Title: The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1)
Author: Rick Yancey
Publication Date: May 7th, 2013
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 457
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. - Book Details courtesy of Goodreads Inc. 2016
Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. - Book Details courtesy of Goodreads Inc. 2016
What an crazy read...crazy in a good way. This book was a page turner from the start. I planned on reading this book already, but really moved the book up on my list after seeing a movie preview for it recently.
The Earth has been invaded by aliens and you do not know who is human and who is an "other." You get a little bit of a pre-story before really diving into the main part of the book. Cassie is seen as the books heroine, fighting against the others after her brother is taken to a camp. Readers are also introduced to a few other main characters, two of them being Zombie (Ben) and Evan Walker. Throughout the whole book you jump back and forth between Cassie and Zombie mainly, with other characters joining the story.
The story gets intense in the second half of the book when Cassie starts to figure out who is not really who they are pretending to be. Zombie will come to a huge realization that will forever change how he thinks the order of the world is setting up to be.
Will they survive the 5th Wave, well read it and find out. Such a great read. Also, don't forget, the movie version of the book is set for release on January 22nd, 2016.
I also read this one for the challenge in January. :D Had to get ready for that movie, right?
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I'm so excited both for the movie and the sequel(s) now after finishing this whirlwind of a book. If this first installment is any indication of what's to come, I'll be expecting great things.
Of course you have to get ready for the movie! I always read a book before seeing its movie adaptation. My boyfriend says I just ruin everything that way because my expectations are high when I like a book.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the kind words! I think she will have us on the edge of our seats for installments 2 and 3. I believe book 3 will be out in May.
It took a week to read this one. I couldn't connect to it at all.
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