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Jan 25, 2024Trixie_reads rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Woooo...what a ride! To ease your mind, animal lovers, there are no descriptions of beloved pets dying in this book. I always worry about that in apocalyptic sorts of books. I immediately sought out the sequel when I finished this because…
Jan 12, 2024pinkpanther1113 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In a future where aliens are attempting to exterminate the human race through phases, called waves, Cassie Sullivan, robbed of her normal life, attempts to rescue her younger brother, who has been taken to a military camp. She discovers…
Oct 30, 2023AndrewPaikos rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
great book but it has an unnecessary amount of violence and gore.
May 11, 2023Accalia_Wolf rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This story was very exciting, I'll admit, but it was unfortunately packed with so much gratuitous content that really ruined it for me. There is a ton of swearing and many unnecessary sexual references. As far as the story goes, this is an…
Feb 27, 2023SurreyLibraries_Teens4 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The 5th Wave is a compelling book with thriller and romance featuring teenager Cassiopeia Sullivan. In the battle for Earth, Cassie learns to survive while getting a taste of how the world was before all technology. The aliens have wiped…
Feb 26, 2023samhxdb rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
The 5th wave is a good book, but some parts are expanded too much. Many situations were repeated, and it felt like the author was trying to write anything to achieve 400+ words. The general plot was good. I find the fact that the 2…
Feb 21, 2023SurreyLibraries_Teens3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Earth has been invaded by aliens, and the human race is close to extinction. Cassie is one of the last humans on Earth, and desperately searches for her lost brother. Cassie must choose who or what she can trust, and if life is even worth…
Feb 21, 2023SurreyLibraries_Teens2 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Imagine you woke up to an alien apocalypse. It started slowly and there was still hope but then things got worse. Way worse. This story follows a teen protagonist who is attempting to evade aliens while desperately trying to reconnect…
Feb 09, 2023SurreyLibraries_Teens rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I was forced by one of the driest people on the planet to read this, and boy was it one of the most annoying, droning, and embarassingly whiney books I've ever wasted my time on. Don't read it. It's very dull. I hated it, if you can't…
Dec 13, 2022Sarah_Smiles rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is definitely a book that might have scared my when I was little! The story itself is really well written and paced. I absolutely love the writing style. Great imagery, high stakes, and I formed decently strong connections to the…
Dec 06, 2022BrantTeenReviewers rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Be warned! This book includes a teenage love triangle! However, if you do manage to get past the weapons-grade angst, you’ll find a surprisingly well-written and paced sci-fi story in The 5th Wave. Humanity has already been devastated by…
Jul 25, 2022HPL_Teen_Volunteer2 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The book was amazing and the reading through it felt so smooth and I was done before I knew it. The story just reels you in so well and keeps you immersed in it. I love the way the book is written for the post-apocalyptic world. It shows…
May 21, 2022gshoesmith rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is my favorite. When I start reading right away I can see all the characters in my mind. I know this book might not be for everyone but I truly enjoy it and would recommend.
Feb 06, 2022
E-book. My mistake. Will return it when I go get the hard cover.
Jan 09, 2022sapumohotti rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
I picked this book up in hopes of reading something that wasn't just about fantasy worlds and awesome murderers, but I was heavily disappointed. I started reading this book and immediately lost interest, which then caused me to flip ahead…
Aug 24, 2021SAPL_Teens rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Cassie (for Cassiopeia) is the main character of the book. She survives the 1st wave, the second, the third, the fourth and is ready to survive the 5th wave. She is one of very few survivors. She can't trust anyone; they may be "others"…
Jul 09, 2021Lizarreola15 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The novel The Fifth Wave by Yancey Rick was about a family who lived in a city where the first wave came and destroyed most of their city. Many people got sick and there were not many survivors. More waves were expected to come and there…
Jun 11, 2021red_bear_6543 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The 5th wave was such an good book. I was glad to have an action book with some sci-if. It was very thought out and easy to read. I’m not good with vocabulary so when I was reading this there wasn’t very many words I didn’t have to look…
Mar 24, 2021
5/5 The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey is a book filled with action, suspense and adventure. The protagonist in this novel is sixteen year old Cassie Sullivan, a girl trying her best to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Aliens (better known…
Mar 06, 2021violet_alligator_944 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This book didn't really do it for me. I wasn't necessarily hooked, the characters aren't memorable, and while the concept had potential it doesn't really stick out amongst the multitude of other dystopian classics. If you want to know what…
lgmosher
Feb 21, 2021lgmosher rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This one was fun. Like that's the only word for it. You can't look at it like a serious take on sci-fi, you have to look at it in more of a Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy// spaceballs kind of way. If you do, the book is amazing. If…
Feb 16, 2021
the 5th wave was a slow the book was not that great i will not see it again
Nov 13, 2020
Not my kind of book. It seemed promising in the first half, but became all lovey-dovey instant love thing... I’ll go back to Ender’s Game
Sep 30, 2020labraden rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
In the first part of The 5th Wave, we are introduced to Cassie who is all alone in the wilderness after an alien invasion that has killed most of the people on Earth including Cassie's parents. From Cassie's perspective, we see the…
EAL201986
Sep 10, 2020EAL201986 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I'm an extremely picky reader so I was pleasantly surprised to find a book that can keep me interested all the way through to the end. Great character development. There's some teenage angst but it's not the main focus like most YA. Some…