The 5th Wave

This is one of those books that switches perspectives between different characters periodically. The audiobook uses two different readers, which helps narrow down whose section you're in. The main two perspectives are the Girl and the Boy.

We start with the Girl and miles of flashbacks. I found Girl tedious. She's not accomplishing anything, just surviving and emoting about how much her situation sucks. About twenty percent through the book, it abruptly switches to Boy, which feels weird by then. But Boy actually does stuff and learns stuff about the situation. He interacts with people! I don't usually read male perspective YA books but this time it's way better. There are a couple other perspectives in small doses.

The story is okay but there's zero conclusion at the end of the first book (typical YA trilogy style).