The 5th Wave

Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General

4.2

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Rick Yancey

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.

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Author

Rick Yancey

Pages

630

Publisher

Thorndike Press

Published Date

2016-02-24

ISBN

1594139814 9781594139819

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"It's an action packed YA novel,it stands out!"

Jonathan Kent

"Does this book get any better? I’m about 100 pages in, on the second character’s perspective, and I can’t stop thinking about the line, “If you can’t trust anyone than you can trust no one.” Am I just stupid or is that line the most redundant thing ever?"

RB (evangeline fox’s version)

"Good - kept me interested and wanting me. Probably wouldn't re-read, but definitely not bad!"

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Piper Havens

"The first book is the best in the series. After this it gets a bit weird. "

Rainy Day Books

"The book 5th Wave was amazingly written and had an interesting plot!"

Lauren F.

"This was good I heard it was boring and the characters weren’t good but I can disagree I loved this and I’m on the second one I finished this in a week"

"I'm not an avid reader on alien invasions, but this story captured my hopes of what humanity is and would be in times of need. You follow four people on their journey through what they believe is the end. But the end is what is unknown: Will they be the last, will there be more, when will it end, how will it end, alone, together?<br/><br/>Rick Yancey does an amazing job building a relationships with the characters for the reader. Within the first few chapters you are in love with the flawless and flawed characteristics of Cassie and her family. At times you are terrified for them and others you want to hit them with the book you are reading. (Possibly yelling at them, but not that I would know from experience.) <br/><br/>I recommend this book as a great read for any scifi geeks or even if you are just interested in getting your feet wet with this genre."