The 5th Wave

474 pages

English, French language

Published May 8, 2013 by Penguin Group.

ISBN:
978-0-399-16241-1
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The 5th Wave is a young adult science fiction novel written by American author Rick Yancey. It was published on May 7, 2013 by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The novel is the first in The 5th Wave trilogy, followed by The Infinite Sea and the final book being The Last Star. The story follows 16-year-old Cassie Sullivan as she tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of alien invasions that have decimated the Earth's population. Critics have compared the book favorably to The Hunger Games and The Road, and noted that it "should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires." Sony Pictures released a film adaptation in January 2016.

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J’ai un étrange rapport à La 5e Vague, d’un côté je l’ai dévoré à toute vitesse et vraiment apprécié, d’un autre côté je l’ai trouvé extrêmement prévisible (enfin, du genre à prouvoir prévoir à 50 pages ce qui allait se passer). Ce qui m’embête aussi ces derniers temps c’est ce besoin systématique de transformer tout roman YA en trilogie obligatoire (dans l’espoir d’une adaptation ciné ?), alors que l’histoire ne semble pas à ce point aller en profondeur.

Le personnage de Cassie est par contre super intéressant, sur beaucoup de points elle me rappelait Katniss de Hunger Games, dans sa façon de se battre, de ne pas laisser tomber, de ne faire confiance à personne et d’essayer d’avancer malgré tout POUR VAINCRE LES PIEGES DES HUNGER GAMES AUTRES. Les débuts avec Evan sont aussi extrêmement drôles et ne font que la rendre attachante. Le problème reste vraiment dans le « …

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The book had me in its sights the minute I saw that the description said it was a little like Ender's Game. I am also a sucker for a good post-apocalyptic, dystopian novel. This was a good book. I am looking forward to the sequel in the series. This is why I read trilogies and quadrilogies or any series for that matter, when they are already done or almost done. Then I do not have that agonizing wait ahead of me waiting for the end of the book and closure. Or at least I hope for closure, sometimes the quality of the story in the books slips, by the time the end is near. But one can always hope right? And that is basically the theme of every post-apocalyptic book for me - Hope.

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