This was 352 pages of pure adrenaline. This book exceeded my expectations. From beginning to end, it's non-stop, my heart might literally beat out of my chest, action. I'm telling you, you'll fear the lives of every single character. And I don't mean you'll fear their lives, knowing they're meaningless threats. No, it was a genuine fear that constantly kept me on edge.It's been a long time since I've felt completely satisfied with a finale. There's always something that irritates me. I'm tired of seeing stories that wrap up conveniently in a pristine, tidy bow. Regardless of an alien apocalypse, everything is not always perfect. That's life. And that's what I loved about The Last Star. It was honest. It was bold. It was perfect.

This book better ties up That crazy plot twist neatly. Otherwise i am going to be very angry.

I doubt the finale of this supposedly epic series is meant to be funny but if theres anything the book achieved, its that it really was funny- the cheesy kind, hundreds of eye-rolls worthy kind of funny but funny nonetheless. Ben, Has-Ben and What-Might-Have-Ben really cracked me up in the cheesiest way possible. But is it just me or did anybody else notice that change in tone because I couldnt seem to recall Cassie this funny or even Ben for that matter. I guess the end of the world makes survivors comediennes/comedians. You know youve reached a very sad place when the only person who can make you laugh is yourself. *Guess Im in a very, very sad place right now, tsk, tsk.*But even though I did enjoy the humor and sarcasm, Cassie felt like a totally different person here with all her cheesy and snarky narrations. Its the end of the world and there Cassie goes writing tacky, personal fantasies in her journal while Ben uses his one thousand kilowatt killer smile as weapon against the enemy or the girl he desires. *eye-roll times 1000*I only kept reading on because I needed my closure but without that resolve, I doubt Id have the strength to finish the novel because half of the time I was pretending to understand the mess that is the plot and the other half, I was rolling my eyes over the unwise decisions of the characters, of the absurdity of the whole Fifth Wave concept and over the unresolved conflicts within and among the characters. ***Not really a spoiler but may be interpreted as a spoiler by some so read at your own risk***And because this is a post apocalyptic trilogy, aside from the many characters that kept dying since the first book, somebody really important had to die. Its now your job to find who that is which isnt exactly a very difficult task because the clues are all over the place. Jeez! Initially I thought it gave the story poetic justice but after I read everything, my only thought was: Whats the point?! Uncle Ricky, you owe me big time. :(

