An Un-Calibrated Centrifuge

Nope nope nope. Why do I need a parallel civil war storyline in this book? Oh, that's right. I don't. Jake's storyline could have stood on its own. I've had nine Jake books before this dealing with his struggle as the leader of the Animorphs. I don't need a distant relative of his to highlight the difficulties Jake is facing in this book.

More under the cut.

Not to mention the fact that the story is drawing comparisons between a simple (fictional) alien race and black people... how did no one point out that this might be problematic?

Why are none of the Animorphs concerned that Visser One now knows their secret? If a free Hork-Bajir is taken, the Yeerks will know they're just a bunch of kids. Yet that never comes up once in the book. At the end, Jake just goes home to his Controller brother and nothing bad happens to him....

The Animorphs can finally morph clothes, but then Tobias makes a weird remark about their morphing outfits... If they're wearing normal clothes, they won't look weird (though there's no mention of shoes. Maybe Tobias is worried because they're barefooted on the top of a mountain?).

Fitzhenry took the time to write a journal entry while he was dying on the battlefield? Really?

These new younger cover models look creepy.