The Infinite Noise

Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Contemporary

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Lauren Shippen

Lauren Shippen's The Infinite Noise is a stunning, original debut novel based on her wildly popular and award-winning podcast The Bright Sessions.Caleb Michaels is a sixteen-year-old champion running back. Other than that his life is pretty normal. But when Caleb starts experiencing mood swings that are out of the ordinary for even a teenager, his life moves beyond “typical.”Caleb is an Atypical, an individual with enhanced abilities. Which sounds pretty cool except Caleb's ability is extreme empathy—he feels the emotions of everyone around him. Being an empath in high school would be hard enough, but Caleb's life becomes even more complicated when he keeps getting pulled into the emotional orbit of one of his classmates, Adam. Adam's feelings are big and all-consuming, but they fit together with Caleb's feelings in a way that he can't quite understand.Caleb's therapist, Dr. Bright, encourages Caleb to explore this connection by befriending Adam. As he and Adam grow closer, Caleb learns more about his ability, himself, his therapist—who seems to know a lot more than she lets on—and just how dangerous being an Atypical can be.“What if the X-Men, instead of becoming superheroes, decided to spend some time in therapy?” (Vox on The Bright Sessions)At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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Author

Lauren Shippen

Pages

336

Publisher

Tor Publishing Group

Published Date

2019-09-24

ISBN

1250297524 9781250297525

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"Dry and a little boring. I struggled to finish it. "

Zenith

"10/10 one of my favorite lgbtq+ books- everything about the story is so sweet and honestly at some points made me cry. I recommend listening to the audio book as well if you haven't, their voices were amazing."

Nero

"I am an autistic person who is an empath (low situational empathy but I tend to feel what others feel if I’m around them for too long. Likely started by my chameleon instincts [aka masking]. Walking contradiction, I know—). Although Caleb is not confirmed to be autistic, I found myself relating to him on a deeper level than I have to a character in a long time, as his strange relationship with emotion made me feel a little less alone in my experience. "

Jaxon Torres

"“So, for example, if your emotions are yellow and Adam's are blue, you get green."<br/>"Right, yeah." I nod, relieved that she understands. "Yeah, and with him, it's like everything becomes green.“<br/>⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️<br/>This was one of the sweetest stories I’ve read in a long time. Caleb and Adam’s relationship was so incredibly heartwarming. I was honestly rooting for them to be together after just the second chapter. They were both such dynamic characters on their own, so together it was hard to remember that these weren’t actual people and just characters I was reading about. Even some of the side characters, such as Chloe, were insanely complex and left me wanting to know them better. On top of that, the world this story take place in itself is incredibly fascinating as well. The idea of people who aren’t necessarily ‘superheroes’ but who have elevated abilities was so intriguing to me. Caleb’s ability of elevated empathy was especially captivating. His color theory of other people’s emotions was so beautiful and uniquely unlike anything else I’ve ever read. Caleb and Adam are officially one of my absolute favorite fictional couples."

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Cailin Zoltak

"This book gives such great insight into the characters from The Bright Sessions podcast, while telling a story all its own. I love these characters and the way they navigate their world together."