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The 5th Wave Box Set
Rick Yancey's blockbuster bestsellers The 5th Wave and its sequel The Infinite Sea are now available in a boxed set—just in time for the release of the major motion picture of The 5th Wave .
In The 5th Wave , Cassie finds herself in a world devastated by alien attack, desperate to save herself and find her lost brother. As the onslaught from the Others—the beings that look human and kill anyone they see—continues, Cassie's mission is to stay alone and stay alive. But then she meets Evan Walker, who may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. Cassie must between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. In The Infinite Sea , the heart-stopping action continues as the situation gets even worse for Cassie and the rest of Earth's remaining human survivors. No one knows the depths to which the Others will sink, nor can they imagine the heights to which the human spirit can reach as they face the ultimate test.
Included in this The 5th Wave , The Infinite Sea
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."— Entertainment Weekly
"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review
"A modern sci-fi masterpiece."— USA Today
In The 5th Wave , Cassie finds herself in a world devastated by alien attack, desperate to save herself and find her lost brother. As the onslaught from the Others—the beings that look human and kill anyone they see—continues, Cassie's mission is to stay alone and stay alive. But then she meets Evan Walker, who may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother--or even saving herself. Cassie must between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. In The Infinite Sea , the heart-stopping action continues as the situation gets even worse for Cassie and the rest of Earth's remaining human survivors. No one knows the depths to which the Others will sink, nor can they imagine the heights to which the human spirit can reach as they face the ultimate test.
Included in this The 5th Wave , The Infinite Sea
"Remarkable, not-to-be-missed-under-any-circumstances."— Entertainment Weekly
"Wildly entertaining . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough."—Justin Cronin, The New York Times Book Review
"A modern sci-fi masterpiece."— USA Today
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Rick Yancey
40 books9,826 followersaka Richard Yancey.
Rick is a native Floridian and a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. He earned a B.A. in English which he put to use as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Inspired and encouraged by his wife, he decided his degree might also be useful in writing books and in 2004 he began writing full-time.
Since then he has launched two critically acclaimed series: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, for young readers, and The Highly Effective Detective, for adults. Both books are set in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Rick lived for ten years before returning to Florida.
Rick is a native Floridian and a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. He earned a B.A. in English which he put to use as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Inspired and encouraged by his wife, he decided his degree might also be useful in writing books and in 2004 he began writing full-time.
Since then he has launched two critically acclaimed series: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, for young readers, and The Highly Effective Detective, for adults. Both books are set in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Rick lived for ten years before returning to Florida.
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May 30, 2024
PRIMA PARTE:
3/5
O carte dinamică, fără abundență de detalii, potrivită vârstei adolescentine, care prezintă omenirea și reacțiile ei în fața unei invazii extraterestre.
Volumul este împărțit în 5 capitole care își schimba vocea naratoare, construind astfel o privirea aproape completă asupra acțiunii. Spun "aproape completă" pentru ca misterul invadatorilor este decopertat treptat, dar fără a a-l anula complet nici în ultimele pagini (având în vedere că e doar primul volum din serie, devine justificabilă această abordare).
Pe alocuri, au existat pasaje contradictorii și unele care au slabit veridicitatea personajelor, a acțiunii și a "posibilului viitor" (prin forțarea unor situații), însă a compensat prin momentele de tensiune plasate în puncte cheie, astfel încât să te determine să continui lectura din pură curiozitate.
A DOUA PARTE:
4/5
A doua parte mi s-a părut mult mai consistentă și stabilă, nu doar prin prisma acțiunii care explodează și abundă în momente de tensiune și schimbări de situație, dar și prin modul de a relata al vocii naratoare, pe care am simțit-o mult mai sigură. Volumul e cărnos în evenimente, bogat în personaje și detalii relevante, asimilându-te întru totul în universul lui Cassie și al lui Ben, zis și Zombie, pe care fluxul întâmplărilor ajunge să-i aducă împreună, nu numai prin trecut, ci și prin prezent, asta după ce fiecare a evoluat individual. Sammy, fratele mai mic al lui Cassie, joacă rolul punctului de coliziune dintre cele două flancuri narative, fiind outsider și insider deopotrivă, pentru fiecare dintre cele două realități ale protagoniștilor.
