As I said in my previous review, I did decide to curl up with a good science fiction book. Which wasn't that bad of an idea.
This is a book that's been coming up a lot in the hands of a lot of people I know. So I decided to check it out and see if it was actually worth it or just a fad that would disappear soon.
Something exciting will be happening two weeks from now! It'll be the first anniversary of this blog. I know that if you go far enough back or on my blogger profile, it'll say member since May 2014. I had to delete my original blog for various reasons, but that one was activated during the February break last year.
Something exciting will be happening two weeks from now! It'll be the first anniversary of this blog. I know that if you go far enough back or on my blogger profile, it'll say member since May 2014. I had to delete my original blog for various reasons, but that one was activated during the February break last year.
The cover-
The first wave was an EMP, knocking out all the electricity and transportation all over the world. Anything that flies or drives all over the world is stuck. Next was the disease. Taking over people's brains and making them zombie-like. Except the worst thing is that you can't tell someone who is infested apart from someone who isn't.
Many say there won't be a fifth wave, but Cassie isn't so sure. She's one of the lucky ones that made it through the four before. Living off her instincts, she's like a wild animal. A wild animal with a promise to fulfill. That she'd save her brother before the evil aliens took him away from her forever.
Everything seems to be going just fine until she was thrust into a close encounter with death when she was shot in the leg by an unknown person.
Suddenly, she wakes up in the home of Evan, a loner who has taken a liking to her. He nurses her back to health and they eventually fall in love. Evan has a dark secret he doesn't want Cassie knowing about. And he will do anything to make sure that she doesn't find anything wrong with him.
Zombie is a child soldier recruited as the last hope against the Outsiders. He can't find anything wrong with his monotonous life as a soldier, not until the mysterious Ringer is put into his group. She plants new ideas in his head about what the society is actually doing to them. That they aren't soldiers. They're slaves to the Outsiders. And that they'll be used to destroy all the remaining humans.
Cassie and Zombie receive a blast from the past and find that there really was hope that the human race could come back. And the fate lies in their hands.
My thoughts-
It's definitely better than I thought it would be. I honestly thought that it would be a boring book about the world ending (don't I just love books about the world ending?), but I was way off. Sadly, I had to return the book before I finished it, but I was at the very end. Maybe one day I'll read the end. ((You know what, I'll ask my friend for her copy and find out.))
I liked that the drama between Cassie and Evan was kept to a minimum. The one joke that I enjoyed was when Cassie realized that Evan liked to watch her sleep (not in a creepy way. Just to make sure she was alright). So she kept her door locked and devised a system for them. One knock if he was standing outside her door and making sure that she was sleeping or two knocks if he wanted to come inside.
There was a lot of dark comedy to break the sad theme of the book. Even though it was dark, it was still much needed comedy. I found myself laughing sarcastically to their sarcastic jokes about life. Though if I was thrown into a post-apocalyptic world like that, I'd feel the exact same way.
It's awfully thought provoking and makes you realize that you never know how much you need something until you lose it.
Recommended for ages 14-16
Violence. Some graphic scenes. Dark humor. Some mature themes and strong language.
((I found out that on January 26, 2016, there will be a movie for the 5th Wave. I can't wait. Actually, I can. From the skull on the cover poster, I know that I'm too big of a coward to watch it.))
Many say there won't be a fifth wave, but Cassie isn't so sure. She's one of the lucky ones that made it through the four before. Living off her instincts, she's like a wild animal. A wild animal with a promise to fulfill. That she'd save her brother before the evil aliens took him away from her forever.
Everything seems to be going just fine until she was thrust into a close encounter with death when she was shot in the leg by an unknown person.
Suddenly, she wakes up in the home of Evan, a loner who has taken a liking to her. He nurses her back to health and they eventually fall in love. Evan has a dark secret he doesn't want Cassie knowing about. And he will do anything to make sure that she doesn't find anything wrong with him.
Zombie is a child soldier recruited as the last hope against the Outsiders. He can't find anything wrong with his monotonous life as a soldier, not until the mysterious Ringer is put into his group. She plants new ideas in his head about what the society is actually doing to them. That they aren't soldiers. They're slaves to the Outsiders. And that they'll be used to destroy all the remaining humans.
Cassie and Zombie receive a blast from the past and find that there really was hope that the human race could come back. And the fate lies in their hands.
My thoughts-
It's definitely better than I thought it would be. I honestly thought that it would be a boring book about the world ending (don't I just love books about the world ending?), but I was way off. Sadly, I had to return the book before I finished it, but I was at the very end. Maybe one day I'll read the end. ((You know what, I'll ask my friend for her copy and find out.))
I liked that the drama between Cassie and Evan was kept to a minimum. The one joke that I enjoyed was when Cassie realized that Evan liked to watch her sleep (not in a creepy way. Just to make sure she was alright). So she kept her door locked and devised a system for them. One knock if he was standing outside her door and making sure that she was sleeping or two knocks if he wanted to come inside.
There was a lot of dark comedy to break the sad theme of the book. Even though it was dark, it was still much needed comedy. I found myself laughing sarcastically to their sarcastic jokes about life. Though if I was thrown into a post-apocalyptic world like that, I'd feel the exact same way.
It's awfully thought provoking and makes you realize that you never know how much you need something until you lose it.
Recommended for ages 14-16
Violence. Some graphic scenes. Dark humor. Some mature themes and strong language.
((I found out that on January 26, 2016, there will be a movie for the 5th Wave. I can't wait. Actually, I can. From the skull on the cover poster, I know that I'm too big of a coward to watch it.))
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