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Many of the poems in here are lovely and poke at reminiscence and finality in various ways. "Various" is the key word there; it feels unfocused as a collection, linked inconsistently in the most abstract ways without a real thread to follow in any sense. There's nothing inherently wrong with this, as the individual poems are still good to read, but it's always a little weird reading something like this over the course of a day or two, rapidly jumping between scattered ideas.

This is a nice read that mostly aims to validate peoples' experiences and explain a bit about neurodivergent differences. It's pretty basic, it's nothing mind-blowing, but it's a nice perspective that I enjoyed reading.

The saga itself is bizarre, to be sure, but also very interesting. In a short period it provides several different lenses through which we can see how indigenous and colonizer perspectives can clash, but also how their combination can put forth even more wonderful ideas. The power of stories is central to the indigenous perspective and that is presented here in both literal and figurative manners, while also highlighting the limits of these stories to really make a difference when they are pushed against.

The framing of the prologue and epilogue add additional layers to the story, although I'm unsure whether they strengthen or weaken the core themes. Was it actually real? Does it matter? It's interesting, at the very least, and that's the most important bit.

This dragged on a bit weirdly at times but it also puts a lot of complexities forth about the war, how it affects civilians, and how it affects the animorphs. Rachel's POV starts off kind of basic but quickly shows the strain of the morphs plus the impacts on her family and friends. Solid stuff.

The themes and narrative of Hodge's life weave together in a lovely way in this memoir. Sometimes the physics metaphors feel a little tired, sometimes I felt a little lost in a too-long sentence, but even in the bits I can find to complain about there are links back to a larger understanding of the text.

A lot of memoirs are just anecdotes, stories, fun facts about a life. I appreciate that this one is so much more than that.

There is a time period from roughly the 80s to the 00s where capitalism did a victory lap after winning out over the fascist and communist ideologies of the 20th century. The fallout of capitalism's revelry is documented here, where Fisher explains how the actions of capitalism and liberalism have consistently failed to meet their promises, and to a certain extent why this is the case.

We live in a world so entrenched in this ideology that it is hard to see it for what it is. Fisher shines a brilliant light on what capitalism really is, and in doing so, hints at a future that may yet be found in the darkness.

So matter of fact about her romantic advances. Truly a gem.

I think it speaks to the strength of the characters that Maomao takes a bit of a backseat for much of this volume but it still manages to be engaging, with lots of intrigue and development happening along the sidelines of Maomao's life. But even in the backseat it really shows how central she is to so much of life in the royal capital.

I found an archive of all the Animorphs books and, for some reason, thought that reading through them for the first time in well over 20 years was a brilliant idea.

There's interesting bits here with how morphing works and stuff, but I definitely wouldn't recommend this nowadays. It's surprisingly brutal for a children's book (as all the good ones are) but it is still a children's book, and the simple language and plot really holds it back from being a really good read.