Visser, Animorphs (Animorphs) by K. A. Applegate (1999) Paperback Paperback

Spoiler Alert! if you have not read at least up to book 35 of the main animorphs series, this book and this review contain spoilers. i believe this book is positioned after book 35 in the timeline. on to the review.I've been wanting to read this for a long time. I knew it had something to do with the trial of visser one and visser three's attempts to replace her, but I had assumed it would be told from visser three's perspective given the cover art, so I was pleasantly surprised to find it was the story of visser one and includes her original discovery of earth and her rise to the rank of visser one, as well as her trial where visser three is attempting to depose her, all from visser one's perspective. it was also interesting to hear from visser one's perspective on her relationship with her host (marco's mom) as well as her resulting attachment and respect for marco. this includes her knowledge of the true nature of the animorphs and directly references the events in book 30, as well as her decision to withhold that information from the rest of the yeerk empire out of sheer spite for visser three and a desire to see him fail should they decide to execute her. the book also provided some insight into yeerk governing practices and command structure, and reveals just how important earth really is to the yeerk empire, while also pointing out some important differences between humans and other species from the yeerk perspective. overall it was an entertaining read that expanded on the early stages of the invasion and offers a very interesting perspective through visser one while also keeping things light with plenty of humor.

My son read this book in school and loved it. So I bought him the entire series. he's already gone through all the books twice.

After all these years, I never realized what a powerful story this series contained. Rereading it has been fun, but I never read the last half of the series and, having read this far, I was probably too young for some of its contents. Fun read, even for adults.

Excellent, excellent story. One of many by K.A. Applegate in the Animorphs series, my favorite book series growing up. Book arrived in pristine condition, and now my collection is complete. :-)

Do you you like to read books that are out of this world, because if you do this book is good for you.I give Animorphs "Visser" Four stars because I think it's a reallt good book,but not the best.This book is about an alien that's at the highest rank Visser One. These aliens are called Yeerks. Yeerks go into peoples brains and over controls them.Well Visser one is on trail and he doesn't want to be found gulity. Visser three on the other hand want's him the be found gulity. Soon Visser One's only hope to live is to call his host's son Marco for help.If you really like books that do with aliens try reading this book.

Animorphs was my favorite series as a kid, bought this book to fill out my collection for my nephew to read. Just as good as I remembered.

Not what I was expecting at all but man it just gets better and better as it goes along. Gives you insight into the enemies thoughts, feelings, and emotions....

The entire Megamorphs set was a hit with me, and Visser was no exception. It's an extreme thriller if you already have a bit of backround with the Animorphs, and the plot goes deeper than you would have ever thought than if you had just read the regular Animorph series.

Surprisingly good. KA Applegate is a wonderful writer. I was just surprised at how much I enjoyed this book as it was in Visser 1's point of view.

The front doesn't look like the cover here but the words inside are the book as I ordered

Perhaps I am missing something with this one, as Visser is one of the most highly regarded of the Animorphs books, but the story just seemed to be lacking something.First off was its structure. The novel takes place over Visser One's trial, taking the form of numerous flashbacks over her time on Earth and showing how she committed a number of Yeerk crimes and became "addicted" to humanity during her early experiences on the planet. Through the novel's use of motherhood, it is designed to make us feel pity towards Visser One. As though her questionable choices have all been towards some unseen good.Unfortunately, no, this isn't the case at all. Visser One is a monster, primarily motivated by power and lust for glory. Over the course of this novel, she is shown "eliminating" several of her previous hosts and actively states that she will do the same with Eva once she gets bored. Turning Visser One into a mother does not make her sympathetic. The only reason that I didn't want to see her die was for Marco's sake.Yet the novel did show a few interesting facets that haven't been focused on previously in novels. For starters, we got a glimpse into Yeerk politics. The scenes in which Visser One and Visser Three debate the best way to take Earth (bloodlessly or through open warfare) are interesting as they show that the Yeerk machine isn't set in stone. I also liked the part when Visser One described the origins of The Sharing, and how easy it was to lure the first voluntary hosts. Perhaps I would have been more engaged if these had been the primary focus of the novel, but the fragmented flashbacks broke up these sequences and thus muted their effect.All in all, I found this to be the weakest of the Chronicles to date. It had a few interesting scenes, but isn't really one I'd recommend.