Series Re-read #30 The Reunion

[buffyangellvr23]

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

Comments

[nyonyo]

This is my favorite book in the series. Not necessarily the best, but definitely my favorite.

The final Rachel/Marco scene is amazing, but what really did it for me is the scene with Marco lying awake in the dark, thinking about what he is about to do. Justifying himself to Jake, his dad, his mom, and then thinking about how history is going to remember him. That was the chapter that made Marco become my favorite character, and he has been ever since.

[jedifreac]

Same here--definitely one of the best books in the series. It really stood out to me

[daphne_23]

I don't have a copy of this book any more, which makes me cross.* I remember that I read this one and #31 out of order, and that everybody else said that #31 was a rip off of this book, but I ended up loving #31 and feeling like this one was a bit of a repeat of the same theme - unfairly, I know :)

*(I don't suppose there are any animorph fans in the UK who have a spare copy to sell???)

[angary]

Huh, I didn't really remember this book's premise until I had started to re-read it. To me, the beginning still seems like a mildly cheap way for Marco to run into Edriss, buh, eh, out of all the others, Marco would be the one to skip for personal reasons.

Anyway, I love that this book shows how fleshed out Marco is, and that he's not the one-dimensional funny guy he appears to be. I could conceivably see where the issue with his mom/Edriss would get old, but I like that this has been brought up time and again, because it brings out a fascinating side in Marco, especially how he battles with his logic (constantly repeating the phrase "bright clear line") and emotions. jedifreac already brought up the parallel of Marco and Jake having to deal with their family members being caught up in the war, and I like that there are subtle differences shown between how they act and how they each try to save their respective families.

Also, I can't believe this, but I had completely forgotten about the last chapter, and the moment between Rachel and