The 5th wave (The 5th wave #1) by Rick Yancey → Start Date: December 11th, 2016

[Kikijanika]

Everybody's welcome to join me and Sundara as we read this book!

[Kikijanika]

Are you planning on starting this tomorrow? I'll have a day off so I probably will.

[Kikijanika]

I just finished part IV. I've seen the movie so I was interested in seeing how well the script keeps following the original story. So far they seem quite similar and the book seems very good.

I really liked part I. (view spoiler)[ It was somehow interesting to follow Cassie on her solitary struggle and then occasionally get glimpses of her life before the Arrival. I like Cassie's character and her way of thinking, Somehow I expected each wave to be dealt with more specifically in the book, but it was fine the way it was, though. (hide spoiler)]

Parts II and III (view spoiler)[ were a bit confusing at first because the narrator was suddenly someone else than Cassie and you didn't know who the narrator was (although you could guess). Or I don't know of you could if you haven't seen the movie but at least I could. But still it's a bit confusing to always start reading a chapter and wonder who's the narrator now. Especially because I expected the whole book to be written from Cassie's point of view. However, it's not too much a distraction. (hide spoiler)]

Part IV was (view spoiler)[ kind of a slowdown. Time for Cassie to recover and get her strength back...and to develop a start of a romance between Cassie and Evan. Probably more action ahead in part V. (hide spoiler)]

[Kikijanika]

Have you started this yet Sundara? I've been reading kind of slowly, got sidetracked with The hobbit. Now I'm about to start part X.

I seriously don't like (view spoiler)[ Evan. He's so annoying. He keeps telling those half-truths and asking Cassie to trust him. Only it's obvious there's something that's not right about him. I think he's a good guy and he did finally tell Cassie the truth in Part IX but I think he should have told her ages ago. (hide spoiler)]

Cassie I still like (view spoiler)[ but really, when the world is ending, who has time to fall in love? I get it that she might get sidetracked and want to stay in a place of safety, she so suddenly came across, though. (hide spoiler)]

I like Ringer. (view spoiler)[ She's tough! Ben I don't really like or dislike. He's just ok but it was quite a coincidence that Sammy was assigned to his unit. Guess that means Cassie will run into him still. (hide spoiler)]

For some reason I liked the (view spoiler)[ beginning of the book better. I mean the time when Cassie was just on her own. I'm not saying it's not interesting to see what's going on inside the base and all but it's not really necessary. Cassie could have discovered all that when she infiltrated the base. And I'm just not a fan of hers and Evan's love affair. This probably sounds like I only have bad things to say but really I'm enjoying the book a lot. Also it looks like the movie script has followed the book pretty well. There have been some small differences but nothing really major. (hide spoiler)]

[Kikijanika]

I finished.
The ending (view spoiler)[ was what I expected it to be. Well, basically what it was in the movie, too. The first chapter of The infinite sea that was included after the story seemed interesting. It was written from Ringer's point of view, which I liked, because it'd be nice to see inside her head. I just hope the story won't get boring if it goes on too long. I think I'll read the 2nd book at some point at least. :) (hide spoiler)]