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The 5th Wave: The Infinite Sea (Book 2)

By: Rick Yancey
Narrated by: Ben Yannette, Phoebe Strole
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For Cassie Sullivan and the rest of Earth's remaining human survivors, the situation was already desperate when the 5th Wave hit. It's about to get worse.
No one yet knows the depths to which Earth's conquerors - the Others - will sink in order to rid the Earth of the human infestation, nor have they guessed the heights to which the human spirit can reach. Characters introduced in Book One will come to the fore - and others will face the ultimate test.

 Science Fiction & Fantasy

Critic Reviews

Wildly entertaining... I couldn't turn the pages fast enough
A modern sci-fi masterpiece... should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires.
Nothing short of amazing
An epic sci-fi adventure about a terrifying alien invasion. You'll read it in one sitting
Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances
A gripping SF trilogy about an Earth decimated by an alien invasion... the question of what it means to be human is at the forefront
This is DAMN and WOW territory. Quite simply, one of the best books I've read in years (Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author.)
This book is scary!
A fantastic read. The 5th Wave is an electrifying page-turner (Kathy Reichs, New York Times bestselling author)
Yancey's heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big heroics and bigger surprises, is part War of the Worlds, part Starship Troopers, part Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and part The Stand . . . a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike.
All stars
Most relevant
no, seriously

who can you trust? noone. not even yourself.

ringer, zombie, Cassie and walker are all back to keep the story alive

ready for the storyline twist?

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great narration loved the story highly recommended for those that loved the first book excellent

reread

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I'm not sure if these books will be a trilogy (or if there will be more) but this one felt like it was doing a lot of building up to the next book. Not only that, but it was very confusing. The author seemed to be reneging on a lot of the things established in the first book. Maybe these will be explained in the next book, but I was left frustrated and as if I wasn't getting it. I also struggled with the narration from the new characters, as I felt Cassies narration was much better. Anyway, after reading the next book, this one might make more sense. Until then, I'm not sure...

Middle book syndrome...

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Middle books of a trilogy usually have a type - no beginning and no end is hard to really nail. Rick Yancey manages it though - it's like this whole series was written as a whole then broken up. This just feels like the second act of a larger novel. I loved it. Again the performance was great - Pheobe is great as Cassie and Ringer. No Brandon this time but Ben sounds so much like him that it didn't change Zombie and Evan's voice all that much. All in all, I continued to love this story and the narration.

The middle book... no syndrome

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Terrible narrators! With an awful storyline, I couldn't even finish it it was so bad.

Terrible

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