The 5th Wave (Pt.1/2)

(To be clear, I am finishing this book the week after next)

People began freaking out when the alien ships were sited near Mars. After that, there were ten days of swirls of speculation and news coverage, with government officials relocating to bunkers in fear of an attack, and researchers trying desperately to learn more about the extra-terrestrials, or make contact. Soon there was mass exodus from metropolitan areas, crowds of people in front of grocery stores and Starbucks, and millions of people living live as though the world could end tomorrow - all without truly knowing what would happen; and when it would happen. The fate of humanity was uncertain. The answer came all to soon without warning - as though someone turned off a switch, every electronic or mechanical object stopped working, and the grid went dark.

That was only the first wave, it only killed a half a million, but it was a calamity - humans were unprepared for the sudden lack of technology which they depended on; like microwaves, Siri, and Facebook. The next wave would be far more devastating. The next after that would be cataclysmic. The next after that would not be that bad, just because there weren't that many people left for the aliens to kill. Only a select few have survived the earthquakes, the plague, and the hunt for last survivors; one of whom is a young woman named Cassie. Cassie does not know if she is the last human on Earth. She does not know if there is any government left. But she holds on to two things: The first, is that if she truly is the last human on the planet, it is her moral duty to at least go out kicking. The second thing: Hope. Hope that maybe there is something else out there. Hope that her younger brother is alive.

So far, this book has been good, and interesting. The set up of the alien invasion and the attack is very well described, and is very smart. The depiction of how people react to the aliens feels realistic, and the main characters back story is relatable. However, the part I don't understand is how this one girl is the person the book focuses on. Honestly, if this invasion were real, she would totally be dead. So would I. She was just some teenager before everything happened - now she lives alone in a forest shooting at stuff and surviving without any help at all, (at first) which I just cannot see happening.  I do enjoy the main characters voice though, and she is a good character - I think it's just a stretch. I am excited to read the rest of the book, which has a very interesting plot line brewing - but I won't give anything away.