Is The 5th Wave really that original? I guess not. And I find myself, post-emotional response, agreeing to many things said. People say they don't understand the hype, that The 5th Wave doesn't even deserve to be classed as science-fiction, that it is - literally - "the worst book I have ever read". An Ember in the Ashes is another good example. Was it really that good? To deserve all this hype? Is any book ever that good? Should I have been more critical? Should I be embarrassed by my gushy, bright-eyed emotional response? I feel this way about so many books that I rave about early and that become huge later. But later, after time had passed and the immediate emotional effect had waned, I was reading the negative reviews and felt somewhat. I could sense the distrust and fear in the air. I thought it was atmospheric and perfectly creepy. Enough, even, to write a song, with my sister, inspired by it. It is this latter experience that always has a strange effect on me.īecause, when I read The 5th Wave, I enjoyed it immensely. Sometimes these books get read by a few people and disappear, and sometimes they take off and become huge, gaining ever more praise and criticism. I am an emotional reader and an emotional rater afterall. Sometimes I give them 4 or 5 star reviews, rated purely based on the emotional high I experienced. I haven't read any reviews before, so the first experience is entirely my own, as I find it.Īnd sometimes I love these books. Sometimes, I am lucky enough to get my hands on an ARC of a book and go into it with as close to no expectations as possible. “If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn't turn out very well for the Native Americans.” - Stephen Hawking should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires.". I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."-Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review But Cassie must 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. After the 4th wave, only one rule trust no one. And after the 3rd, only the un lucky survive. The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey.Īfter the 1st wave, only darkness remains.
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."- Entertainment Weekly (Grade A)
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