Moving on to when the alien invasion began and explaining the first four waves, this first, lengthy chapter ends at an emotional turning point in Cassie’s life, as she is forced to bury her mother, witnesses the death of her father, and sees her younger brother driven away to a so-called ‘safe zone’. The first chapter of the book is incredible, as Yancey takes his time to detail Cassie’s present-day situation by giving us some background information about her life. Rick Yancey‘s book is an average read, starting off with an intriguing premise, but quickly losing its pace when it places its focus on a love triangle over the world invasion at its core.
Needing a new young adult dystopian to delve into, I picked up The 5th Wave, which disappointingly falls somewhere in the middle. Similar film franchises like The Hunger Games and Harry Potter have thrived because of their excellent source material, whereas others like Divergent and The Maze Runner have fallen at the waist-side from being poorly adapted. You can read my review of the book on its own here.Ĭombining a number of genres, The 5th Wave had a lot to live up to it had to stand out amongst the ever-growing young adult crowd in terms of characters and relationships, but it also had to create a believable apocalyptic world filled with action and threat. On the run, Cassie teams up with a young man who may be her final hope – if she can trust him – in a desperate attempt to save her younger brother.Īdaptation: The following post is a review of the film adaptation in comparison to the book. But there’s still another wave to come, and it’s bound to be lethal.
The first wave saw an EMP wave take out all electronics and technology, the second saw massive tsunamis around the world take out every coastline, the third saw an infection kill off most of the remaining survivors, and the fourth saw “the people in charge” turn their guns onto those left.
Blakeson, The 5th Wave centres on 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan ( Chloë Grace Moretz), and is premised during an alien invasion after an unknown species have executed four waves of increasingly deadly attacks, leaving most of Earth decimated. We wept secretly for our smartphones, our cars, our microwave ovens, and the Internet.”īased on Rick Yancey‘s 2013 young adult dystopia of the same name and directed by J.
“We told the stories of our lives before the Arrival.
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