Invazia extraterestră continua, se revelează al cincilea val, minciunile se descompun sub propria lor greutate, taberele se amestecă, sacrificii mari trebuie făcute pentru scopul final, frici și nesiguranțe reclamă depășirea lor, iar personajele trebuie să se adapteze continuu și să lupte în baza instinctelor de supraviețuire sau să fie trase în torentul de victime.
Cu toate acestea, trebuie să recunosc că pe alocuri au mai fost câteva pasaje absurde, dar, până la urmă, disperarea apocaliptică implică absurdități în reacții și comportamente. Mai discutabile ar fi totuși modul în care au fost construite ultimele fragmente. Acestea par să amputeze firul acțiunii într-o maniera ușor neașteptată și, în același timp, nejustificată pentru cum s-au derulat lucrurile până în acel punct. În schimb, se poate admite că în ciuda acestor aspecte, finalul închide rotund și neted primul volum.
P.S.: Acest prim volum este ecranizat.
3/5
O carte dinamică, fără abundență de detalii, potrivită vârstei adolescentine, care prezintă omenirea și reacțiile ei în fața unei invazii extraterestre.
Volumul este împărțit în 5 capitole care își schimba vocea naratoare, construind astfel o privirea aproape completă asupra acțiunii. Spun "aproape completă" pentru ca misterul invadatorilor este decopertat treptat, dar fără a a-l anula complet nici în ultimele pagini (având în vedere că e doar primul volum din serie, devine justificabilă această abordare).
Pe alocuri, au existat pasaje contradictorii și unele care au slabit veridicitatea personajelor, a acțiunii și a "posibilului viitor" (prin forțarea unor situații), însă a compensat prin momentele de tensiune plasate în puncte cheie, astfel încât să te determine să continui lectura din pură curiozitate.
A DOUA PARTE:
4/5
A doua parte mi s-a părut mult mai consistentă și stabilă, nu doar prin prisma acțiunii care explodează și abundă în momente de tensiune și schimbări de situație, dar și prin modul de a relata al vocii naratoare, pe care am simțit-o mult mai sigură. Volumul e cărnos în evenimente, bogat în personaje și detalii relevante, asimilându-te întru totul în universul lui Cassie și al lui Ben, zis și Zombie, pe care fluxul întâmplărilor ajunge să-i aducă împreună, nu numai prin trecut, ci și prin prezent, asta după ce fiecare a evoluat individual. Sammy, fratele mai mic al lui Cassie, joacă rolul punctului de coliziune dintre cele două flancuri narative, fiind outsider și insider deopotrivă, pentru fiecare dintre cele două realități ale protagoniștilor.
Invazia extraterestră continua, se revelează al cincilea val, minciunile se descompun sub propria lor greutate, taberele se amestecă, sacrificii mari trebuie făcute pentru scopul final, frici și nesiguranțe reclamă depășirea lor, iar personajele trebuie să se adapteze continuu și să lupte în baza instinctelor de supraviețuire sau să fie trase în torentul de victime.
Cu toate acestea, trebuie să recunosc că pe alocuri au mai fost câteva pasaje absurde, dar, până la urmă, disperarea apocaliptică implică absurdități în reacții și comportamente. Mai discutabile ar fi totuși modul în care au fost construite ultimele fragmente. Acestea par să amputeze firul acțiunii într-o maniera ușor neașteptată și, în același timp, nejustificată pentru cum s-au derulat lucrurile până în acel punct. În schimb, se poate admite că în ciuda acestor aspecte, finalul închide rotund și neted primul volum.
P.S.: Acest prim volum este ecranizat.
October 8, 2020
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How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
The brilliance of The 5th Wave was ultimately more in the characterization of the aliens than the people themselves. I think, ultimately, what I just loved about this book was how the others systematically decimated the human population. Told from the perspective of sixteen-year-old Cassie, the novel takes the concepts of fear and manipulation and gives readers the most real characters you could possibly imagine.
