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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
This is better than a lot of the adult sci fi I’ve tried to read tbh.
One day the adult fiction community will recognize sci fi as a serious genre so adults like me don’t have creep though the YA section of bookstores for compelling speculative fiction
One day the adult fiction community will recognize sci fi as a serious genre so adults like me don’t have creep though the YA section of bookstores for compelling speculative fiction
adventurous
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Jednohubka na dovolenou. Chtěla jsem něco, u čeho si odpočinu, což se splnilo. Nicméně v jiných oblastech než odpočinek knížka moc nezafungovala. Postavy mě nebavily, příběh mě moc nebral a některé úvahy a dějové skoky mi přišly vyloženě hloupé. Nevím. Je možný, že kdybych si to přečetla v době, kdy se mi knížka dostala do čtečky (to už bude dobrých 8 let), byl by výsledný dojem lepší.
I am someone who is not really fond of the sci-fi genre, especially if it includes aliens, space ships/battles/wars etc. What can I say, I find it boring. Which makes this situation - me liking this book - even more surprising.
Even though I dislike the 1st person narrative, I didn't mind it here. It was amusing, witty, engaging. The action was great and many scenes were spooky. I don't like the possibility of aliens invading the Earth while I'm still alive.
The only thing that I disliked was the cringy YA romance in the second half. It's not that I disliked the relationships between the characters or the possible romance (I'm always for it!), it's just that I hate insta-lust/love scenes. And I could also smell the upcoming love triangle at the end, which is the main reason why I'm not interested in the sequel.
All in all, great action, witty writing, cool characters, and a couple of cringy YA scenes.
Not bad after all.
Even though I dislike the 1st person narrative, I didn't mind it here. It was amusing, witty, engaging. The action was great and many scenes were spooky. I don't like the possibility of aliens invading the Earth while I'm still alive.
How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
The only thing that I disliked was the cringy YA romance in the second half. It's not that I disliked the relationships between the characters or the possible romance (I'm always for it!), it's just that I hate insta-lust/love scenes. And I could also smell the upcoming love triangle at the end, which is the main reason why I'm not interested in the sequel.
All in all, great action, witty writing, cool characters, and a couple of cringy YA scenes.
Not bad after all.
amazing book! you can feel the fear in cassie's lines as she tries to save her little brother, and also zombie's frustration for not being able to save his sister and having to be squad leader when he actually doesn't have many army skills. it revolves around two beautiful love stories during an alien apocalypse, sounds cheesy and gets a bit repetitive at times, but it's truly a really good book!
From the first time I saw the cover for this book I knew I had to read it. Yeah, a little judging a book by its cover, but hey, sometimes that's hard not to do. Then after seeing so many positive 4-5 star reviews for it, I was pretty sure it was going to be a winner.
Unfortunately this book did not sell me and it's one of those that left me confused by all the hype surrounding it.
There were several problems with this book for me and I'll try to describe them without spoilers, but any spoilers will be hidden.
The first problem for me was that I felt like the author was continually dumbing down the reader (me). There are a few "twists and turns" if that's what you want to call them, but to me they were completely obvious and the fact that we were supposed to have found them surprising at all just made me feel like the author was insulting my (and other reader's) intelligence. In particular that the boot camp that Ben/Zombie and Sammy/Nugget were at was run by the aliens and that they were the 5th wave. Duh! Knew this from the the first moment the bus pulled up. This was beyond obvious to me and the fact that the characters have this "oh gosh" epiphany about it just felt insulting since it seemed like we as the readers were only supposed to have realized it at that same moment. The other "twist" that was annoying and totally obvious (to a smaller degree) was that Evan was one of them and the one that was originally "hunting" Cassie. Very obvious to me.
The second problem I had with this book was the entire concept really. The entire time I'm thinking that there must be this bigger picture and reason why the aliens are eradicating the humans in such a convoluted and complicated manner with all the waves and in particular the way they go about doing the 5th wave (see above spoiler). But no, there is no reasoning behind it whatsoever and truly it just seemed like a huge plot hole. At first I thought that maybe the kids were going to be hosts for future generations, but they end up being the 5th wave to kill off the other humans on the planet. Why? Why not just kill them yourself, it makes no sense why they would go to all the time and trouble to train them to kill each other.
On top of the two problems I had with the book, it overall just dragged on and on and was told in a pretty boring way in my opinion. I kind of rushed through the end of it in order to get done with it because it was so boring.
So anyways, I'm not sure why I'm in the minority here, but in my humble opinion this book did not live up to the hype and I will not be continuing on with the series.
Unfortunately this book did not sell me and it's one of those that left me confused by all the hype surrounding it.
There were several problems with this book for me and I'll try to describe them without spoilers, but any spoilers will be hidden.
The first problem for me was that I felt like the author was continually dumbing down the reader (me). There are a few "twists and turns" if that's what you want to call them, but to me they were completely obvious and the fact that we were supposed to have found them surprising at all just made me feel like the author was insulting my (and other reader's) intelligence. In particular that the boot camp that Ben/Zombie and Sammy/Nugget were at was run by the aliens and that they were the 5th wave. Duh! Knew this from the the first moment the bus pulled up. This was beyond obvious to me and the fact that the characters have this "oh gosh" epiphany about it just felt insulting since it seemed like we as the readers were only supposed to have realized it at that same moment. The other "twist" that was annoying and totally obvious (to a smaller degree) was that Evan was one of them and the one that was originally "hunting" Cassie. Very obvious to me.
The second problem I had with this book was the entire concept really. The entire time I'm thinking that there must be this bigger picture and reason why the aliens are eradicating the humans in such a convoluted and complicated manner with all the waves and in particular the way they go about doing the 5th wave (see above spoiler). But no, there is no reasoning behind it whatsoever and truly it just seemed like a huge plot hole. At first I thought that maybe the kids were going to be hosts for future generations, but they end up being the 5th wave to kill off the other humans on the planet. Why? Why not just kill them yourself, it makes no sense why they would go to all the time and trouble to train them to kill each other.
On top of the two problems I had with the book, it overall just dragged on and on and was told in a pretty boring way in my opinion. I kind of rushed through the end of it in order to get done with it because it was so boring.
So anyways, I'm not sure why I'm in the minority here, but in my humble opinion this book did not live up to the hype and I will not be continuing on with the series.
3.5 stars rounded up because it is not the book or author's fault that I am way past the age of generally reading YA but I can totally appreciate the book. I love a great apocalyptic theme and aliens are just a fun twist.
With a wonderfully fast paced and somewhat mysterious edge to the writing, this book kept me reading anytime I could grab a minute. Thanks to the short chapters it was easy to do. The dialogue and thought processes of the kids, especially Cassie, left something to be desired. I just don't relate with the boy crazy, angst-filled teens but perhaps I'll always be more of a Katniss Everdeen than a Bella Swan.
¡Qué tensión! me ha gustado mucho y estoy deseando leer la segunda parte, me alegro mucho de haberle dado una oportunidad porque me ha sorprendido un montón ^^