The
5th Wave Book Review
(SPOILERS ALERT!)
AUTHOR:
Rick Yancey
RELEASE
DATE: May 7, 2013
SERIES:
The 5th Wave Series (Book 1)
PAGES:
Approx. 496 pages
RATING: 5/5 STARS
I’ve never been much of a
science-fiction/adventure fan when it came to novels. Possibly because there
are few books in the YA section that actually take place in outer space or
feature extraterrestrial creatures and unknown planets. If there were any novels
in the past 3 years that featured any of it, I wouldn’t know, because science-fiction
novels rarely achieve mainstream popularity, especially when most readers are
prone to fantasy, horror, action/adventure and romance. It’s kind of depressing
because science-fiction/adventure is one of my favorite TV and movie genres to
watch: I love seeing all kinds of aliens, planets, spaceships and how ordinary
people react to the extraordinary, seeing their reactions when they face a
variety of aliens that they never would’ve thought existed and most certainly
weren’t like E.T the Extraterrestrial.
That being said, when I received a
paperback version of The 5th
Wave as a Christmas gift, my happiness would’ve registered a 10 on the
Richter scale because I have been dying to read this novel since I’ve first
learned about it on YouTube and seen the movie trailers. In fact, once the
Christmas season was over and I no longer fretted over wrapping overdue
presents or spending time with friends and family, I sat down with a hot mug of
cocoa and started reading.
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