The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave #1) - Rick Yancey
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Let me just start by saying Wow! This book was so good! All I've heard about this book are rants and raves...well let me tell you why I am ranting and raving about this book. I haven't read much science fiction but this book has got me wanting to read more. The world in this book is unlike any world I've ever read before. We are there with Cassie as she goes through each wave that arrives and kills those around her. Yancey does a fantastic job of keeping you on edge with Cassie as she strives to figure out just what exactly is going on and what the 5th wave will bring.
There are multiple perspectives given throughout the book of the characters and how they weave around each other and interconnect is just brilliant. I loved all the characters and found myself rooting for each and every one of them. The romance was like a candle in a pitch black room - a light that steadily grew brighter with each page.
The action in this book is never ending with plot twists galore. This book will keep you up at night wanting to know what happens next and will keep you up after reading it, wondering what will happen next. Just when you think you've got something figured out, something happens that makes you rethink yourself. When I was about a third of the way in, I was so confused that I was getting frustrated with the book but I pushed through and it didn't take long to figure out what was going on. This book will keep your nose between the pages and your brain quickly thinking up what will happen next. I highly recommend this one!
There are multiple perspectives given throughout the book of the characters and how they weave around each other and interconnect is just brilliant. I loved all the characters and found myself rooting for each and every one of them. The romance was like a candle in a pitch black room - a light that steadily grew brighter with each page.
The action in this book is never ending with plot twists galore. This book will keep you up at night wanting to know what happens next and will keep you up after reading it, wondering what will happen next. Just when you think you've got something figured out, something happens that makes you rethink yourself. When I was about a third of the way in, I was so confused that I was getting frustrated with the book but I pushed through and it didn't take long to figure out what was going on. This book will keep your nose between the pages and your brain quickly thinking up what will happen next. I highly recommend this one!
The 5th Wave
(Updated: August 17, 2013)
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The 5th Wave is a thrilling novel about an alien apocalypse. The aliens on the mothership are slowly wiping out the humans in Waves to study their behavior. There have been Five Waves-- Wave One: The Silence. At this time all electronic equipment was wiped out by a very powerful EMP-Powered Cannon. In this Wave planes crashed, boats sunk, cars stopped, and cell phones and lights were no longer able to be used. The world was dark to the extreme; Wave Two: Surf's Up. A HUGE flood occurs over the Earth; Wave Three: Pestilence. A disease known to many survivors known as the Red Plague has conditions such as constant bleeding and fainting has only a ten percent chance of being cured. Only a select few are immune to the Plague; Wave Four: The Silencers: Aliens disguised as humans wipe out any of the resisting humans; Wave Five: They Are Coming For Us: The extraterrestrial beings have created a program called Wonderland, which the US Government has claimed to have discovered, but can the survivors trust them after the first four waves? Can they trust anybody but themselves? It turns out the Government has a dirty, big, secret that will change the world forever...
The 5th Wave is a book written by Rick Yancey. It follows the life of 16-year-old Cassie (Short for Cassiopeia) through her journey to save her adorable, innocent little brother (Sam) from the aliens. As she reminiscences on her misfortunes from the past events of the apocalypse we learn how the Waves and attack started. The aliens are referred to as 'Others' by the surviving humans because they have no true form. The Others often do appear as humans and it causes a large distrust among the scavengers. The Others are a highly advanced and intelligent race of extraterrestrial beings who have been able to give up their bodies to become micro-organisms who can merge with the minds of humans in a hope of starting a new lifestyle on the ripe planet, Earth.
The plot of this novel is absolutely fantastic and the style of writing is decent. You really wish that, although the realistic circumstances are absolutely horrifying, you could me put in Cassie's shoes.
This thrilling book had me on the edge of my seat for the length I was reading it. It was so good that I would secretly keep the light on in my room just to finish this. I would recommend The 5th Wave to ages 12+ because of the violence. If the reader is at a 6th grade reading level it will be okay for him/her to read.
The 5th Wave is a book written by Rick Yancey. It follows the life of 16-year-old Cassie (Short for Cassiopeia) through her journey to save her adorable, innocent little brother (Sam) from the aliens. As she reminiscences on her misfortunes from the past events of the apocalypse we learn how the Waves and attack started. The aliens are referred to as 'Others' by the surviving humans because they have no true form. The Others often do appear as humans and it causes a large distrust among the scavengers. The Others are a highly advanced and intelligent race of extraterrestrial beings who have been able to give up their bodies to become micro-organisms who can merge with the minds of humans in a hope of starting a new lifestyle on the ripe planet, Earth.
