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The 5th Wave

By: Rick Yancey
Narrated by: Phoebe Strole, Brandon Espinoza
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The downloadable, digital audiobook edition of Rick Yancey’s gripping epic, read by the actors Phoebe Strole and Brandon Espinoza.

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: Trust no one. Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave.

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, until Cassie meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan may be her only hope for rescuing her brother and even saving herself. Now she must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up. Cassie Sullivan gets up.

©2013 Rick Yancey (P)2013 Penguin Audio Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction Fiction

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this book was incredibly read the speakers had me hooked. Once I started I couldn't stop I felt like I was there with them! I highly recommended this book

My first audible book!

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Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Not sure, it's a good story but I only enjoyed Cassie's part of the narration and found the other half to be boring.

Would you be willing to try another book from Rick Yancey? Why or why not?

When I listened to the first part of this I was already searching for the sequel but having finished now I'm not sure I would bother with it.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes, but the female narrator was far superior and I felt drawn into the character of Cassie. The first person narration helped.

Could you see The 5th Wave being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

Yes I think it could easily be a film for young adults.

Any additional comments?

Overall a decent story but I only loved half of it - the female narrated parts telling Caaie's story. I can see why the writer split the story - so we get a different perspective on things, but really I would rather have just followed Cassie for the whole story. I found her story moving and believable.

Could have been much better

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we listened to this audiobook as a family (boys aged 12 & 9) and everyone was captured by the story!

Good storyline

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Amazing story, loved it so much! Both narrators did a great job and was well worth it

Great story, great narrator

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Good plot with a few twists well read looking forward to the movie now and the last book in the saga to be released as an audiobook.

Good story kept me gripped

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absolutely loved this book, especially when it got near the end. everything got so intense and i couldnt take my earphones out for a moment, not to miss a single word.

intense

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Very good story and especially good if you like End of the World, Mystery and Tech. Tell the story though many of the characters perspectives. I loved it so much I am going to buy the sequel

Great read

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Wasn't expecting much here as it's not something I would normally listen to and it was a sale item. But I enjoyed it and recommend it.

Enjoyable and a bit different.

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I watched the film before I listened to this, and I thought it was fine, so I was excited to read the book. I have to say, it has a very strong beginning. It does a good job at introducing Cassie and setting up the dangers she will face later on. The relationship she has with her little brother Sam is very heartwarming and you can really understand her motivation to save him from the ‘Others’, and I found her heroism very admirable and inspiring. The writing for the beginning is very strong, and it’s always interesting seeing a genre like ‘apocalyptic world’ in a new and unique way. However, the middle is when it starts to become a depressing ride. It’s not that it’s badly written, far from it, but it really drags and when the narrator (who I think really does a good job at telling the story), changes to some other guy to voice her love interest, Ben, I found his part of the story really boring to be honest, as I found Cassie’s story far more interesting. To conclude, I have mixed feelings on this book. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it, I just thought it could’ve been something better. I might skip the sequels, which is a shame, because I love sequels and Sci-Fi.

strong beginning

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I had watched the movie first and was disappointed there had not been a sequel. I was curious to know how the story played out. I really enjoyed the novel. It's much darker than the movie and with some differences to the storyline like most novels made into films. Having the 2 narrators really added to it. I look forward to the next book.

Much darker than the movie

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