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Jake uses the term "I guess" a lot in his internal monologue. I don't know if that is a stylistic choice because he is a teenager or if it's the author's intention to show his insecurity as the de facto leader of the Animorphs. I'll have to keep an eye out in the future Jake books to see if this changes as he matures and becomes more confident in his decisions.
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I'm not going to lie, once Alec and Seregil were kidnapped by slavers, I rushed through the pages hoping to get to the part where they were reunited. I was anxious to see if Alec would escape first to look for Seregil, without knowing that he was leaving him behind and also if he would fall prey to Khenir/Ilar's seduction techniques (being a eunuch, I'm not sure how much he could do, though). I hated his scenes; no matter that Seregil's feelings of anger turned to pity for him, I could not do the same. I wanted him to just go away forever.I missed Thero and Beka in this novel. I wish that they had been given more than just bare bones (especially concerning Thero's feelings for Klia! What a turn of events.)
I always enjoy political maneuvering in my fantasy, I love seeing all the plots the characters can foil and then be completely blind-sided by the one they missed. I'm sadistic that way, I guess.This is our third jaunt with Alec and Seregil. Traitor's Moon picks up about two years after the previous book, where they have finally ~confessed~ to one another. Despite the fact that they've been traveling together, living together and banging the hell out of each other (I assume, since their sex scenes are scanty and only PG before fading to black), they are constantly described in the prose as "friends". This descriptor does not do their relationship justice, though this is not to demean in anyway the strength of platonic friendship. It's just odd that the author uses the term "talimenos" or "lovers" in dialogue and "friends" in descriptive language. It really threw me off every time it happened (and it was sprinkled liberally throughout the novel).
That being said, I will echo another reviewer here: Alec is a saint to put up with Seregil sometimes.
Thero's characterization is my favorite in this novel. I especially liked how we were able to see a little from his point of view. The fact that he referred to Beka, Seregil and Alec as his friends (in his own head) is a HUGE step forward from his first appearance. Although it took Nysander's death to do so, Thero has become a better and more compassionate person. I love this sort of slow character growth, it speaks well of the overall pacing.
I feel like the subtitle to this book is very misleading - this was a book about her childhood as Hutterite (and a little about attempting to live as the "English" do), not necessarily reclaiming her heritage. I suppose an argument could be made that writing this book WAS reclaiming it in some way, but it ended so abruptly (she won a Mennonite beauty competition?!) We never really saw how Mary-Ann left her Hutterite heritage behind as she grew up and became an adult.
Regardless, I enjoyed this because it gave me insight on a subculture that I had never even heard of. I loved reading about their clothing-specific rules and my god, their food. It was like Little House on the Prairie all over again. I had a sandwich after I finished reading.
So glad I didn't start this series until after the second book was out! I would have died waiting for it (of course, now I have to wait for the third ...)This series pretty much has everything I love about fantasy, even the overused tropes.
Words cannot express how surprised I was at this series. Arthur is clearly his own man, trying to do good and dealing with the ridicule of being ~Aquaman~. There's a huge time lapse between his father's death and present time. I can't wait to see the backstory. Plus! Mera! A sea goddess, a true badass. I love this couple.
Doesn't hurt that Arthur sure is purty.
I saw that arc-end coming, but oh Bruce. No matter how long you're friends with someone, you can be no more than what you are - the highly suspicious and paranoid Batman.
Superman and Batman as bros are my one of my favorites, falling just short of Ted and Booster (though they are in a completely different category). I love their inner narrations about one another.
Really, the thong straps coming out of her low-slung jeans? I could have done without that, but she's a teenager just learning her way through human society. This is how I choose to interpret her fashion, despite the fact that it's really just meant for the male-gaze (both drawing and viewing).
I really could not care less about Batzarro and Bizarro Superman, they are just painful to read about. I was definitely just skimming the issues in this volume. The storyline with Skyscraper and the rest of them? Yawn.
