange place, just in an ancient time. It's extremely dangerous. They nearly get eaten by dinosaurs- several times- until they manage to obtain morphs of dinosaurs so they aren't outmatched all the time, and then make a sudden discovery. It involves two alien races that inhabit Earth, eons in the past. The two alien civilizations are in a kind of stalemate, but the Animorphs get involved, hoping to use show more the energy of a bomb to blast themselves back into the future they came from- meanwhile a huge comet is looming ominously close in the sky . . . . They had to make some awful decisions about choosing if the alien race would live or die- this after the aliens had helped them. Cassie protested having to morph a carnivorous dinosaur, and then went berserk when the instincts overtook her. Tobias makes a decision for the group without telling them- nearly on par with betrayal. Lots of drama setup for future events I think. But in terms of how they got back home, well I saw the ending coming a mile away. Biggest disappointment was when they got back to their own time, and found out the dinosaur morphs no longer worked. Why? what's the point of having the characters travel back in time where they can gain these incredibly powerful forms, if they can't use them? ... it made no sense, but a lot of this series doesn't. In spite of all this (and the constant POV switch every chapter) I did find it an entertaining read.

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Spring 2020 (Animorphs Read 2020 / April);

I'm really not a huge fan of most of the 'morps books so far. It was totally interesting to see a story where there was no main villain, the Yeerks didn't really even matter to it, and we had dinosaurs roaming the Earth everywhere because these are back in time hijinks. But the multiple pov books seem to make everyone's pov slimmer and faster. Plus, we separated Rachel from the group instantly, which was way too much like the first 'morphs book.

I super appreciated Tobais' getting to shine everywhere in this book.

excuse me, did Jake completely forget about everything that happened in book 11? whatever. also, Cassie, your animal friendly mentality is great and all but not when you are surrounded by giant intelligent meat eating animals. there is a time and a place for your vegan tendencies, and it isn't in dinosaur land. 😧

The Animorphs are trapped in the time of Dinosaurs. They have to fight to survive and find a way back to their own time. I was able to figure out what would happen before they did. There is an inconsistency that is never explained about how they heal. All we get is we'll ask Ax later. It was annoying and unnecessary. It was just done as a cheap way to make the story more exciting

Fun fluff series that gets less and less fluff over time.

A short comment for every book of the series until I get a chance to re-read them. All three of my sons and I loved this series and read every single book - I even bought every single book (most, but not all, used; some through school book sales). I'm excited to re-read them to see how the five main characters develop and to watch all the different transformations again.

Fantasy