So does the 5 th Wave’s initial instalment hit most of the marks? Yes and no.ĭisclaimer: Potential spoilers inherent to this review from here onward. Relevance to world-building (especially if it’s of a contemporary nature) relevance to human dynamics and relevance depicted through multifaceted storytelling. With trending YA post-apocalyptic dystopian literature, it is relevance that makes this genre of narratives all the more compelling and frightening. You can love or hate it, but I wasn’t too bothered by it. The feeling of staccatos above is just how many sections read. But it takes the alien invasion we know so well-sort of well, and integrates it’s own spin on things. I know what you’re thinking: a narrative similar to Meyer’s ‘The Host’. Formulaic YA romance which ship to sail on?.The writing is purposeful, connected, and tension-seeking even in downtime.Story-telling through varying perspectives a mix of characterisations (fresh and prototypical).The world and plot is quite familiar – aliens, post-apocalypse, aliens, world domination, romance.(re: Goodreads The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey) Should this book be picked up? the tl dr spoiler-less review: After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. To give up or to get up.After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother-or even saving herself. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. Book Title: The 5 th Wave ( The 5 th Wave Series #01)Īfter the 1st wave, only darkness remains.

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