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The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

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Brief synopsis (no spoilers)
Just about everyone is dead. The first 4 "waves" of destruction, from the alien "mothership" hanging in low Earth orbit, were devastating. Roughly 98% of humanity was wiped out. Those that are left are either the incredibly strong, or the incredibly lucky. Probably both.

Category
YA, Dystopian

Why I chose this book
I sometimes like movie-book combinations

My personal opinion (the review)
It was decent, but I definitely won't buy it. The story was good, the characters were well-developed, and I got lost in the book several times (good thing). But the language was bad and the violence was pretty hairy, so I don't recommend it.

Warnings
Language: A few scattered f-bombs, and occasional other bad words
Violence: Abundant, and intense
"Adult" situations: Got close a couple times, but nothing graphic
Death: about 7 billion

Movie rating equivalent
R, for language

Protagonist description
Cassie is a survivor- she'll do what needs to be done. I didn't like that she went from totally independent to pretty clumsy, when she finally met Evan.

Point of view of story
Third, switching between Cassie and Ben

Book length
Medium-long

Story flow
Excellent

Grammar and spelling issues
None

Character connection (no spoilers)
I'd like to know more about Evan and his story

For series:
Independent or integral (stand-alone or back story dependent)
Integral!

Series review as a whole
This book pretty transparently leads to the next book. It's not exactly a cliffhanger, but close enough. I prefer series in which the books could potentially stand alone. I don't think I'll read farther than the first book in the series, but it seems decent.

If you only have time for one, read: (which one)
5th Wave- start at the beginning

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