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nwhikerI just finished The Passage by Justin Cronin.
I listened to the book on CD. It was 29 disks. This is not a short book.
I'll white font anything too spoilerish.
A quick summary. The US Army has a new project. The project goes awry. Very much so. The world, as we know it, is done for. The first part of the book is about the end of one world. The next part... is about what comes next. You want dystopian? In spades, folks. In spades.
Vampires, yes, but nothing like the ones in current fiction (Edward -cough- would not last 10 seconds in this book), and nothing like the ones of yesteryear either. Closer to zombies in some ways, but not quite either. But scary. Most definitely scary.
It was a long book with lots of stuff happening. People praised the language, I personally found it a bit... overwrought at times. I wish I could remember specific examples of vocabulary that I expect to see in bad fan fiction, not a published novel. The book was perhaps longer than it should have been, but on CD that wasn't too bad.
Some of the bits were much too predictable, to be honest, and he used and over-used one specific type of event, to where I almost got to expect it. (I don't even want to white font this because it's too spoilerish, so I won't say anything more).
It's book 1 of a planned trilogy, which is good, for a 29 CD/800 page book, it ends rather abruptly.
The first part -he has loads of Parts, I mean narratives- of the book was heartbreakingly good. A few long spots, but the character development was good. He relies on flashbacks, which can be annoying at times when you're wondering what happens next, but still.
The second part, the part that deals with the dystopian What's Next? was good. I never got quite as attached to any of the second series of characters as I did one of the first, so that was rough, but overall the story was compelling, the action good, the voices rang true, if not always... deep. They were kind of interchangeable in some ways.
I cried. Once, towards the beginning, and again towards the end. Both times at aching sadness that nothing can make better.
So not Great literature, but definitely a good read if you want a long book with a compelling story, don't mind waiting (whimper..) for the sequels, and like dystopian future tales. I do, I enjoyed.
A word of warning. I did listen to this on CD, but not while the kids were in the car. This is NOT safe for kids, it's too violent, too bloody, too... well, quite frankly too scary, too dystopian. I'd hesitate to let AC listen.
I listened to the book on CD. It was 29 disks. This is not a short book.
I'll white font anything too spoilerish.
A quick summary. The US Army has a new project. The project goes awry. Very much so. The world, as we know it, is done for. The first part of the book is about the end of one world. The next part... is about what comes next. You want dystopian? In spades, folks. In spades.
Vampires, yes, but nothing like the ones in current fiction (Edward -cough- would not last 10 seconds in this book), and nothing like the ones of yesteryear either. Closer to zombies in some ways, but not quite either. But scary. Most definitely scary.
It was a long book with lots of stuff happening. People praised the language, I personally found it a bit... overwrought at times. I wish I could remember specific examples of vocabulary that I expect to see in bad fan fiction, not a published novel. The book was perhaps longer than it should have been, but on CD that wasn't too bad.
Some of the bits were much too predictable, to be honest, and he used and over-used one specific type of event, to where I almost got to expect it. (I don't even want to white font this because it's too spoilerish, so I won't say anything more).
It's book 1 of a planned trilogy, which is good, for a 29 CD/800 page book, it ends rather abruptly.
The first part -he has loads of Parts, I mean narratives- of the book was heartbreakingly good. A few long spots, but the character development was good. He relies on flashbacks, which can be annoying at times when you're wondering what happens next, but still.
The second part, the part that deals with the dystopian What's Next? was good. I never got quite as attached to any of the second series of characters as I did one of the first, so that was rough, but overall the story was compelling, the action good, the voices rang true, if not always... deep. They were kind of interchangeable in some ways.
I cried. Once, towards the beginning, and again towards the end. Both times at aching sadness that nothing can make better.
So not Great literature, but definitely a good read if you want a long book with a compelling story, don't mind waiting (whimper..) for the sequels, and like dystopian future tales. I do, I enjoyed.
A word of warning. I did listen to this on CD, but not while the kids were in the car. This is NOT safe for kids, it's too violent, too bloody, too... well, quite frankly too scary, too dystopian. I'd hesitate to let AC listen.
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