It's almost unfathomable, imagining the world in which our characters find themselves. And as we follow Cassie, and later Ben Parrish, through their journeys in the aftermath of the four attacks that have come from whatever entity--which we're left to question and wonder about over and over again in the most intriguing way--and the development of the 5th wave itself, we find ourselves growing deeply attached and hopeful for all the characters involved.
I don't think there was a single moment while reading The 5th Wave where I found myself feeling disappointed with the way things were going. I was intrigued, excited, curious, fascinated, and especially emotional. Yancey manages to throw together a novel filled with an incredibly emotion driven plot while simultaneously giving us invisible villains that are psychologically terrifying. I found myself thinking of how I would respond in the wake of such attacks, and quickly determined that I'm no Cassie Sullivan.
"It isn’t that the lies are too beautiful to resist. It’s that the truth is too hideous to face."
The thing about these books is that I just really love the world, not because I would want to live in it or anything, but rather because it is simply so imaginative. There's something really catching about psychological villains and I think that's something Yancey captures beautifully in this series. The Infinite Sea is the second book in Yancey's The 5th Wave series in which aliens have arrived at our planet and slowly, systematically decimated the human population.
When I read The 5th Wave I was left with so many questions that I simply desperately need answered. The Infinite Sea is no different. For the first time readers find themselves in the heads of a few of the characters from the previous book, as well as reliving the narration of the both Ben and Cassie. There's a lot of action in this book, but ironically very little travel. Where in The 5th Wave, Yancey's characters take us all over the place, The Infinite Sea almost remains entirely in one place, with only three characters ever really moving.
I think, ultimately, that's why a lot of people were somewhat let down by the second book, but I found it somewhat refreshing. I enjoyed getting to know the characters better, particularly Ringer, whose narration we are introduced to early on in the novel. I was desperate to learn more about what had happened to Evan and whether he would return or really was dead. The villains of this series continued to amaze me and each plot twist was fantastic.
I think, perhaps the only irritation I had with The Infinite Sea was solely in the fact that the ending repeated a plot point that was thoroughly unnecessary. It just felt frustrating to read the new events and think, wait...didn't you do this already? Granted, it is a bit different and the actions of Poundcake were heartbreaking and wonderful all at once, but the other piece of the ending ultimately left me annoyed that once again I would have to live on a cliffhanger that I'd already suffered through with the first book.
All in all, though, I did really enjoy reading The Infinite Sea and am currently in the process of reading the third, and final, book in the series.
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How do you rid the Earth of humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.
The brilliance of The 5th Wave was ultimately more in the characterization of the aliens than the people themselves. I think, ultimately, what I just loved about this book was how the others systematically decimated the human population. Told from the perspective of sixteen-year-old Cassie, the novel takes the concepts of fear and manipulation and gives readers the most real characters you could possibly imagine.
It's almost unfathomable, imagining the world in which our characters find themselves. And as we follow Cassie, and later Ben Parrish, through their journeys in the aftermath of the four attacks that have come from whatever entity--which we're left to question and wonder about over and over again in the most intriguing way--and the development of the 5th wave itself, we find ourselves growing deeply attached and hopeful for all the characters involved.
I don't think there was a single moment while reading The 5th Wave where I found myself feeling disappointed with the way things were going. I was intrigued, excited, curious, fascinated, and especially emotional. Yancey manages to throw together a novel filled with an incredibly emotion driven plot while simultaneously giving us invisible villains that are psychologically terrifying. I found myself thinking of how I would respond in the wake of such attacks, and quickly determined that I'm no Cassie Sullivan.
"It isn’t that the lies are too beautiful to resist. It’s that the truth is too hideous to face."
The thing about these books is that I just really love the world, not because I would want to live in it or anything, but rather because it is simply so imaginative. There's something really catching about psychological villains and I think that's something Yancey captures beautifully in this series. The Infinite Sea is the second book in Yancey's The 5th Wave series in which aliens have arrived at our planet and slowly, systematically decimated the human population.
When I read The 5th Wave I was left with so many questions that I simply desperately need answered. The Infinite Sea is no different. For the first time readers find themselves in the heads of a few of the characters from the previous book, as well as reliving the narration of the both Ben and Cassie. There's a lot of action in this book, but ironically very little travel. Where in The 5th Wave, Yancey's characters take us all over the place, The Infinite Sea almost remains entirely in one place, with only three characters ever really moving.
