Challenge Corner discussion

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it's the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother-or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

Since I already added comments in the BOTM thread for book 1, I will start with book 2 now. Also.. crashing this lol.


The Wheat: (view spoiler)[What a freaking monster! Wanting to shoot a baby! I would definitely throw some hands if that happened to me.. just saying. Even though I have dogs and zero kids.. just saying. (hide spoiler)]

The Problem of Rats: (view spoiler)[The friendships! The gang! So happy to be back with them. I feel really bad for Ringer though. (hide spoiler)]

The Ripping: (view spoiler)[She said the same thing her dad said to her to her little brother. I'm not crying. You're crying. (hide spoiler)]

The Last Star: (view spoiler)[Well well.. I don't like grace. She needs to go. (hide spoiler)]

Millions: (view spoiler)[Wow. Poundcake's mom was very cruel. I feel so bad for the kid. (hide spoiler)]

The Price: (view spoiler)[Oh my goodness gracious.. how did they find them? Also making the girl the bomb? Sick bastards. (hide spoiler)]

The Trigger: (view spoiler)[I'm freaking out right now! What is going to happen next? (hide spoiler)]

The Sum of All Things: (view spoiler)[

RUN GIRL! (hide spoiler)]

Dubuque / Finished: (view spoiler)[hahaha nose and ankle? Man these two. I can't wait for the next book! (hide spoiler)]

The Girl Who Could Fly: (view spoiler)[Hmm.. okay. Kind of interesting to start it off this way. Let's see how it all plays out. (hide spoiler)]

I Will Sit With You: (view spoiler)[Hmm can we now kill Evan? I kind of like him. (hide spoiler)]

The First Day: (view spoiler)[I feel like I'm missing something which is scary since I've already read this series. Maybe it's because of how much time has passed? Not sure. Hoping things start to make a bit more sense to me.

Unless.. they really are losing their minds? (hide spoiler)]

The Second Day: (view spoiler)[NOT DUMBO! Seriously.. it could have been anyone else. (hide spoiler)]

The Third Day: (view spoiler)[Oh lord. Ringer and Razor.. is this all because of Bosch? Ugh. Is Ben right? (hide spoiler)]

The Last Day: (view spoiler)[Things definitely picked up but now I'm scared with how this is all going to end. I'm just worried. (hide spoiler)]

Marble Falls / Finished: (view spoiler)[Evan being alone just makes me so sad. I'm still not happy with what happened to Cassie but I guess I can be when it comes Ringer and Mayfly. (hide spoiler)]

30% (view spoiler)[Well at least Evan is OK even if he is now with one of his own kind. One who seems might suspicious of him. Crazy what happened to Teacup, hope she's ok. (hide spoiler)]

50% (view spoiler)[Goodness now they are using children as bombs, this is crazy. Hope the lil girl will be ok. (hide spoiler)]

62% (view spoiler)[ Poor Poundcake. I'm so sad he had to die, goodness they're all so young. And I really wanted him to reunite with his baby brother too :( Also what's up with Grace....... Who is she and is she even going to be dead? (hide spoiler)]

85% (view spoiler)[Oh man I knew all those taps and stupid talk about his made up game were all some crazy military tactic or something like Morse code lol. Yessssss take them down girl 😈 (hide spoiler)]

Finished (view spoiler)[Oh come on that can’t be how it ends. At least not with Ringers story who kinda crept out nowhere and took mainstays from Claire. I’m so devastated by all that happened and honestly it’s taking time to process since so much happens all at once. I’m still reeling that Razer was playing her the whole time 🤬😭🤬😭 now he’s most likely dead and he really just killed the other girl after all this, like wtf, ughhh I’m so upset by this end and feel like I need to start the last book ASAP because these alien conscious’s or whatever they are need to go. I am still a bit confused on what they are. The end of the book went so quick I’m not sure I fully processed what Vosch was saying to Ringer. Are they humans? Or are they nothing, just there but not. Which only confuses me more because if they don’t even have physical form what do they even need or want a planet for? Lastly I will say the audio was a challenge to listen to because it doesn’t notate when there’s a POV shift. Had to make sure I was paying attention lol (hide spoiler)]

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Breaks my heart too how he blamed her :(

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Umm you got that right!!

Alaina wrote: "The Sum of All Things:

RUN GIRL!"

Bahahahaha love this.....

