Review | The Infinite Sea (The Fifth Wave #2) by Rick Yancey

The Infinite Sea is the second book in The Fifth Wave series by Rick Yancey. I loved book one, The Fifth Wave and was incredibly excited to read it.

The story picks up right where book one left off. In contrast, however, The Infinite Sea spends more time focusing on the character of Ringer. Readers get to follow Cassie and Evan, as well as Ben in this book, but Ringer’s story definitely takes center stage.

The end of the book had a fairly confusing, but hugely important scene, that after reading three times, I was still unsure of what had just happened. I’ve read through a lot of comments online to see how other readers are interpreting the information that was given, but I’m still somewhat confused. Because of this, I’m giving The Infinite Sea three stars instead of four. It didn’t seem like Yancey intentionally wrote the scene the way he did for a certain effect or as part of the readers journey, it just seemed like a huge bombshell was dropped in the story line, but dropped poorly and in such a way that from what I can gather from others, we’re all very confused.

Overall, I still really liked this book and absolutely recommend the series. I can’t wait to see what happens next with Ringer. I’m also hopeful that Yancey will get things back on track and clearly explain for readers in book three (releasing Fall 2015) who and what the aliens are that have wiped out almost all of humanity.

Parent’s guide:

Sex: some kissing (mild)
Language: some swear words including f-words
Violence: lots of hand/fist and gun violence, explosives that kill people, teenagers and children die in various ways

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Title: The Infinite Sea
Series: The Fifth Wave #2
Author: Rick Yancey
Genre: Science Fiction
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320

How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.

Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds us together is gone. As the 5th Wave rolls across the landscape, Cassie, Ben, and Ringer are forced to confront the Others’ ultimate goal: the extermination of the human race.

Cassie and her friends haven’t seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate.