The 5th Wave is a story told about the survival of different teens in the post-alien-invasion world. The world has already been hit by four waves and the few survivors are anxiously awaiting the fifth. The first wave was the death of all technology, the second a catastrophic earthquake, the third an incurable deadly disease, and the fourth was the aliens disguised as humans. The three main characters; Cassie, Evan, and Ben each tell their own story of survival and team up to survive the fifth wave, which turned out to be the aliens tricking the humans into killing each other until no humans were left. They all survive the 5th wave, Cassie saves her brother, and they make an escape together.
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cry for. I don't cry for myself. I cry for the Cassie that's gone.And I wonder what that Cassie would think of me. - Cassie, pg. 3 I am the one not running but facing. Because if I am the last one, then I am humanity. And if this is humanity's last war, then I am the battlefield. - Cassie, pg. 101 We’re here, and then we’re gone, and it’s not about the time we’re here, but what we do with the time. - Evan, pg.178 Some things you can never leave behind. They don't belong to the past. They belong to you. - Ben, pg. 285 It's the strong who remain, the bent but unbroken ... What doesn't kill us sharpens us. ... You are remaking us. We are the clay, and you are Michelangelo. And we will be your masterpiece. - Cassie, pg. 446 The theme of The 5th Wave is finding our humanity in the darkest of times.
Humans have been practically wiped off the face of the earth and those who are left are forced to wonder if anyone else is human or not. For example, when Cassie find the Crucifix Soldier she is forced to shoot him because she doesn't know if he is human or not because there is no way of telling. Everyone is fighting to save humanity, but they are also fighting against it, being tricked into killing off their own at Camp Haven: "How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity." (12) You can also see the struggle to find humanity within aliens, like Evan. He fights his conscious by falling for Cassie and not killing her like he is supposed to. Cassie also finds her humanity in Sammy, she will stop at nothing to save him, and that is her love, it is what makes her human. Another book with the theme of humanity is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. In this novel Leisel is fighting against the Nazi's to read, to stay full of knowledge and love, not hate. She also helps hide a Jew, proving that her heart is soft and she has the good of humanity in her, but throughout the whole novel she is fighting to show her humanity and spread it, just like all the characters in The 5th Wave. Leisel is also the same age as Cassie, and has the same attitude towards things, making most of the books similar, not only their
themes. The tone of The 5th Wave switches throughout the book, due to the different perspectives, but it is mainly suspenseful and on-edge. Cassie is on the run and putting everything she has into survival, so her tone is tense and anxious. For example,"I might be - no, I probably am - doomed. But if I'm it, the last of my kind, the last page of human history, like hell I'm going to let the story end this was." (pg.101) Cassie is very apprehensive, and her tone is like this throughout the book. This story has good imagery, but it could be better. I could clearly picture all the settings, like the camps, Evan's house, Cassie's house, etc. The characters were also described in detail and throughout the entire novel, "The virus has taken a knife to my face, carving away my cheeks, sharpening my chin, thinning my nose. My hair is stringy, dry, falling out in places." (pg.121) I could picture everything I needed to see in detail, so I think the imagery was well done. I feel that this book had very good diction. The words were advanced, yet not too complex; it fit the age of the characters and the sentence lengths are decent. A lot of the sentences were meaningful and pulled out emotions, as well as giving the characters development and background; "There is no until," I snap at him. "There's just unless." (pg. 165) Is an example of the teenager diction this novel has. As for syntax, it was plain. Most of the sentences were compound and declarative. But whenever there was dialect, it was more complex. The whole story portrayed emotion and gave the syntax more depth, but overall it was simple yet well done. I loved this book. Even though it is about an alien apocalypse, which does not interest me, I actually was surprised by the story. I found it to be a page-turner; it was full of surprises and somehow managed to make me get over my hatred for alien apocalypse-themed books and fall in love with the story. The only thing I didn't like is that the perspectives were confusing. The author introduced a new perspective almost halfway through the novel and did not make it clear because the chapter were labeled with only numbers. That is really my only complaint. Other than that, this book had amazing character development, was fast-paced and original, and was absolutely remarkable. I really enjoyed reading this book and wold highly recommend it to anyone looking for books set in a futuristic era, it is a story that should not be passed up by anyone, it is simply astonishing.
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