Aliens come and inhabits humans, while trying to take over the Earth. This is the book, The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, which became a movie in January 2016, directed by J Blakeson. Cassiopeia Sullivan is a 16-year-old girl with a fairly normal life, until the Others came. There have been 4 waves to their invasion, and everyone who is left is suffering through the 5th. Like most books turned into movies, The 5th Wave book is better than the movie because it has more detail, better characterization, and the actual plot line. The book is longer and has a lot more detail than the movie.
Gone is the explanatory prologue, the siege at Cassie’s house during the third wave, her odyssey in the woods, most of the fallout from her gunshot wound and the bulk of the immensely appealing and very well-written common-sense internal monologues that make Cassie, well, Cassie…the first four waves themselves are hurriedly compressed into the film’s initial half-hour; and the denouement plays as rushed and perfunctory. (Cockrell) …show more content…
He spent a lot of time having Cassie explain fully explain to the reader her current situation and the first 4 waves. Reading the book after watching the movie made the beginning seem so much longer, but well more explained. “The 1st Wave was over in seconds. The 2nd Wave lasted a little longer. About a day. The 3rd Wave? That took a little longer-twelve weeks. Twelve weeks to kill” (Yancey 45). Cassie talks about how much time it took the Others to kill about seven billion people. She explained all three waves in great detail and how each affected her personally. When Cassie was shot and under the truck, there is a lot more detail in the book. She explains her choices, weighs the pros and cons, and then explains her final decision. The readers know fully what she is thinking and doing in the parts that she
Gone is the explanatory prologue, the siege at Cassie’s house during the third wave, her odyssey in the woods, most of the fallout from her gunshot wound and the bulk of the immensely appealing and very well-written common-sense internal monologues that make Cassie, well, Cassie…the first four waves themselves are hurriedly compressed into the film’s initial half-hour; and the denouement plays as rushed and perfunctory. (Cockrell) …show more content…
He spent a lot of time having Cassie explain fully explain to the reader her current situation and the first 4 waves. Reading the book after watching the movie made the beginning seem so much longer, but well more explained. “The 1st Wave was over in seconds. The 2nd Wave lasted a little longer. About a day. The 3rd Wave? That took a little longer-twelve weeks. Twelve weeks to kill” (Yancey 45). Cassie talks about how much time it took the Others to kill about seven billion people. She explained all three waves in great detail and how each affected her personally. When Cassie was shot and under the truck, there is a lot more detail in the book. She explains her choices, weighs the pros and cons, and then explains her final decision. The readers know fully what she is thinking and doing in the parts that she