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The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
4.0

Before reading this book, I had only seen a partial preview. I had never heard anything about it until that point. I just knew it was sort of about aliens. My sister-in-law let us borrow the first 2 books of the series and I dove right in.

I was hooked immediately. Then the book changed sections (the book is divided into sections that are divided into chapters). It took me a few more chapters to realize the narrator changed. I was kind of confused. It never said who the narrator was, you just sort of figured it out based on what was going on. So after I understood that style, I was able to easily go with the flow as the story progressed. It was a great idea because it actually made the story like three stories in one. Then of course at the end they all collide.

Can't wait to see the movie and also start reading the sequel, The Infinite Sea!