I loved the first book and more or less disliked the second one. This part though … the first half was as hard to read as ”The Infinite Sea“. There was some kind of plot but I didn‘t see the sense in it. One could have written so many more interesting plot lines than the one we got here. After the first book I was hoping for more revealings and more mysterious happenings but the story drifted into character brawls in the group dynamic. So many unnecessary things happened. Sure the plot makes sense and is logic in itself but it‘s simply boring. This is a story about an alien invasion! An ALIEN invasion! Imagine all the mysterious, cool storylines that could have happened. But no. Instead we get Vosch and Ringer … Seriously? Ringer got better in the second half. As well as the plot. I liked the ending, especially how Cassie finally played the major role after her character was mostly shoved aside in book two and three. After the rather boring storyline, the end was rather refreshing because for the characters I mostly cared about, it‘s final. I would have been more interested in Evan‘s story. What happened to the other silencers after the mothership exploded. The writing style was alright!

Nach den ersten 50 Seiten fragte ich mich, ob eigentlich irgendetwas passiert wäre. Der Autor schreibt sehr verschlüsselt seine Gedanken in unangenehm überzogener Weise, dass ich sehr froh war den letzten Satz erreicht zu haben. die Geschichte an sich ist gut, die erzählweise zu langgezogen und gezwungen dramatisch.