Hey, guys! I just finished the second book in the 5th Wave series by Rick Yancey. If you missed my review of book one, check it out here. It's a good book, and you'll probably enjoy it.
The Infinite Sea was also great, though not quite as spectacular as book one.
The Cover:
The Cover:
The cover shows a person in a tunnel-like area that's flooding. I can honestly tell you I have no idea what scene is displayed. In fact, I don't believe that it is a scene but a strange, not obvious symbol. The cover gets you interested, but it doesn't really relate. At all. C+ cover just because it doesn't connect.
Official Description:
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.
Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.
My Review:
The first thing you guys should know are the point of views for this book. Instead of the first book, where the POV alternated between first person segments from Ben and Cassie, with a short 3rd person in the middle, this book had a long segment from both Cassie and Ringer, with two small 3rd person sections focused on Poundcake and Ethan. Ben's POV was no longer around. And he was my favorite character. I was definitely disappointed by that but maybe in the next book Ben will have a larger role!
The plot was really cool. It developed the Others/ aliens plan and purpose more and more. Their ideas were interesting and original. It made it a pleasure to read. One of the highlights was the aliens new plot on how to use the little kids they took. (Hint: It involves bombs) It was a new idea that was so disturbing that it worked really well to tell us about the mindsets of the aliens.
The characters were great and complex. They had their own motivations and thought-processes. Ringer is an amazingly strong female character, who is frankly bada**. She couldn't have cared less about her "love-interests" and would rather kick butt. It's rare to see such a great girl character who doesn't make me want to bash my head against a wall. Ringer was this girl. (All that said, I still wish that Ben had a larger role.)
My main issue with this book was the last bit. The complexities of the aliens plans got a little hazy. A large scene starring Ringer and Vosch was just muddled and I ended up confused (in a non-purposeful way) and had trouble buying the scenario. It just didn't make sense. That was only a span of maybe 20 pages, but it was an important piece of the story that will be built on later and was just in need of some sort of editing or another.
All in all, I really liked this book. It was great and I look forward to the next book! It had unique ideas, interesting and complex characters, and a fast-moving plot. The writing in general was done with a lot of skill, which was just obvious to anyone who reads it. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who read The 5th Wave. (If you haven't yet, I'd recommend you read that, too.)
Phrase:
Dreamland
If you liked this book, you may also like BZRK by Michael Grant.
Happy Reading!
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The Infinite Sea was also great, though not quite as spectacular as book one.
The Cover:
The cover shows a person in a tunnel-like area that's flooding. I can honestly tell you I have no idea what scene is displayed. In fact, I don't believe that it is a scene but a strange, not obvious symbol. The cover gets you interested, but it doesn't really relate. At all. C+ cover just because it doesn't connect.
Official Description:
How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.
Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.
My Review:
The first thing you guys should know are the point of views for this book. Instead of the first book, where the POV alternated between first person segments from Ben and Cassie, with a short 3rd person in the middle, this book had a long segment from both Cassie and Ringer, with two small 3rd person sections focused on Poundcake and Ethan. Ben's POV was no longer around. And he was my favorite character. I was definitely disappointed by that but maybe in the next book Ben will have a larger role!
The plot was really cool. It developed the Others/ aliens plan and purpose more and more. Their ideas were interesting and original. It made it a pleasure to read. One of the highlights was the aliens new plot on how to use the little kids they took. (Hint: It involves bombs) It was a new idea that was so disturbing that it worked really well to tell us about the mindsets of the aliens.
The characters were great and complex. They had their own motivations and thought-processes. Ringer is an amazingly strong female character, who is frankly bada**. She couldn't have cared less about her "love-interests" and would rather kick butt. It's rare to see such a great girl character who doesn't make me want to bash my head against a wall. Ringer was this girl. (All that said, I still wish that Ben had a larger role.)
My main issue with this book was the last bit. The complexities of the aliens plans got a little hazy. A large scene starring Ringer and Vosch was just muddled and I ended up confused (in a non-purposeful way) and had trouble buying the scenario. It just didn't make sense. That was only a span of maybe 20 pages, but it was an important piece of the story that will be built on later and was just in need of some sort of editing or another.
All in all, I really liked this book. It was great and I look forward to the next book! It had unique ideas, interesting and complex characters, and a fast-moving plot. The writing in general was done with a lot of skill, which was just obvious to anyone who reads it. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who read The 5th Wave. (If you haven't yet, I'd recommend you read that, too.)
Phrase:
Dreamland
If you liked this book, you may also like BZRK by Michael Grant.
Happy Reading!
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