I think, ultimately, that's why a lot of people were somewhat let down by the second book, but I found it somewhat refreshing. I enjoyed getting to know the characters better, particularly Ringer, whose narration we are introduced to early on in the novel. I was desperate to learn more about what had happened to Evan and whether he would return or really was dead. The villains of this series continued to amaze me and each plot twist was fantastic.
I think, perhaps the only irritation I had with The Infinite Sea was solely in the fact that the ending repeated a plot point that was thoroughly unnecessary. It just felt frustrating to read the new events and think, wait...didn't you do this already? Granted, it is a bit different and the actions of Poundcake were heartbreaking and wonderful all at once, but the other piece of the ending ultimately left me annoyed that once again I would have to live on a cliffhanger that I'd already suffered through with the first book.
All in all, though, I did really enjoy reading The Infinite Sea and am currently in the process of reading the third, and final, book in the series.
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April 25, 2019
OVERALL: 4 Stars
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) - 4 Stars
When the aliens came they came in stages and wiped out most of the population of Earth. Now with aliens inhabiting the bodies of some of the remaining humans no one is to be trusted.
The story telling was a bit weird from so many different points of view. I was confused at some points about who was actually narrating a particular section but I think it made the book more suspenseful at the same time.
The romantic in me thinks that the best parts were with Cassie and Evan. I really liked the dynamic between them. Yancey was definitely able to show the conflicting emotions through Cassie's story, I think that was done exceptionally well. All of the emotions coming at once, overwhelming in the situation.
I did not find the overall story to be that sophisticated but I thought it was well written at the same time. It really grabbed the reader into the story making the whole book a fast read.
The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) - 4 Stars
Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible, the little band of fortunates probably won't be so lucky with the next wave.
Still good but not as good as the first one. The narration was still confusing but I like how the story is progressing.
Yancey certainly does not shy away from the blood and gore and death. It makes the story more plausible, the reader is on the edge of their seat never really quite sure what is going to happen or what direction the story is going to go in. I wanted more Cassie time but I was overall happy with the characters.
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) - 4 Stars
When the aliens came they came in stages and wiped out most of the population of Earth. Now with aliens inhabiting the bodies of some of the remaining humans no one is to be trusted.
The story telling was a bit weird from so many different points of view. I was confused at some points about who was actually narrating a particular section but I think it made the book more suspenseful at the same time.
The romantic in me thinks that the best parts were with Cassie and Evan. I really liked the dynamic between them. Yancey was definitely able to show the conflicting emotions through Cassie's story, I think that was done exceptionally well. All of the emotions coming at once, overwhelming in the situation.
I did not find the overall story to be that sophisticated but I thought it was well written at the same time. It really grabbed the reader into the story making the whole book a fast read.
The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) - 4 Stars
Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible, the little band of fortunates probably won't be so lucky with the next wave.
Still good but not as good as the first one. The narration was still confusing but I like how the story is progressing.
Yancey certainly does not shy away from the blood and gore and death. It makes the story more plausible, the reader is on the edge of their seat never really quite sure what is going to happen or what direction the story is going to go in. I wanted more Cassie time but I was overall happy with the characters.
March 31, 2021
i have so much respect for this book
January 27, 2025
Addicting. Would definitely recommend, and was never so engrossed ever since completing the City of Embers series during my early years of primary school!