Alright so... I'm basically forcing myself to write this review because I really just want to put these books behind me. Overall, the only thought I am 100% certain of is "what the everloving fuck was that?" That's it. That's all I really have. So obviously writing a coherent review is a challenge. Try to bear with me. Sigh.I loved the Fifth Wave. The first novel was great, not quite a 5 star but very close. It was kick ass with really compelling tone and setting and all these intense little feelings that had shivers down your spine and suspicion rising in your gut. The second book was less so.... it had something I at the time deemed second book syndrome and therefore I excused a lot of the "um... what?" moments and tried to just invest myself in the characters as I had the first go 'round. It worked somewhat, as I came out of it with a mostly positive experience. It was all very up in the air, mostly because, well, I still had hope. That's the best way I can put it. When the second book lets you down a bit you have hope that the conclusion will set everything right, that it will bring back those feelings of oh god what's going to happen next I have to keep reading I need answers I need more. The Last Star did NOT do that. Like. At all. I barely got through it. I didn't want to read until dawn broke across the sky and I was finished. I didn't want to read until I knew I needed sleep and had a difficult decision to make. No. What I wanted to do was DNF it. I would force myself to read until I reached my daily quota for irritation/confusion and then put it down. Or throw it at the damn wall. No, the second thing. I really wanted to throw this book at the wall. At least once every 50 pages or so. Speaking of pages: does anyone else feel like this series could have been two books? Did we need three books to tell this story? really? I don't feel like it. Everything that happened in books two and three could have been condensed into an around 550 page novel and that could have been the end of it. Because this dragged.Alright. Alright. I should probably start getting into detail about the actual book itself now. So SPOILERS from this point on. Ehem. If I may just say:RINGER MAKES NO GODDAMN SENSE!! None. And I know, I know that lots and lots of fans absolutely love this girl. I know that. But I'm sorry man, her logic is fucked up eight ways from Sunday 25/9. I don't understand her. I don't understand any of the decisions she made or why or her preachy gospel shit about how she just knows every fucking thing and everyone else is the problem. No Ringer. You, you are the problem. No one gets anything you're talking about because nothing you do makes sense. let's go through Ringer's greatest hits shall we?- Novel starts and she's working for Vosh. Listens to Vosh like his explanations are actually explanations. Ringer, this is the asshole that killed noImnotgonnasaythenumber people. Everyone. How can anything he say possibly excuse that??? But somehow she lets him convince her to kill Evan. And yeah, yeah I know what you're gonna say: but Taylor, Vosh wanted him captured and that's why Ringer wanted him dead so Vosh couldn't have him. This changes nothing. For how smart she claims to be, she never stops to think about one side vs. the other. She never stops to think about humans at all. She doesn't consider that just maybe Evan's 'error' or whatever is bad for Vosh because it is good for humans!Walker is the linchpin, the fulcrum upon which our survival rests. Alive, he is an unacceptable risk.Uhhhhhhhhh..... WHY?!Seems to me that she might consider that since Vosh=bad and Vosh sees an error in Evan that Evan would therefore = good. So yeah Ringer, let's kill him because what's the point when:Long after the last human being crumbles to a handful of dust, it will be there, implacable, impenetrable, unknowable. God has been dethroned.Just how am I supposed to interpret that?? She's operating like everyone is already dead. No fight. No heart. No desperate last hope that maybe there is some way they can all live. She's given up so she goes to kill Evan so everyone else left can see the error of their hopeful ways and give up too. That's what it felt like to me. And it was soooooo annoying. Every time Ringer's pov came up I wanted to stop reading especially bad. But anyway, I was talking about her greatest hits. Ah yes, - bringing a Silencer directly to the people she supposedly cared about. - Pregnancy. Was I the only one who forgot that she even slept with Razor? I still can't even remember when it happened. Maybe you had to squint really hard. Like when Cassie and Evan had sex (I will just revert to my natural reaction: sigh.) You had to squint really hard for that one too. And then you regretted squinting. So all in all when Ringer said those two words my initial reaction (after sighing) was "wait what?" I still don't know why or how her being pregnant contributed to anything at all. I mean... she named the baby after Cassie and we all sniffed for a sec. But beyond that: ???- Suddenly wants to kill Vosh. Um... you were literally just with him. And the whole 'creator' thing just got weirder from there too. I have to stop talking about Ringer. This whole review has been about Ringer and honestly it's giving me a headache. Moving on.Cassie. What on God's green earth even happened to Cassie? And I mean this in two ways. I mean prior-Cassie and noImnotgonnasaythenumber-Cassie. Let's start with prior-Cassie. In the good old days (aka book 1) this girl was kick ass and determined and relatable and all that other good stuff you find in a heroine. Where did that go? Because it wasn't here. Now, I liked Cassie and Evan's relationship. I'm gonna be honest. But this? This was not that. This was... a whole other something that I have a hard time understanding (HA! Kind of like everything else!) All Cassie seemed to do with her POVs was think about boys. Evan and Ben. aw shucks Evan and what-might-have-Ben. Girl. What are you doing? This is the fucking apocalypse! I... andthatsexscenewastrash but anyways. Now for noImnotgonnasaythenumber-Cassie. um......No really. What the fuck? You expect me to believe that the memories of aaaallllllll those people can be put inside one human brain and that human will still be sane enough to do the kind of shit she did afterwards? What? That's not even... Just.And let's not forget Cassie dying. I was supposed to be distraught yes? So sad. Sad enough to cry probably. Nope. I just ... couldn't. Because it was soooooooooooooooo predictable. I'm sad she died, I'm sad about all of them. But really? How typical. It made me more angry than sad. And now Evan. Ah yes, Evan. Everyone-wants-me-dead-because-I-learned-to-love-like-humans-are-supposed-to Evan. I went into this with Evan as my favorite character. Needless to say I was disappointed here as well. All Evan was in this entire book was target practice. What did he actually do? I can't think of anything. Oh wait. He went out and gave himself up to that squad to save Cassie. And then he got turned into a drone and tried to kill her. Anything else? Nope. Target practice. I won't talk about Sam because all he did was annoy the fuck out of me. Please sit the fuck down corporal you're six. Smh. This is not how six year old's think. I can't even put into words how unrealistic. I just can't. Ben was the only acceptable person in this book. The shit he did I understood. He had common sense, dedication, love, basic human decency, hope. I never cared for Ben much in books one and two. But in this one he provided much needed relief from everyone else. My thoughts on the plot?Hmmm...Drinking game. Every time you see the words 'seven billion' take a shot. Hangover will be 100That's all I got man. That's all I got. So this review turned out to be a lot more negative than originally planned. My rating stays at 3 stars. I'm sorry I just can't give it more. I want to give it less, but I am a generous person. (After further thought turns out I'm not quite generous enough. 2 stars it is... I still almost feel like that's being nice.)

Because heres the thing: seeing yourself through anothers eyes shifts your center of gravity. It doesnt change the way you look at yourself. It changes the way you look at the world. Not the you. The everything-but-you. I am so dissapointed in this book/ series. The Last Star was 200 pages of verbosity. I am sorry but it really was.This series started out great, I loved The 5th Wave but it got worse and worse. I still don't understand WHY? Why all this? Why the waves and why the killings? This may sounds a bit harsh but this one thing keeps bugging me; The author keeps talking about humanity, hope and humanity all over again, how to kill humanity, how to destroy love blah blah. Okay I get it you're trying to write something DEEP but it's just gets annoying and boring after one point. Cassie was unbearable in this book. She kept complaining and getting angry for no reason, basically she acted like a 5 year old whose mom didn't buy her a candy. Evan was like a lost puppy but in a bad way. I didn't care for these two till one certain point. Another flaw in this book is Sam's POV. HE'S A 5 YEAR OLD! He shouldn't be able to think and do the things he does even if the world goes shit around him. Very unrealistic.The only characters that make this book bearble for me is Ringer and Ben Parrish, at least they still rock.It will seem funny after all this negative talk however I loved the ending, it almost brought tears to my eyes, almost...The 5th wave was really good but after last 2 books I don't know what to think about this series anymore. Sorry...