Extremely dark and nerve racking, the 5th Wave is a real page turner. I was not convinced after reading the synopsis but this book went beyond my expectations. I really loved how the story was told by different characters, strongly different but all linked in a way. The vivid narration puts you in a state of perpetual stress and fear. As teenagers and young adults they swear they doubt they fear they discover the life in the angle of the apocalypse.

Rick Yancey succeed to tell a great story by the angle of the apocalypse venue of e.t. on Earth but without falling into clichés and weird sci-fi beasts with four heads that look like snakes. He trapped the character (and the reader) in a smart way, and succeed to make everyone doubt about the others.

Cassie was at first a quite boring character but became in the flashback more interesting. She was the sad and depressive suicidal girl and then the determined warrior with a purpose : save her brother. But my favorite character was definitely Ben 'Zombie' Parrish. His evolution, his actions, everything about him made me love him a every page I read.

This book was quite an adventure.