Ask the students if they would have taken Ringer’s tracker out, and to explain why or why not.Ask the students if the soldiers and doctors are good people or bad people, and if there’s a clear-cut good and bad.Ask the students who (or what) Evan Walker is and to describe him, including his internal feelings and sense of self.Ask the students what role sarcasm and humor played in the novel, and why they think Cassie relies so much on sarcasm in her daily life.Ask the students how the author’s different narration styles contributed to the story, and how it added to the plot.The Hunger Games series, but with aliens.Then, when it finally happened, I could not look away – partially out of fear, partially out of pure adrenaline-filled excitement. Reading about the training Ben and the rest of Squad 53 underwent, knowing that they would soon be dropped into the field to use these skills, was surprisingly exhilarating for me. They were so well-written and properly paced, it kept me turning the pages without pause.

Also, I loved the action sequences – once they finally showed up. It’s terrifying in the most abstract way. With all of these different waves, you never knew what to expect next or when your loved ones will be taken from you. On the other hand, the whole general plotline of this story was so interesting. I suppose the argument could be made that these characters’ developments showed readers the true impact of the waves on Cassie’s life, but to me it became frustrating to get so quickly connected to a character and then have them torn away from you. Lizbeth), which I know can have multiple purposes, but it was also a bit pointless to read. He began to flesh out characters that had no real impact on the novel (e.g. Yes, characterization and conflict development are important, but I think Yancey could have spent significantly less time with this.

I almost gave up reading a couple of times, just because Yancey took so much time building up the characters’ background and the world they live in, but by pushing through I think it made the story even better. Let’s be clear, though: This story had one of the slowest introductions that I have ever encountered. B y the end of the novel, though, all of this skepticism was gone and I definitely found enjoyment out of the story. It definitely had an intriguing premise, but science fiction is not one of my preferred genres. Review: I was skeptical of this novel when I first picked it up. Meanwhile, her younger brother, Sammy, is enduring his own fight for survival in an army boot camp. Working with a mysterious boy that saved her life, Cassie works to find her younger brother and save him from the invaders. She is now surviving the fifth wave, but she’s not doing it alone. Summary: Cassie Sullivan has survived the first four waves of invasion and destruction.

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