The plot of this novel is absolutely fantastic and the style of writing is decent. You really wish that, although the realistic circumstances are absolutely horrifying, you could me put in Cassie's shoes.
This thrilling book had me on the edge of my seat for the length I was reading it. It was so good that I would secretly keep the light on in my room just to finish this. I would recommend The 5th Wave to ages 12+ because of the violence. If the reader is at a 6th grade reading level it will be okay for him/her to read.
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My first thoughts on this book were slightly wary, due to the aliens-take-over-the-Earth concept. It didn't seem highly original.
I was taken completely by surprise.
Not only were the characters amazingly written and described. The plot was just...almost too good to be true.
Am I reading a ya book? Like, right now?
Nothing in this book was cheesy, and this book doesn't focus on the romantic air, more of the dangerous air. However, even the romance was not cheesy( okay, maybe slightly...when isn't romance cheesy?). There was some sort of love-triangle thing going on that never fully developed, but honestly, that makes me excited for the sequel. Who knew I would ever say a love triangle would interest me?
Firstly, the beginning starts off with Cassie talking sorta of about the alien take over, and wonders if she is the last person alive. She lives in the woods, her family died, except her brother...the usual of apocalyptic books. It didn't have me convinced at first. Actually, I spent alot of time avoiding this book. Please stop threatening me! I know, it was cruel of me!
It's not like it was bad. It was actually very interesting. Like, I said, it started off talking about her new life/ old life, and then things get crazy. She kills a guy.
After that( somewhere around there), Yancey switches the view to her past life. It gives us deeper depth to how her old life was, and how normal it was: school, crushes, etc. But, that just shows how very different her life was compared to her new life.
Talking about the different views, throughout the novel, you get to see "Zombie", Cassie, and other minor character's views. I actually really enjoyed this. It was meant to keep you guessing how aliens think, and how humans think. Could you be able to see the difference?
Trust me- after the first 100 pages, I was sucked into the action, trying to guess who was human, and who was not.
Now, my favorite part of this whole entire book, is the plot. I am baffled how well this author can plan out everything. Right when you thought you knew how things would pan out, things would get...interesting. I know I say that most plots I enjoy, but this ONE is just so truly amazing. If anything, buy this book just for the plot.
Now, I'm not going to say anything about anything related to the plot, because I'm afraid I may hint as what will happen. Just read the book!
I was taken completely by surprise.
Not only were the characters amazingly written and described. The plot was just...almost too good to be true.
Am I reading a ya book? Like, right now?
Nothing in this book was cheesy, and this book doesn't focus on the romantic air, more of the dangerous air. However, even the romance was not cheesy( okay, maybe slightly...when isn't romance cheesy?). There was some sort of love-triangle thing going on that never fully developed, but honestly, that makes me excited for the sequel. Who knew I would ever say a love triangle would interest me?
Firstly, the beginning starts off with Cassie talking sorta of about the alien take over, and wonders if she is the last person alive. She lives in the woods, her family died, except her brother...the usual of apocalyptic books. It didn't have me convinced at first. Actually, I spent alot of time avoiding this book. Please stop threatening me! I know, it was cruel of me!
It's not like it was bad. It was actually very interesting. Like, I said, it started off talking about her new life/ old life, and then things get crazy. She kills a guy.
After that( somewhere around there), Yancey switches the view to her past life. It gives us deeper depth to how her old life was, and how normal it was: school, crushes, etc. But, that just shows how very different her life was compared to her new life.
Talking about the different views, throughout the novel, you get to see "Zombie", Cassie, and other minor character's views. I actually really enjoyed this. It was meant to keep you guessing how aliens think, and how humans think. Could you be able to see the difference?
Trust me- after the first 100 pages, I was sucked into the action, trying to guess who was human, and who was not.
Now, my favorite part of this whole entire book, is the plot. I am baffled how well this author can plan out everything. Right when you thought you knew how things would pan out, things would get...interesting. I know I say that most plots I enjoy, but this ONE is just so truly amazing. If anything, buy this book just for the plot.
Now, I'm not going to say anything about anything related to the plot, because I'm afraid I may hint as what will happen. Just read the book!
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Kierra
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The 5th Wave review
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Where to even begin with this book? I guess I'll begin with the writing style since that was probably my favorite aspect.
