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Wednesday, 17 February 2016

Monday, 15 February 2016

The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Published- 7th May 2013
Publisher- G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages- 457 pages (Hardback)

The 5th Wave is an alien invasion novel told from the perspectives of Cassie and Zombie mainly. There are 5 stages (waves) of the alien invasion and these include- destroying electronics and disease. The main characters include- Cassie, Zombie, Nugget and Evan. However, who will survive the 5th Wave and how will their future pan out?

The film has lots of different parts from the book such as Nugget being put on the bus with Cassie and the other children, then Cassie runs back to get Nugget's teddy bear and the bus leaves without her. In the film the character of Reznik was a female played by Maria Bello, but in the book this character was a male. Another difference was a lot of the scenes between Cassie and Evan such as the order in which events occured and how she found out Evan's true identity. The film also contained a longer fight and action scene at the end. In the book the end action was quite short and sporadic whereas in the book it was continuous.

The action within the middle of the novel was quite slow, but this was mainly the scenes between Cassie and Evan. There was not much action within these middle scenes. The only action came at the start and end of the novel. Zombie's scenes were quite action packed aswell. However, the start did give a good description as to what was happening and what the different waves were within the alien invasion. The novel would not have worked if it didn't describe the different waves of the invasion.

In terms of characters I would have liked to learn more about Nugget and Ringer. You did not find out much about these 2 characters within the novel. I also feel that Evan could have used a bit more character development as although he was a good character he needed more action scenes and developing as to his background. Cassie was brave, determined and would never give up in terms of getting her brother back from the army/aliens. Ben/Zombie was strong, protective and he would do anything to save Nugget who was only 5 years old. Lastly, Evan was very protective of Cassie as he did not want her to get hurt, he was strong, he wanted to do what was right and he just wants to be human. Evan's story ended on a cliffhanger as you do not know whether he lives or dies.

Overall, I give this novel 4/5 stars. It was a good novel, despite the middle being really slow and not so action packed. This is a must read if you loved the film the 5th Wave or you just love alien invasion novels. The story will continue in the next novel The Infinite Sea. I will definitely be reading the Infinite Sea as soon as I can so I can find out what happens to Evan, Cassie, Nugget and Zombie.

Rating 4/5

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Confessions of a Fangirl

Supernatural is my favourite ever TV show. I just love all the fantasy and horror elements to this show. I own loads of Supernatural merchandise including- Seasons 1-6 DVD Boxset, Season 7 DVD, Season 8 DVD, the first 3 novels, Sam Pop Vinyl, Dean Pop Vinyl, Charlie Pop Vinyl, Demons and Monsters book. I also want to get Season 9 on DVD, a Castiel Pop Vinyl, a Crowley Pop Vinyl and a Bobby Pop Vinyl. I also own about 5 of the other novels as e-books on my Nook and tablet. Dean is my fave character overall with Castiel a close runner up. Sam is also an awesome character. I love the Bromance between Sam, Dean and Castiel. Crowley is a great demon but he can be a bit soft at times when he gives people want they want very easily. Overall, this is my favourite show by far and I hope they continue to make it for many more years to come.

A book and TV series (another TV series) that I love is the Outlander series. Sam Heughan and Catriona Balfe are both brilliant actors and they really make this series of novels come alive for me. I also love seeing Sam Heughan topless as he is a really good looking guy. I also own the Collectors Edition Blu-Ray of the TV series which came with 5 photo cards of the show and a collectors book showing you photos from each episode. As for the books I own 2 copies of Outlander (an old version and the TV version), Dragonfly In Amber and Voyager. However, I only own one each of Dragonfly In Amber and Voyager. The TV edition cover of Outlander is by far my favourite out of the two I own. I can't wait to read the rest of the novels in this brilliant series and I'm so excited to see Outlander back on my screen later this year.

The Fault In Our Stars is a book that I absolutely love. I fell in love with this novel the first time I read it. It's a funny, heart wrenching and moving story that will make you cry at the end of the novel. I cried when I read this novel and the same when I saw the film. For this I own the DVD, the original cover novel and the movie cover novel. The original cover novel was a present from a friend and the movie cover novel I bought from Oxfam for 99p. It was a bargain so I thought I would buy it as I love movie/TV cover novels. The plot for this novel is really sad as it is about cancer, so that is why the end of the novel made me cry. You really fall in love with these characters as they are just normal people suffering from cancer who want to have a normal life when they know they can't. This novel and film will move you to you core and make you feel a lot of different emotions.