Animorphs

The Invasion

mass market paperback, 184 pages

English language

Published June 8, 1996 by Scholastic Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-590-62977-5
Copied ISBN!
OCLC Number:
34726816

View on OpenLibrary

4 stars (22 reviews)

Sometimes weird things happen to people. Ask Jake. He may tell you about the night he and his friends saw the strange light in the sky. He may even tell you about what happened when they realized the "light" was only a plane -- from another planet. Here's where Jake's story gets a little weird. It's where they're told that the human race is under attack -- and given the chance to fight back.

Now Jake, Rachel, Cassie, Tobias, and Marco have the power to morph into any animal they choose. And they must use that power to outsmart an evil that is greater than anything the world has ever seen...

16 editions

Review of 'The Invasion' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

Wasn't allowed to read these growing up so now doing my own belated book club. Blown away at how good this is right out of the gate. Has a great campy sentai-show setup but pulls no punches with how gruesome this intergalactic war actually is. All of the morph descriptions are straight body horror, and the violence only gets away with being this gory because of Halo rules (it's not blood, it's yellow goo).

Our first POV, Jake, is fully the likeable leader boy archetype, but the character voice is so strong it hardly matters. Particular highlight is dog brain, which is exactly what you'd expect but even more charming. Under the YA nonchalance is a surprisingly affecting tragedy, particularly Jake's distant relationship with his brother (I imagine we'll see even more devastating scenes from the other POVs whose family life seems even more complicated).

Great start to this series. …

Surprised

3 stars

Content warning Slight spoilers

Review of 'Invasion (Animorphs #1)' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

The Invasion sets up the world of the Animorphs and has a good mix of plot and info-dump. It establishes the expectation that they won't have it easy, that they need to keep secrets, and that morphing isn't just a toy. A good series opener!



For those who are currently unaware:

Animorphs is a series about a group of five friends (and later one more friend, we'll get to him) who find out that the Earth is being invaded by parasitic aliens that could be in anyone but not yet everyone. They must use the power to change into any animal they have "acquired" in order to fight the alien invasion, all while being unable to tell the ones they love that they are in a daily struggle that leaves them emotionally wrecked on a regular basis.

This series deals with anxiety, body horror, death, loss, violence, divorce, death of …

avatar for kaosmage

rated it

3 stars
avatar for GucciGarbage

rated it

5 stars
avatar for tjunguri

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Hannes

rated it

3 stars
avatar for Jaytee

rated it

5 stars
avatar for JustGrist

rated it

2 stars
avatar for Crepusculi

rated it

3 stars
avatar for wzhkevin

rated it

4 stars
avatar for barsports

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Hyzie

rated it

3 stars
avatar for lingui5t

rated it

4 stars
avatar for rmcminds

rated it

5 stars
avatar for chaos_angel

rated it

3 stars
avatar for TaxideaDaisy

rated it

4 stars
avatar for adduc

rated it

4 stars

Subjects

  • American Science fiction
  • Metamorphosis
  • Animorphs
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Fiction