I went into The 5th Wave thinking it was going to be all about Cassie (I even forgot about Evan Walker somewhere between reading the synopsis and starting the book) so I was very surprised and a little confused at the first POV change. I didn't really like it at first because I didn't see it coming and I just wanted to find out what would happen to Cassie next, but I eventually fell into the groove of POV switching and was just as interested in Cassie as the other main character (don't want to spoil you) and even enjoying the random little here and there's of other characters' POVs.
I really liked the way the first section was set up. We start out hearing about Cassie's Now and then she starts working in some Then bits before kind of fully switching over to Then storytelling with a few flashes of Now mixed in. It was a good way to get a feel of her character, learning about her life before and after the attack, not to mention the little mysteries that get solved along the way as well. What happened to her mom, dad, and brother? Why does she have a teddy bear? What is this promise she's talking about. I like that instead of dumping it all on the reader at once, by having Cassie just kind of blurt it out, Yancey makes it a real, tangible part of her story.
Am I the only one who feels the aliens are always better before you see them? Don't get me wrong, if there's an alien involved I'm dying to see it, but more often than not, I'm disappointed and not especially scared anymore. Things are much scarier without a face. That's why I love that the aliens' presence is everywhere in The 5th Wave, but the only knowledge you have of their looks is that they appear human just like everyone else.
Yancey is a master of making me second guess myself. I would keep telling myself I believed this or that person was bad/good no matter what, but then I'd start going “but he could be good because...” “but he's obviously bad because...” I was kind of driving myself mad with the hundreds of theories floating around in my head, but that's the sign of good storytelling, right? Another sign of good storytelling? I was constantly tensing up just waiting for the bad thing that was most certainly around that corner.
I'm not a hater of series'. I'm not a hater of cliffhangers. That being said, an ending will come along every once in a while that has me going “no, that's not it, this is unfair. Somebody give me the last five pages that have been so obviously removed from my copy.” The 5th Wave was one of those endings. The ending where I turn the last page fully expecting to see more and nothing (or in this case, the acknowledgements) staring back at me. Not cool. However, it did ease the sting a bit to find out it will be a series (trilogy?)
The Nutshell: I fully enjoyed The 5th Wave. It had me on the edge of my seat and kept throwing surprises at me when I thought there couldn't be any left. It's certainly the best (not the I've read many) alien book I've ever read.
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I went into The 5th Wave thinking it was going to be all about Cassie (I even forgot about Evan Walker somewhere between reading the synopsis and starting the book) so I was very surprised and a little confused at the first POV change. I didn't really like it at first because I didn't see it coming and I just wanted to find out what would happen to Cassie next, but I eventually fell into the groove of POV switching and was just as interested in Cassie as the other main character (don't want to spoil you) and even enjoying the random little here and there's of other characters' POVs.
I really liked the way the first section was set up. We start out hearing about Cassie's Now and then she starts working in some Then bits before kind of fully switching over to Then storytelling with a few flashes of Now mixed in. It was a good way to get a feel of her character, learning about her life before and after the attack, not to mention the little mysteries that get solved along the way as well. What happened to her mom, dad, and brother? Why does she have a teddy bear? What is this promise she's talking about. I like that instead of dumping it all on the reader at once, by having Cassie just kind of blurt it out, Yancey makes it a real, tangible part of her story.
Am I the only one who feels the aliens are always better before you see them? Don't get me wrong, if there's an alien involved I'm dying to see it, but more often than not, I'm disappointed and not especially scared anymore. Things are much scarier without a face. That's why I love that the aliens' presence is everywhere in The 5th Wave, but the only knowledge you have of their looks is that they appear human just like everyone else.
Yancey is a master of making me second guess myself. I would keep telling myself I believed this or that person was bad/good no matter what, but then I'd start going “but he could be good because...” “but he's obviously bad because...” I was kind of driving myself mad with the hundreds of theories floating around in my head, but that's the sign of good storytelling, right? Another sign of good storytelling? I was constantly tensing up just waiting for the bad thing that was most certainly around that corner.
I'm not a hater of series'. I'm not a hater of cliffhangers. That being said, an ending will come along every once in a while that has me going “no, that's not it, this is unfair. Somebody give me the last five pages that have been so obviously removed from my copy.” The 5th Wave was one of those endings. The ending where I turn the last page fully expecting to see more and nothing (or in this case, the acknowledgements) staring back at me. Not cool. However, it did ease the sting a bit to find out it will be a series (trilogy?)
The Nutshell: I fully enjoyed The 5th Wave. It had me on the edge of my seat and kept throwing surprises at me when I thought there couldn't be any left. It's certainly the best (not the I've read many) alien book I've ever read.
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