A review by hmbb99
Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney

4.0

Invasion of the Body Snatchers takes place in the 1950's, post WWII, during the start of Mccarthyism and the Cold War. It was a time when everyone was questioning their friends and neighbors. Alien invasions and science fiction novels became a popular topic during this time because the threat of invasion was a common fear whether that invasion was from space or your communist neighbor next door. This book takes both of those fears and combines them into one novel. Miles and Becky come to find that their neighbors and friends are slowly being replaced by an unknown alien entity. The way in which these replacements organize and take over is reminiscent of the Nazis in WWII, right down to how they wear buttons to show who is indoctrinated and who still needs replaced.
This is a classic science fiction novel coupled with a political overtone that evokes fear and horror in the reader. What would you do if your friends weren't human anymore? Would you fight to survive or would you assimilate?