The Last Star
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
3.5
(825)
Rick Yancey
The highly-anticipated finale to the New York Times bestselling 5th Wave series.Includes an exclusive diary entry from Cassie!The enemy is Other. The enemy is us. They’re down here, they’re up there, they’re nowhere. They want the Earth, they want us to have it. They came to wipe us out, they came to save us. But beneath these riddles lies one truth: Cassie has been betrayed. So has Ringer. Zombie. Nugget. And all 7.5 billion people who used to live on our planet. Betrayed first by the Others, and now by ourselves.In these last days, Earth’s remaining survivors will need to decide what’s more important: saving themselves . . . or saving what makes us human.Praise for The Last Star“Yancey’s prose remains achingly precise, and this grows heavier, tighter, and more impossible to put down as the clock runs out…this blistering finale proves the truth of the first two volumes: it was never about the aliens.”—Booklist, starred review “A haunting, unforgettable finale.”—Kirkus Reviews “Yancey doesn’t hit the breaks for one moment, and the action is intense, but the language always stays lyrical and lovely. It’s a satisfying end to an impressive trilogy, true to the characters and the world Yancey created.”—Entertainment Weekly “Yancey has capped off his riveting series with a perfect ending.”—TeenReads.com “[T]he ending provides both satisfaction and heartbreak.”—Publishers Weekly “Yancey's writing is just as solid and descriptive as in the first two books….What Yancey does beautifully is reveal the human condition.”—Examiner.com"Rick Yancey sticks the (alien) landing in the action-packed finale to his The 5th Wave invasion saga . . . . And the author gives us a major dose of girl power as well, pairing Cassie and Ringer for an uneasy alliance that provides the best moments in this fantastic series’ thought-provoking and satisfying conclusion.”—USA TodayPraise for The 5th Wave Now a major motion picture starring Chloë Grace Moretz "Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."—Entertainment Weekly "A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . ."—USAToday.com "Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review Praise for The Infinite Sea “Heart-pounding pacing, lyrical prose and mind-bending twists . . .”—The New York Times Book Review “Impressively improves on the excellent beginning of the trilogy.”—USA Today “An epic sci-fi novel with all the romance, action, and suspense you could ever want.”—Seventeen.com Books in the series: The 5th Wave (The First Book of The 5th Wave) The Infinite Sea (The Second Book of The 5th Wave) The Last Star (The Third Book of the The 5th Wave)
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Author
Rick Yancey
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2016-05-24
ISBN
1101599049 9781101599044
Ratings
Google: 4
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"The book was good. Less good than the first two but had a fairly good ending to tie up the series "
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Piper Havens
"WHY DOES THIS BOOK HAVE 4.2 STARS? This series followed in what I like to call the Divergent arc...the first book was awesome, the second was all right, and the third was a **** show. If you don't want to be ****** off, just stop after the first book. <br/><br/>Question - how do you just randomly decide that some people speak from first-person and some people speak from third-person? If this was supposed to be some artsy thing, it didn't work (and this was consistent throughout the series). <br/><br/>Another question - are you really trying to tell me that a teenager uses "lover's finger" as a simile for rain?? NO. <br/><br/>I don't know if "disappointed" fully expresses how I feel right now."
"I was excited about the release of this book. Initially Sci-fi was not my first choice when picking novels, but thanks to my fiancé I have fallen for this genre. I loved the first two books in the series, captivated by the twist and turns of the plot, while still focusing around humanity and the fight to survive. This book did not fail in meeting my expectations. The story continued on with a great re-introduction back into the world of chaos. Within the first 10 pages, I was already gasping at the shock of the unpredictable characters and their actions. <br/><br/>Everything I loved about the first two books was continued, with the confused relationship of Cassie and Evan, Zombie always trying to get Ringer to let down her cold exterior, and of course Nugget and Megan the future of the world. I don't want to spoil too much of the story for anyone so I will leave out a deep review of the plot, but this book was a page turner and a great end to a series."
"Easily my favorite book in the series, each just kept getting better and better. Gripping with plot twists around every corner, just enough tragedy and drama, this book was easy to finish in one sitting.
Warnings: Excessive language"
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Julia