Series Re-Read #33 The Illusion

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The anti-morphing ray is still in development, and still has to be stopped. So the group comes up with a plan. Tobias will morph Ax and get himself captured. When he demorphs to hawk, the Yeerks will hit him with the ray and think it doesn't work.

I have a hard time re-reading this one because of all the angst.

Do you think they did adequate follow-up with this book, handled Tobias's aftermath well enough? I'm not sure what I think.

Taylor's an interesting character, the whole Yeerk/host merging thingy that we find out about her. And of course she comes back in The Test.

Also interesting that Tobias didn't want to kill her in the end...I suppose he didn't want Rachel to kill her if she wasn't a direct threat anymore...if they weren't defending themselves or something like that.

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Honestly? If we had to take votes for the best Animorphs scene, I would vote for this:

"Such filthy insects. Allow me to . . ." He swung at Jake. Jake's hand
shot up. He grabbed the Visser's wrist in his fist.

For a long few seconds the two of them glared at each other. Visser
Three, leader of the Yeerk forces on Earth. And Jake, his unrecognized foe.
[..]

Jake released the Visser's hand. Jake smiled. The Visser smiled. Or at
least they formed their mouths into smiles.

[...]

< Yeah. I think I'm in Jake's shirt pocket. > Then she laughed. < The
Visser just told Jake he hoped he didn't scare him. Jake said, "I don't
scare easy." >

I adore this so much.