March 30, 2016
HS Science Fiction
The 5th Wave is sure to be another hit in the YA science fiction realm, with others such as Divergent and The Hunger Games, that is so popular today. The leading character is 16 year-old Cassie, short for her given name Cassiopeia, who has her life turned upside down when aliens attack the Earth. Cassie points out though that the aliens we made up in our imagination are nothing compared to the ‘Others’. “The Others are so far ahead of us, it’s like comparing the dumbest human to the smartest dog. No contest.” And she’s right. These aliens systematically take out the humans without ever touching foot on the planet with a series of waves. The first wave left everything in darkness with the loss of everything electrical, the second wave was a massive bomb which destroyed all the coastlines, the third wave was a nasty virus (pestilence) which killed her mother, and the fourth wave was the infiltration of the enemy amongst them (silencers) which killed her father. All that is left of Cassie’s family is her little brother Sammy, whom she has promised to come and get from the military base in which, unbeknownst to her, is the dawn of the 5th wave. Trust becomes the main theme of this book. The 5th Wave eliminates all trust. Cassie must survive if she is to reach her brother but when she is shot by a ‘silencer’ it looks as if all is lost. She is rescued though by Ethan, a too-good-to-be-true and very handsome teenage farm boy, but can Cassie trust him when she has learned that to survive she can trust no one. Other characters such as Ben, her high school crush with past memories that will leave you giggling, and a team of kids in warrior training, round out the cast of characters. Author Rick Yancey keeps readers of all ages on the edge of their seats as they read this sci-fi thriller. The intended audience may have been YA but adult readers will enjoy this book too. I know I did and have already started the sequel The Infinite Sea. Awards & honors include - Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2014 Booklist Best Fiction for Young Adults, and 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year. Target audience: 9th -Adult.
The 5th Wave is sure to be another hit in the YA science fiction realm, with others such as Divergent and The Hunger Games, that is so popular today. The leading character is 16 year-old Cassie, short for her given name Cassiopeia, who has her life turned upside down when aliens attack the Earth. Cassie points out though that the aliens we made up in our imagination are nothing compared to the ‘Others’. “The Others are so far ahead of us, it’s like comparing the dumbest human to the smartest dog. No contest.” And she’s right. These aliens systematically take out the humans without ever touching foot on the planet with a series of waves. The first wave left everything in darkness with the loss of everything electrical, the second wave was a massive bomb which destroyed all the coastlines, the third wave was a nasty virus (pestilence) which killed her mother, and the fourth wave was the infiltration of the enemy amongst them (silencers) which killed her father. All that is left of Cassie’s family is her little brother Sammy, whom she has promised to come and get from the military base in which, unbeknownst to her, is the dawn of the 5th wave. Trust becomes the main theme of this book. The 5th Wave eliminates all trust. Cassie must survive if she is to reach her brother but when she is shot by a ‘silencer’ it looks as if all is lost. She is rescued though by Ethan, a too-good-to-be-true and very handsome teenage farm boy, but can Cassie trust him when she has learned that to survive she can trust no one. Other characters such as Ben, her high school crush with past memories that will leave you giggling, and a team of kids in warrior training, round out the cast of characters. Author Rick Yancey keeps readers of all ages on the edge of their seats as they read this sci-fi thriller. The intended audience may have been YA but adult readers will enjoy this book too. I know I did and have already started the sequel The Infinite Sea. Awards & honors include - Carnegie Medal Nominee, 2014 Booklist Best Fiction for Young Adults, and 2014 Children's Choice Book Awards Finalist for Teen Book of the Year. Target audience: 9th -Adult.
May 24, 2019
The 5th wave by Rick Yancey is science fiction about how aliens come to earth trying to wipe out the population by natural disasters, disease or turning against one another. The thing that surprised me in the book was understanding what Cassie at a young age, was going through with her parents dying and her brother taken from her. The book is hard to understand based on her going back and forth on the experience how things happened in the present to the past but its crazy how it the aliens just came out of nowhere. In my opinion I really like this book and I would recommend it based on how interesting and how detailed it is and how independent and mature Cassie became from her brother being taken to kill other humans. Also how the government took the kids into the army and trying to make the kids think that other humans were aliens and making them turn against one another.
April 9, 2016
The first book was definitely better than the second. There was so much unnecessary drama in the second book and it went off tangent a bit. Can't wait to read the final book in the series and watch the movies.
March 29, 2016
Amazing, Couldn't be any better almost made me cry. The Ending Is sad Because We Don't know if Evan Walker survives....It's Horrible but the rest of the book is amazing and i'm now reading the 2ed book!!
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June 20, 2015
A fantastic sci-fi plot with very complicated twists. Rick Yancey is a phenomenal writer, and these books are amazing!
April 17, 2016
The best part of this box set is that the paperback covers are so high quality they actually feel like velvet. Oh yeah, and the actual stories within the books are pretty great too XD
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