Review: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Title: The 5th Wave
Author: Rick Yancey
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic
Publisher: Penguin
Published: May 7th 2013
Page Number: 460
Rating: 4.5/5

Summary:

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.

REVIEW

 

I had heard such amazing things about The 5th Wave, but my hesitance towards reading about Aliens really worried me. I'm not exactly a Sci-fi liker, not too bothered about them really, so I was completely surprised by how much I loved this book.

 

At first I was left confused because us readers aren't exactly sure what's going on, it was mysterious and creepy, and just a little exciting. Cassie isn't a new character in YA fiction, she follows a line after Katniss Everdeen, Tris Prior and Clary Fray. But the difference between Cassie and Katniss is that Cassie is extremely likeable. She's kick-ass, but still has the understand undertone. She knows loss, she knows life.

 

Rick Yancey's writing is extremely beautiful and detailed and I found myself adapting his writing style to my own writing, which is something that only happens once in a while, mostly in a good book. He writes so well, with the description that isn't too much or too little. He's mastered it perfectly. In fact, that's what I loved so much: there was something for everyone. However, I had one big problem with the story that knocked the book down by .5 stars. Insta-love. No reader likes Insta-love. No one. And while I liked both Evan and Cassie together, I also hated the way they fell in love. It wasn't just quick, it was extremely quick. I still ship Evan and Cassie though.

 

I honestly cannot recommend this book enough, and there's a movie coming out with Chloe Grace Moretz starring as Cassie. I cannot wait, it's going to be action packed and definitely a box office hit. It hits cinemas in January 2016.

 

 

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Review: The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey

Title: The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2)
Author: Rick Yancey
Genre: Sci-Fi/Post Apocalypse
Publisher: Penguin Publishing
Published: September 16th 20124
Page Number: 300

Summary:

For Cassie Sullivan and the rest of Earth’s remaining human survivors, the situation was already desperate when the 5th Wave hit. It’s about to get worse.

No one yet knows the depths to which Earth’s conquerors—the Others—will sink in order to rid the Earth of the human infestation, nor have they guessed the heights to which the human spirit can reach. Characters introduced in Book One will come to the fore—and others will face the ultimate test.

 

 

Review:

 

So I just finished this book and I had to immediately come and write up this review because I have so much to say. First off is that I absolutely disliked this book, it was no way near as good as The 5th Wave. Second is that I doubt I will be reading the third book because this book has made me lose interest. How can it go from being one of your favourite series to one you hate? And if I was doing to Taylor Swift Book Tag then this series would be the one to match the song: We are never ever getting back together and I'm in no way sorry because this was terrible!

 

The first one hundred pages dragged on and on and on and on. I felt like it was taking me ages to read and that's not normally a case for me. Some books drag on in place and last for a few pages, but this never seemed to end. Plus nothing happened, like seriously, nothing. I was expecting some sort of tense build up and then something to happen and BAM! That something never came and if I'm being honest, it never came in the entire book.

 

Also Rick Yancey turned this series from Cassie's story to Ringers, who is a new character that I hate. Actually I should take that back because I didn't like any of the new characters a part from Razor, who if I may say is a little too like Evan (We saw hardly any Evan. BOOOOO!).

 

While reading the book all I could think was:

 

Kill Ringer

Kill Ben

Kill Poundcake (He'll never beat Lil' Miss Poundcake from RuPauls Drag Race)

Kill Teacup (WORST. NICK NAME. EVER!)

Just kill them all because they all seemed to be a copycat of the original characters (Cassie, Evan, etc.)

 

While I was reading this short book (which I'm glad was so short because I would've shot myself in the eye if it was any longer) I saw a bunch of reviews from my friends who had enjoyed it and that was because they liked The 5th Wave, but never loved it.

 

There were a few good points about this book and those were Evan and Cassie. I love them so much and they make the story. If this book didn't even have any Evan or Cassie then it would've been a zero starred book because lets be honest, Cassie and Evan are a lot of our favourite couple.

 

However, we saw Cassie and Evan for like fifty pages and then it ended with them, which I'm still annoyed at because like I said: THIS IS CASSIE'S STORY!!

 

Overall, I rated this book a 2.75 out of 5 stars, but my star review may be changed when I have a few moments to calm down.