The Underground (Animorphs #17)

Haters gonna hate, but I don’t care: oatmeal is a fantastic weakness. I mean, think about some of the weaknesses enemies or superheroes have had in other stories. Kryptonite? Water? Tricking them into saying their names backwards? Country music? Oatmeal is a legit weakness—and Applegate very specifi......more

Apparently instant oatmeal (maple ginger instant oatmeal, to be precise) is like Yeerk heroin, so the Animorphs decide to run a mission down to the Yeerk pool, and see how many Yeerks they can get addicted to it (a process which eventually drives them mad). Man, just typing it out like that makes me......more

Oatmeal is the Yeerks’ weakness as it makes them go crazy. The Animorphs want to poison them at their source, the Yeerk pool. It’s a bit of a silly concept but it nonetheless provides the Animorphs with an interesting opportunity. What stands out most here are the questions of morality. Do the ends......more

Ahhh, the oatmeal story. We all know Rachel is ferocious, but this one shows us how smart she is under pressure. It's a bit heavy on with 'crazy' jokes at the start, but, the nineties was a different time... Also Ax and Cinnamon Buns is OTP.......more

FIRST REVIEW / MAR 20, 2015 It's the oatmeal book!!! I've been vaguely looking forward all series-reread to reaching this one. Yeah, I actually don't have anything better or more smart to say about it though. --------------------------------- SECOND REVIEW / MAY 7, 2020 Okay, time to do this book justice......more