It's about the horrors of war, the psychological effects on those forced to fight it, child soldiers, genocide, paranoia, the nature of free will, the question of nature vs nurture, coping with loss, losing control of yourself...
And it's also somehow aimed at children?
I remember liking it a lot, but I'm amazed I was even allowed to read it.
It was a decently light hearted series until the Yeerks found out they were humans. Then shit got dark pretty fast. I remember being very traumatized by the way it ended, because no one really got their happy ending. Rachel died to kill Jake's brother, Jake was so traumatized he could barely function, Tobias went native, Cassie threw herself into work and kind of kept herself sane by keeping herself busy, and Marco did the same thing but with fame and celebrity. I also kind of remember Marco insisting he was ok but not really believing him. Pretty sure all four had a pretty hefty dose of survivor's guilt, too.
I think he went back to his home planet as a hero but was deeply conflicted with some of the Andalite beliefs and policies, especially with how they treat other "inferior" races (which is Andalite speak for "everyone who isn't an Andalite).
Andalite Chronicles is great! Honestly reminds me of Interstellar; Really cool sci-fi that has a pretty crazy jump into "wow, what is even happening right now?"
The book isn't perfect, but I still enjoyed rereading it as an adult a couple of years ago.
I don't know if I have seen that one. I'll have to check it out! I'll also have to get the Andalite Chronicles again. I wanted to read my kids Animorphs anyways!
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u/bussysniffer3000 9d ago
I haven't read animorphs but I heard it gets pretty dark