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The first time I encountered “The 5th Wave” <\/i>was through the movie’s trailer and my first thought was ‘Chloe Grace Moretz versus an Alien invasion?!’ <\/i>You could say that my interest was ticketed, it is <\/i>Chloe Grace Moretz! After a little research, I found out that the movie is based on a Young Adult novel by Rick Yancey.<\/div>\n
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I got a copy of the book and started reading. I’ve read a lot of Young Adult books, but not one with aliens. I’m actually not a big fan of aliens. Paul knows how much I hate it, when the TV is on ‘Ancient Aliens’ <\/i>(Paul insists on the show, even as background noise). I really didn’t know what to expect when I started reading, but I really loved the tone of the book.<\/div>\n
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I liked the spunky lead character, Cassie. I love reading her thoughts and I like how she tells the story. She’s not your typical damsel-in-distress. Cassie is your tough-Alien-apocalyptic chic. I love how she was surviving alone, inside her tent, living on cans of sardines and going to a nearby store to stock on water, every few days. I love that as she is fighting to survive, she is also fighting for her humanity.<\/div>\n
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Then, things start getting weird. <\/i>The reader is introduced to to different characters with weird enough story arcs, but the one that I can’t seem to wrap my head around SPOILER ALERT <\/b>is what the 5th Wave actually is<\/i>; the creation of child soldiers (like 5 years old kids) by the enemy to kill what is left of the human race.<\/div>\n
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Once you get past the cruel and gruesome training the child soldier goes through things get pretty interesting. Not sure though if a SPOILER ALERT <\/b>Romeo-and-Juliet <\/i>\/ Alien-Human <\/i>story is going to work but that seems to be among the sub-plots in the novel. Thankfully it’s not where the whole story evolves around in.<\/div>\n
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It’s funny because you want to <\/i>condone the cheesy romance between the strapping handsome stranger and the beautiful lead character but you can’t stop yourself from reading it.<\/div>\n
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Once you get around the romance (that you secretly don’t want to read) <\/i>and the child soldiers, it’s pretty exciting stuff.<\/div>\n
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Opening across the Philippines\u00a0on Jan. 20, 2016<\/a>, \u201cThe 5<\/i><\/span>th<\/i><\/sup>\u00a0Wave\u201d is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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