The fifth wave
BOOK INFORMATION:
Title: The fifth wave
Spanish title: La quinta
ola
Author: Rick Yancey
Nº pages: 474
Editorial: RBA
Approximate price: 17,10€
Spanish SBN: 9788427204225
The first wave:
blackout
The second wave:
swell up
The third wave:
plague
The fourth wave:
Muffler
“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be
much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t turn
out very well for the Native Americans.”
-Stephen Hawking
Cassie is a
normal girl who has lost everything she had. It all started with the
appearance of "the others". They attacked the Earth with different waves, killing
the majority of the population, only the strongest have
survived. You can’t trust anybody
and the only way to stay alive
is to travel alone. Cassie is looking
for her little brother. In her continued pursuit Cassie knows Evan Walker, an
estrange boy who works on farm and he don’t really appears it. He cares for
Cassie after finding her half dead on a highway due
to a gunshot wound and he wants to join her on the trip.
Cassie will have to choose
to trust him or not.
While the government is bringing
people together, informing them of
the progress of the waves and protecting
children… well, at least that’s what they say because they are really training
the children to form a loyal army that they can control. There a guy called
Zombie discovers with the help of his squad, a very important and danger secret
that the current army hid.
In
this story we can see how the life of this main character changes with the
aliens appears. They live in different
circumstances from just coming together to a common interest. This
book is full of action, science fiction, mystery…
It catches you from the beginning.
Interesting
data:
Last 22th January was taken in Spain the film adaption of the Fifth wave
and it has been well received among readers
of the book by its great adaptation.
It
has really cool effects and the actors and actresses were amazing in their
characters. They have captured the essence of the story and turned it into a movie that leaves open-mouthed.
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The
cast:
- Cassie Sullivan: Chloë Grace Moretz
- Zombie: Nick Robinson
- Evan Walker: Alex Roe
- Sam Sullivan: Zackary Arthur
- Colonel Alexander Vosch: Live Schreiber
- Oliver Sullivan: Ron Livingston
- Lisa Sullivan: Maggie Stiff
-
Sergeant
Reznik: Maria Bello
