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The 5th Wave

By: Rick Yancey
Narrated by: Brandon Espinoza, Phoebe Strole
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Publisher's summary

The Passage meets Ender's Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey.

After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one.

Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth's last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker.

Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie's only hope for rescuing her brother - or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

©2013 Rick Yancey (P)2013 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"Gripping!" (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

"Nothing short of amazing!" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review)

"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." (Booklist, starred review)

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A pretty good read!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

This reminds me of the Host BUT its good!! It's not 5,000 pages of boring emptiness. It keeps your attention and isn't pretentious like Ms. Meyers book. I enjoyed the characters and their struggles. A bit of a lovey story was annoying (only bc I don't like them) but was bearable bc it wasn't all frilly and obnoxious again like the Host was bleck! I generally like when books change points of view but for some reason I didn't enjoy that aspect in this book I liked Cassie's POV and found myself enjoying those chapters more than others. All in all s good book but not something I will obsess about!

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AMAZING!!!

Absolutely loved this book! Great story, great narrative. Hope the movie can live up to this!

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Worth the read.

The narration was done well. Very clear. As a story, the information was put together very well. This was a easy book to follow along and interact within the story.

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Recommended

Great narration and great story. I wish the story went on a little bit longer. Left me wondering a few things. Is there going to be a part 2?

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Great story

Very well written has to stay up late to finish hearing the end can't wait to listen to the next one

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pretty good. i wasn't expecting a love story.

when i purchased this audio book i was expecting something totally different. like a independence day or full on apocalypse action packed book. wasn't expecting a love story. still pretty good with a decent amount of action.

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very gripping, love the twist

both readers are great, sell the feelings of the characters. can't wait to start the next book!

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Target audience: teenagers

I listened to it because I payed for it and it was pretty good as far as the plot and action but unless you want teen romance don't buy.

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Pleasantly surprised!

I'm not a big a sci-fi fan but this was more about relationships and what makes us human. Who the aliens where reminded me of the host.

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Movie or Book

This book is amazing. I had such high hopes after seeing the movie and the book had blown my hopes away. There is a little bit of a slow intro, but you end up falling in love with this book regardless

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