The last time I cried was during the middle of the summer when I was traveling in Europe with my mom and my dad. It was a usual day, and me and my dad had just arrived in Prague, while my mother left to get back to work. We were staying in a hotel when my dad left to get some food. At this time, it was around 11 am and I was exhausted after being on a train for the whole day after coming from Paris. While waiting in the hotel room, I decided to finish a book titled The Last Star by Rick Yancey.
The Last Star is the final book in a trilogy, that is about an alien apocalypse where aliens called the Others, are slowly exterminating all humans. One day a Mothership appears in the sky, and waves of death come. The 1st wave was a worldwide power …show more content…
At one point she thought she was the only person left alive, and felt utterly alone. This is not only symbolic, but rather true. There is this machine that humans are hooked up to called Wonderland. This machine was created by the aliens and altogether goes through that person’s memories, which are then recorded. This was then used to break people, discover their darkest secrets, and to have a mental advantage over them. Cassie, in the end, was hooked up to Wonderland and she experienced the tens of thousands people’s memories that were recorded on there. In the end, she was in an unstable mental state for carrying so many memories, and died remembering all those people's lives. Altogether, I cried because of how she died and I loved her, and what it represented.
Many people likely think I am odd for crying over a book, but this series meant so much to me, even if it went downhill. Nevertheless, when I first started reading The Last Star I started seeing images, rather than words on a page. This then made me fall in love with the characters, and the concept much more. Moreover, The Last Star by Rick Yancey was a decent book, and I will always remember Cassie’s death and how my father looked at me when he came back and saw me sobbing over a
The Last Star is the final book in a trilogy, that is about an alien apocalypse where aliens called the Others, are slowly exterminating all humans. One day a Mothership appears in the sky, and waves of death come. The 1st wave was a worldwide power …show more content…
At one point she thought she was the only person left alive, and felt utterly alone. This is not only symbolic, but rather true. There is this machine that humans are hooked up to called Wonderland. This machine was created by the aliens and altogether goes through that person’s memories, which are then recorded. This was then used to break people, discover their darkest secrets, and to have a mental advantage over them. Cassie, in the end, was hooked up to Wonderland and she experienced the tens of thousands people’s memories that were recorded on there. In the end, she was in an unstable mental state for carrying so many memories, and died remembering all those people's lives. Altogether, I cried because of how she died and I loved her, and what it represented.
Many people likely think I am odd for crying over a book, but this series meant so much to me, even if it went downhill. Nevertheless, when I first started reading The Last Star I started seeing images, rather than words on a page. This then made me fall in love with the characters, and the concept much more. Moreover, The Last Star by Rick Yancey was a decent book, and I will always remember Cassie’s death and how my father looked at me when he came back and saw me sobbing over a