
I felt all these things as I kept on reading hoping to find some answers, hoping certain troublesome events would be resolved, hoping I would find out more about these sadistic aliens, and hoping things would be okay in the end, hoping there was indeed something to hope for. Remove one and the entire human house of cards collapses.” So which one will be taken away? How to the Others plan to dismantle human existence and wipe it from the face of the planet? And most importantly, why are they being so methodical and cruel about it?Īnger.


“No hope without faith, no faith without hope, no love without trust, no trust without love. There’s plenty of hope and wishful thinking to go around. Cassie is hoping against all odds that Evan is alive and able to meet them at their rendezvous, Ben hopes Ringer is able to explore some caves that could be their winter shelter since they can’t stay in the rat-infested hotel for much longer, everyone else hopes Ben will survive his injuries and infected bullet wound. Once again we are able to experience the events as they unfold through the eyes of different characters, and even learn the backstory of Ringer and Poundcake. Everyone is injured, sleep-deprived, on edge, and hopeful, while shacked up in a crumbling hotel being overrun with rats. The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey picks up right where The 5th Wave leaves off. … And if you’ve had a chance to read The 5th Wave, hope is death - but hope is all humanity has when it’s lost everything else that matters. It's worth noting, however, is that Cassie went to rescue Sammy too-and she got there first.“He promised he would empty me. Once he figures out their deception, he remains a hero because he goes back to the base to save Sammy, who's like a brother to him. As the head soldier in their child army, he's a VID (very important dude). Ben spends most of the book training on a military base that is secretly controlled by aliens. Ben "Zombie" ParishĪs readers, we flit back and forth between Cassie and Ben's points of view. We don't yet know if their relationship will be enough to save humanity, but it certainly plops her in the center of all the action. (For that reason, if we had to choose just one protagonist, it would be her instead of Ben.) Evan Walker, who is an alien, fell in love with Cassie. There's a strong sense that the entire world revolves around this sixteen-year-old girl. Protagonist Character Role Analysis Cassie Sullivanįirst things first: we see the world through Cassie's eyes for more than half of the book.
