Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Predictions Debriefing *Spoilers if you haven't read Infinite Sea Yet*

     I thought it might be cool to revisit my predictions and see which came true!

1) There will most likely be a fight between Cassie and Ringer.  Even at the end of the first book, Cassie had some animosity towards her.

     Confirmed.  Cassie and Ringer aren't exactly best friends and also had several fights.

2) The mother-ship left towards a larger base that will end up being a huge factor in this book.  Either that or they are deploying the rest of the kids in crucial areas.

     Partially true.  The bomb kids were a factor and there were other bases/Camp Havens.

3) There will be a sixth wave, possibly on a global scale.  Based on the title and cover art, I feel like water (duh) may be involved, although as stated in my previous posts, the "infinite sea" could be a metaphor.  But for example, the Others could heat up the atmosphere and melt all of the polar ice caps.  This could be catastrophic for the crew (Cassie, Ben, Ringer, Sammy, Dumbo ect.).  Not only would this once again increase the sea level, but temperatures would also rise.

     Wrong.

4) Evan will return changed.  Much like the Hunger Games, I feel like Evan could be comparable to Peeta and *SPOILER ALERT* may actually be turned against the "good" side, much like how Peeta was brainwashed in Mockingjay.  I don't really have any evidence to support this but it is sort of a gut feeling I have.

     Wrong.  Although he did return so there's that.

5) We will learn more about the Others.  So much about them is currently unknown and I think we all are hoping for some answers.

     Yes.  We learned more about their motives and purpose here.  We also learned more about the pasts of Evan and other sleeper agents.

6) There are other species of aliens involved.  Also another gut instinct.  Based on my experience with books of this nature, the antagonists generally are not working alone and this usually comes as a shock to the protagonists.  The antagonists are part of a larger picture.

     Wrong.  But not ruled out entirely.

7) The book will end on a cliffhanger.  If this series ends up as a trilogy, the second installment usually ends on a massive, point-of-no-return cliffhanger.

     Eh.  I wouldn't call it massive but yeah there was a cliff hanger.

8) Sammy turns against Cassie.  Another gut instinct.  He will put more of his trust in Ben or Ringer.

     Confirmed.  Sammy doesn't seem as attached to Cassie anymore and sometimes I think his loyalties lied with Zombie.

9) Another member of the crew will die.  My money is on Poundcake.  However, before he passes, I think we will find out a bit more about his past.

     Absolutely true.  And what a back story that was.  I wonder, which came first in Yancey's mind?  Poundcake's name or his back story?

10) The crew will find another group of survivors, real survivors.

     Eh, not really.  Although other survivors were mentioned, the group had no real interaction with them.

     So that's it!  50% accuracy?  I would call that decent.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

*SPOILERS* The Infinite Sea Full Book Review

     Well.

     Let's just clarify a few things, shall we?  Please let me know if I'm wrong, since so much was going on in the last few chapters.


  1. Ringer is enhanced.
  2. Poundcake is dead.
  3. Evan is dead.
  4. Razor is shot.
  5. The Others actually have a plan (or so we think)
     Overall, I enjoyed the pacing of the book.  I will admit that it was a bit slow in the beginning, but once the action picked up it remained constant and page-turning.

     Cassie.  Where did she go?  Most of the book was told in Ringer's point of view.  Though I enjoyed this, I liked reading in Cassie's POV better.  Plus I feel like this story is about Cassie's journey.  Some of the action sequences were very fast and almost comic-book like (minus the "pows" and "cracks").  The action jumped around and you had to keep a close eye on the characters.  Grace was... huh... interesting.  I wish there was a little more information about her.  I feel like she was dropped in and then blam, she was gone again.

     I think the writing was excellent, although the whole "infinite sea" metaphor was dropped way too much.  I think it would've been much more meaningful if it was used once in an emotionally scarring moment.

     My only problem with the plot itself was that the characters didn't go anywhere.  They literally were like "well lets go to this hotel or these caves idk whatever oh okay no hotel lets just chill whatever"  But I guess I can't complain too much.  Ringer still had an epic journey.

     Megan.

     Where the heck did she come from?  It's a very small world indeed.

     I think I was satisfied with this sequel though and it left a bunch of questions in the air that I hope to see answered in the third book!

     I think that's about it for now, although I will be reevaluating my predictions sometime in the near future!

     AND WAIT A SEC.  IS CASSIE GONNA BLOW UP THE MOTHERSHIP?  Because that's the way to do it!

     


*SPOILERS* Halfway Mark Review

     Well I am halfway through The Infinite Sea.  I stay up late last night just to make it to the 50% point.

     My thoughts:

  1. Who the heck is Grace?
  2. Poundcake is evil.  Calling it now.
  3. Ringer.  Teacup.  Where did they go?
     That's all for now!  Sorry its a short post, I'm on a tight schedule today!

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

IT'S HERE! IT'S HERE!!!

     Release day is TODAY!

     The Infinite Sea is getting decent reviews so far so I'm pretty excited to read it.  However, I won't be able to get my hands on it until late Friday night, since I'm busy with school all week.  When I do though, I promise you I'll be staying up to finish, no matter how long it takes (I'm guessing about 3 hours- I'm a fast reader).  When I reach the halfway mark, I'll write a post on my reactions so far, and then another debriefing when I finish.  I'll warn of spoilers in the post title!

     So any final thoughts?
     Will you survive the fifth wave?

Thursday, September 11, 2014

More Videos!

Hey guys, here are some more trailer videos of The Infinite Sea.  Four more days!!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

New Infinite Sea Trailer!

http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/09/04/rick-yancey-the-infinite-sea-trailer-exclusive/

Five more days people!