by Rick Yancey
"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."
The Fifth Wave was intense, fast-paced, and made up of a wonderful cast of characters. Cassie, Ben, Sammy, Ringer - I was rooting for them all, and even Evan, but only sometimes Evan. I read with caution, feeling Cassie's paranoia, knowing it was foolish to trust anyone involved. Although I did anticipate one of the twists, it didn't bother me much, because there was another, larger one, revealed, and it caught me completely off guard.
Cassie's sarcastic tone, side comments, and frequent references to things like the Wizard of Oz made for such a great protagonist. Her internal conflict of needing someone to trust, but knowing it was stupid to do so, was very well portrayed in this book. I kept imagining myself in a world attacked by aliens, and wow, it just got really creepy at times.
The Fifth Wave also references a movie I watched, Close Encounters with the Third Kind, by associating owls to aliens. That really messed with my head.
The romance happened too quickly for me, but I mean, these people are thinking they need to be entirely alone in order to survive, all while the world is falling to pieces around them, so I can understand their situation a little better. Though I found Evan to be kind of a creep at first, I saw how he was such a complex and interesting character by the end of it.
I have invested myself in some of these characters, and I have no idea where their stories will take me next. I can't wait for the next installment! Will there be a sixth wave? Let's hope not...
Cassie's sarcastic tone, side comments, and frequent references to things like the Wizard of Oz made for such a great protagonist. Her internal conflict of needing someone to trust, but knowing it was stupid to do so, was very well portrayed in this book. I kept imagining myself in a world attacked by aliens, and wow, it just got really creepy at times.
The Fifth Wave also references a movie I watched, Close Encounters with the Third Kind, by associating owls to aliens. That really messed with my head.
The romance happened too quickly for me, but I mean, these people are thinking they need to be entirely alone in order to survive, all while the world is falling to pieces around them, so I can understand their situation a little better. Though I found Evan to be kind of a creep at first, I saw how he was such a complex and interesting character by the end of it.
I have invested myself in some of these characters, and I have no idea where their stories will take me next. I can't wait for the next installment! Will there be a sixth wave? Let's hope not...
5/5 stars.
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