Series Re-read #30 The Reunion
Marco's mom is back. But she's not Visser One anymore. Marco's not even sure if she's still a controller. But he's determined to find out. No matter what it takes. No matter what might happen, Marco wants his mom back
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In a lot of ways Marco's path to killing his mother parallel's Jake's path to killing his brothers. Yet there are differences--you see that despite Marco's bravado, he is very conflicted about is mother's death, while Jake tunes out and is nearly emotionless about killing his brother. Marco, despite his pragmatism, also has the strongest grasp of moral ambiguity out of the bunch. Cassie wrestles with her own morality, but for her it's more about staying on the light side. For Marco it's more about being able to sleep at night and live with himself. He understands the need to do dark things for the greater good. He also comes to grips with the reality that it may be easier to kill his mother than save her.
I mean,when it all boils down to it, this book is about a kid and his friends plotting to kill a despotic leader--who just happens to be his own mother. (Or, you know, a slug in the brain of his own mother. Semantics.) Anyone who says these books are just like Goosebumps is nuts. These books, maybe this book especially, were greatly insane and insanely great.
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