Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave
I read the book, “The 5th Wave,” written by Rick Yancey. It was published May 7th, 2013. I personally enjoyed the book. Before I read the book, I saw the trailer for the movie coming out and the main character is my bae. I’m excited for the release of the movie. The trailer was pretty hyped, it really caught my attention with all the action. During reading, I enjoyed how there was so much suspense after each chapter, it kept making me go on to the next one. For example, a chapter ended with Cassie bleeding out under a Buick; a silencer was waiting for her to make her move. It was a really intense moment. Some reviews I read thought the first 100 pages were boring. They concluded that because of the flashbacks to Cassie’s life before the invasion,
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They thought the book was really good but not enough to take the top spot. Just like me, Avery likes how Rick Yancey writes the “twisty turns”; they literally cause out loud gasping. He/She thought the first 100 pages were a drag. I understand this because it was before all the conflict and telling how Cassie lived her life before the infiltration. Personally, I enjoyed the introduction to the situation. I read another review with the title, “It's the alien apocalypse! A great read!” The author is stated as simply Steph. This review was posted on July 15th, 2014. She thought it was certainly a good book. She enjoyed how the story was being told by multiple P.O.V.’s because it created a moment where it was a perfect, heart wrenching episode of tension. I completely agree with her because I know exactly what moment she is talking about. Rick Yancey is very good at building up tension. Steph feels that Cassie doesn’t have much character growth. She points out how the only time you see her growth is when there was flashbacks. They show how she was a shy school girl and became a cautious survivor. She’s right; Cassie in real time is the same person until the end. Although, she did pick up some skills from Evan and that made her stronger. Personally, I don’t mind the lack of character
They thought the book was really good but not enough to take the top spot. Just like me, Avery likes how Rick Yancey writes the “twisty turns”; they literally cause out loud gasping. He/She thought the first 100 pages were a drag. I understand this because it was before all the conflict and telling how Cassie lived her life before the infiltration. Personally, I enjoyed the introduction to the situation. I read another review with the title, “It's the alien apocalypse! A great read!” The author is stated as simply Steph. This review was posted on July 15th, 2014. She thought it was certainly a good book. She enjoyed how the story was being told by multiple P.O.V.’s because it created a moment where it was a perfect, heart wrenching episode of tension. I completely agree with her because I know exactly what moment she is talking about. Rick Yancey is very good at building up tension. Steph feels that Cassie doesn’t have much character growth. She points out how the only time you see her growth is when there was flashbacks. They show how she was a shy school girl and became a cautious survivor. She’s right; Cassie in real time is the same person until the end. Although, she did pick up some skills from Evan and that made her stronger. Personally, I don’t mind the lack of character