The 5th Wave: The Infinite Sea (Book 2)
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The Infinite Sea is the second book in the phenomenal and bestselling 5th Wave series by award-winning author, Rick Yancey. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games, Divergent and The Maze Runner*
*The 5th WAVE is now a major film by Sony Pictures, starring Chloe Grace Moretz*
‘Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough’ The New York Times
How do you rid the earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
Cassie Sullivan and her companions lived through the Others’ four waves of destruction. Now, with the human race nearly exterminated and the 5th Wave rolling across the landscape, they face a choice: brace for winter and hope for Evan Walker’s return, or set out in search of other survivors before the enemy closes in. Because the next attack is more than possible – it’s inevitable.
No one can anticipate the depths to which the Others will sink – nor the heights to which humanity will rise . . .
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‘Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances . . . JUST READ IT’ Entertainment Weekly
‘The next HIT’Daily Mail
‘This gut-wrenching sequel to The 5th Wave careens on a violent course of non-stop action.’Publishers Weekly, starred review
‘CHILLING’Sun
‘The pace is RELENTLESS’ Heat
‘A modern sci-fi masterpiece . . . Should do for aliens what Twilight did for vampires.’USA Today
‘ACTION-PACKED’ MTV.com
‘A twisty survival story that borrows elements from romance, horror and dystopian fiction’ Wall Street Journal
‘An epic sci-fi adventure about a terrifying alien invasion. You’ll read it in one sitting’ Bookseller
‘Heartfelt, violent, paranoid epic, filled with big heroics and bigger surprises . . . a sure thing for reviewers and readers alike.’ Booklist (starred review)
‘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’Publishers Weekly
‘Borrow this one from your teen’s nightstand while they’re at school.’People Magazine
*Winner of the 2014 Red House Children’s Book Award
*2014 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year
*A YALSA 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
*A YALSA 2014 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers
*A Booklist 2014 Best Fiction for Young Adults
*A VOYA 2013 Perfect Ten
*An Amazon Best Book of the Year
Books in the series:
The 5th Wave (Book 1)
The Infinite Sea (Book 2)
The Last Star (Book 3)
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Additional information
| Publisher | 1st edition (16 Sept. 2014), Penguin |
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| Language | English |
| Paperback | 336 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 9780141345871 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0141345871 |
| Reading age | 12 – 16 years |
| Dimensions | 12.9 x 2 x 19.8 cm |
by Dani Reviews Things / Love in a time of Feminism
The Infinite Sea continued much like The 5th Wave was. It kicked off bleak and carried on bleak, with a side of “wait, what?” for good measure.
A lot of the focus this time was on Ringer, fleshing her out and giving her more of a backstory and role to play. She was an interesting character, though I still think there’s more to be revealed about her. She acted like she didn’t care, but she actually cared a lot, I think. I also had a personal win moment with her when I guessed her heritage based on her real name (and then proceeded to picture the girl I went to school with who had that same name for the rest of the book). She had a really long part that was all mind games, and while it added to her character and the story’s long game, it was a bit of a slow read.
The weird thing about this book for me was that Ringer and Cassie were very different, but I was able to relate to both of them. Part of me is as pessimistic (we prefer to refer to ourselves as “realists”) as Ringer (basically me in real life), while the other part (the hopeless romantic reader part) wants to trust in love. I like that Yancey was able to create these complex and relatable characters that could represent different parts of ourselves.
The world-building was, as with the first book, very good. The book is pretty depressing, and Yancey crafted the setting and the mood so well to really put you in the same frame of mind, questioning what the point of it all is. I felt like I was right there in the scenes, witnessing and feeling the same combinations of anger, despair, apathy and fleeting moments of hope. I mean, I’m not even joking when I say I can completely understand the logic for the Others behind exterminating humans. When we move into a home, don’t we get rid of pests? Just saying…
The plot was fairly low-key for most of the book. To be fair, this was appropriate given that it played on human fears, anxieties and weaknesses more than cheap action scenes and gore. The point of this book was less about getting your heart pounding and more about completely messing with your head. The last 20% particularly screwed me up. So much was revealed that had me going to my best friend (who’d already read it) with unintelligible, all-capped exclamations.
Overall, I thought the book was slow in parts but ultimately a great read if you don’t necessarily want something happy and easy. Though I liked Cassie in the first book, I know a lot of people didn’t, in which case they might appreciate her relative sparsity in this book. The big reveals in The Infinite Sea have left me grasping for The Last Star, which has thankfully come out as of last month!
by Molly Terry
Guess what? I have a new favourite book of 2016!
Just to let you know, The Infinite Sea is the sequel to The 5th Wave, which I suggest you go and read right now! (You can read my review of The 5th Wave here Movellas.)
“How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.”
I’m just going to jump right into this. I LOVED THIS BOOK. I loved it so much I felt the need to carry it around with me for a little bit once I’d finished. This book tore me down and built me back up.
So yes, this review is going to be me trying to convince everyone in the known universe to read it.
Let’s start at the beginning, shall we?
The prologue drives you right back into the world as though book one never ended. I don’t usually like prologues, but I liked this one because it’s immediately apparent why it’s there. There’s information we need to know that Cassie doesn’t. It’s vital. And that’s why I didn’t hate it. Prologues are far too often just there for no reason. But don’t worry, Rick Yancey, I never doubted you.
Each time a ‘part’ ended, I’d have to jump straight into the next one because I just had to know what happened next! I genuinely have no idea where you’re supposed to put the book down to eat and sleep and stuff. While reading The Infinite Sea, all that stuff seems unimportant somehow.
Again, as with The 5th Wave, I loved Cassie’s narration. She made me laugh. She made me think. She made so much sense. She’s just so spot on and accurate that it hurts a little bit. As well as Cassie, we also get Ringer’s narration which too, is perfect, but in a very different way. They narrate in a totally opposite way, and somehow the narratives compliment each other. Ringer was one of my favourite characters from The 5th Wave, so I was thrilled to get a peek inside her head.
The plot was super-fast and intense, but what else did I expect? It’s real heart-in-your-mouth, fingers-gripping-book, face-getting-closer-to-the-pages stuff. I was 100% involved 100% of the time. When I realised I was getting closer to the end, I wanted to put the book down to make it last longer, but I couldn’t because I couldn’t stop reading for anything.
As well as the incredible plot and characters, there were certain phrases that really jumped up and stuck in my mind. Sometimes they just clicked and everything made so much sense. I found myself agreeing with every revelation about life and death the characters made.
One of my favourite quotes was:
“I didn’t know till then that rage had a taste and it tasted like your own blood.”
It was just so awesome . . . gah. I don’t even have enough words. It was so good, I couldn’t believe it. I laughed. I cried. I read and read and read. It was phenomenal. The 5th Wave was clever, but The Infinite Sea was something else. Rick Yancey is a master of words. I bow down to his power.
Easiest 10/10 I’ve ever given. If anything, it was off the charts.
The Infinite Sea broke me down and rebuilt me. It both killed me and made me want to live. It will stay with me always.
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