33% (view spoiler)[Oh no no no, not a priest now too 🤭 (hide spoiler)]
54% (view spoiler)[I’m glad the group is back together but I just know they’re going to seperate again. Damnit Vosch needs to go (hide spoiler)]
71% (view spoiler)[Omg they’re stuck in the cave and bombs are coming 😲😲 (hide spoiler)]
Finished (view spoiler)[The whole Cassie thing kinda ruins the end for me. Also did I completely blank or did the ship really blow or just insinuate that she’d blow it. I was trying to multitask last night but obviously I missed soem5ing major lol, seemed to me more like she just went off in the whip with them 🤷🏼‍♀️
Not sure how Evan is alive? I’m honestly sad that he is, now he’ll just be this she’ll of himself 🙁 how did he even survive when she was so sure she killed him?
Will Ringers’ child be special like her too? And why couldn’t sam and Cassie have repaired their relationship before she went off to die, I hated how he treated her and moved all his loyalties onto Zombie. Just so messed up also to think he blamed her for so much that just wasn’t in her power to control. Ive really enjoyed this series but this book was just an ok end for me. Vosch being gone though certainly helps make it better 😎 (hide spoiler)]

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OMG YES! Teacup and Evan? I was worried for them both.

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Freaking psychos

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😭😭😭😭 poundcake 😭😭😭😭

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Yeah, I would not have caught on to that so quickly.

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djkladjfklal so many good questions! I can't wait to see what you think of the next book.

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Comment @ 33%, oh man the priest!

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Comment @ 54%, that man is a cockroach!

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Comment @ 71%, all I can say is RUN.

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Comment @ Finished, ah the dreaded ending to this trilogy. Definitely get how you feel about all the things you mentioned. Trust me - a lot of people didn't like how it all went down in the end.

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Comment @ Finished, ah the dreaded ending to this trilog..."

Guess it could have been worse. It wasn’t a horrible end but compared to the excitement and crazy from the previous two I definitely expected more. Too bad the movie didn’t do well, they would have had a chance to redeem the final book in a film lol. Now I kinda wanna watch it too

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Comment @ Finished, ah the dreaded ending..."

SAME! I wished the movie did a lot better because I would have loved to watch the whole series.

- didn't get to it as BOTM so let's do this now. (Reread, I already know the worst spoilers for the series)

End of part 1 (The Last Historian) - (view spoiler)[I forgot how much I appreciate Cassie's philosophic voice and her authentic words. I'm easily reminded why I loved this the first time.

I always saw Ben as the useless POV in the first book, let's see if I still feel that way. (hide spoiler)]

End of part three (Wonderland and Silencer) - (view spoiler)[Feeling lukewarm about Ben again? Check (although I do think the audio reader does him pretty well, better than the whiny female reader for Cassie, or at least what I caught in the tail end of chapter 24).

Falling in love with my first book boyfriend Evan Walker all over again? Triple check. He's honestly the character more books need, who questions their values and switches over to the protagonist's side. This trope is so underused! (Although I do wish they got a different audio reader for him than for Ben.) (hide spoiler)]

End of part five (Mayfly and The Winnowing) - (view spoiler)[I love all the scenes with Evan and how he's just constantly fighting both sides of himself. I love science fiction books that discuss what the idea of humanity looks like in the future and what it means, and Evan definitely does that. It's also interesting how Cassie and Ben both come to the "something's wrong" realization at roughly the same time (considering time is weird as each POV has a section)

I also forgot how much I liked the Sammy POV chapters, especially with Megan. Both Cassie and Sammy are perceptive beyond their years, but not in an "I don't know how to write children" way. (hide spoiler)]

End of part 6 (The Human Clay) - (view spoiler)[I'm actually liking Ben more than I did in my first read. He truly has a hard job, and is being genuinely a good person about everything. (hide spoiler)]

End of part 9 (The Heart to Kill, The Spirit of Vengeance, and A Flower to the Rain) - (view spoiler)[I love everything that happened in this chapter. It's so full of conflict from all parties, and so full of human-ness and the questions surrounding that.

BTW, after my reread of the series I may end up resuming my happy ending fanfiction where Cassie doesn't die, the one I thought I abandoned years ago. I'll keep you posted. (hide spoiler)]

FINISHED (view spoiler)[I'm happy to say I am as invested as I was the first time. This was a wild ride the entire time.

I remember last time, when I was freaked out whether Evan was alive or not. Now, knowing the ending, I kind of wish he did die in this one. Evan is easily my favorite character, but Cassie is a close second, and I hate thinking about how she goes out. (hide spoiler)]