Monday, February 3, 2014

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey: Review & Giveaway!!!!!


The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave, #1)



After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

I’ve been a really bad blogger. I read this book last year, and I’m now writing the review! The sad part about this is that I LOVED The 5th Wave, and I never told you guys about it! To tell you the truth, I’m scared to write a review for a book that I really liked. This happens to me with every Melina Marchetta book. I feel like I won’t do the books justice. I just marinate in their loveliness and forget to tell people. When I remembered that I still had to write the review for this one I sent myself on a time out and made myself write it. BUT I’m afraid that because it has been so long, and I know I forgot details, this review will suck. Please forgive me. Don’t be a Bieber and throw eggs at me.

I first heard about The 5th Wave over at Giselle’s blog Xpresso Reads (read her review here). She loved it so much that I pre-ordered it that same day. It was a mission. I was reading that book ASAP no matter what! And I did. As soon as I read the first sentence I was hooked! I couldn’t put the book down. It started out with a lot of things happening and I thought I would be lost, but I wasn’t. Yancey’s writing is amazing and beautiful. The book changes POVs, and it goes back and forth in time, and it’s done beautifully. I was so into this book that I didn’t care about the time jumps. Also, everything that was written in this book had a purpose, and as the book progressed I found myself saying “Thanks for the hint 50 pages ago, Yancey.”

The characters were one of the things that made this book a hit for me. Each one of them has such a unique and unforgettable voice, even the secondary characters. Cassie was an extraordinary character. She was strong willed and very focused on her mission, and that made me want to be right there with her. Evan was another part of the book that adored! He was so caring, and you can see how he’s characters changes throughout the book. He’s very dreamy also. I can’t say anything about the secondary characters but in one of the POV changes I had a “what the f***k” moment. I had to backtrack a few pages to see if I missed something. I didn’t miss anything I had just to keep reading and then everything made sense.

The 5th Wave was fast paced, very scary (one of the waves freaked me out!), realistic and touching. I recommend this one to everyone!





I'm giving away a hard copy of The 5th Wave! To enter just fill out the Rafflecopter form below. This giveaway is US only and ends 2/17/14. Good luck!!



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17 comments:

  1. You're not a bad blogger, you're awesome! =)

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  2. Great Review! I'm going to add this one to my read-soon-list! Thanks for the giveaway :)

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  3. Awesome review. I love the book cover and from your review I will be adding it to by TBR shelf

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  4. I find that changing POVs tends to lose me sometimes. I'm getting used to it though. Thanks.

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  5. Thanks for the great review! I've read some great things about this book and I would love a chance to read it :)

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  6. I actually attended his release day party in Miami and have yet to read it. *hides face* I seriously need to read it soon. Great review!!!

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  7. I think The 5th Wave sounds like an excellent book and I'm not sure why I haven't picked it up yet.

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  8. I have been wanting to read The 5th Wave way before it even came out. I still haven't gotten my hands on it. It sounds like it's going to be a fabulous read. Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Thank you for the chance to win it.

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  9. I actually received an ARC of this book for review at a book blogger's event but never got around to it! I've read fantastic reviews of it though which makes me excited to read it. Lovely review!

    Jeann @ Happy Indulgence

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  10. Can't wait to read this!!!
    Thanks for the giveaway

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  11. I haven't read this yet! Excited for the giveaway!

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  12. I'm looking forward to reading this. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  13. I am just like you, sweetie, I find it so hard to write a review for a book that I really loved! That's why I never got around to writing my review of The Fault in Our Stars.. this book was just too good, too overwhelming... to beautiful to give it justice! So I totally understand how you felt about the 5th Wave! I'm so glad to hear you loved it :) I love the premise - alien invasion is like one of the coolest and scariest things ever, and I'm confident Rick Yancey can envision a totally mind-blowing one! :)
    Thanks so much for your honest and thorough review, and don't worry about it being late - better late than never! And it's always awesome to share your favorite reads with others ^___^

    Evie @Bookish

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  14. Thank you for doing this giveaway! I'm a bad book club host...I was hosting a book club online and we voted for this to be the first book we read together. Everyone else loved it/was freaked out by it, but I never got a copy or got around to reading it :( Even though I still am dying to!

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  15. I've heard this book is really good. I hope that when I get to read it that it lives up to the hype.

    **Rachelle**

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  16. Looking forward to reading this! :)

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  17. I really loved this book myself!!! It was sooooo good. I am glad I listened to the hype and picked it up.

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