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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Well, I finished this trilogy about 10 years after I started it. I liked book 1, liked book 2 a bit less, and then found book 3 to be a miss. I was mad at the 1o0 pages of random backstory in The Twelve, and then Cronin did the EXACT same thing in City of Mirrors. I didn't really need 100+ pages of zero's backstory in an already extremely long book.
I also disliked the heavily religious dream sequences, the seemly random child abuse, and the romance (I fully cringed through all the weird romantic purgatory sequences). If all of the dream sequences were taken out, and the book shortened by 200 or so pages (which honestly, if they were removed along with the backstory- that's 200 pages right there) then I think it would have been quite a bit more enjoyable. I think I'm mostly just mad because it had a great deal of potential and Cronin can write a great action sequence.
I'd recommend just reading book 1 and leaving it there because The Passage was in my opinion the best of the trilogy, just pass on books 2 and 3.
I also disliked the heavily religious dream sequences, the seemly random child abuse, and the romance (I fully cringed through all the weird romantic purgatory sequences). If all of the dream sequences were taken out, and the book shortened by 200 or so pages (which honestly, if they were removed along with the backstory- that's 200 pages right there) then I think it would have been quite a bit more enjoyable. I think I'm mostly just mad because it had a great deal of potential and Cronin can write a great action sequence.
I'd recommend just reading book 1 and leaving it there because The Passage was in my opinion the best of the trilogy, just pass on books 2 and 3.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Completes the trilogy and wraps things up neatly. Found it interesting that my favorite of the book involved the love story that is NOT set after the virus wipes out humanity. Did not really enjoy the last 30 pages or so, but based on the flash forwards in the first two books I guess it was necessary.
The second book wasn't nearly as great as the first. I wanted to finish the series though. I just wasn't interested enough at this time to continue.
Amazing. I restarted the series from the beginning and was blown away by the last book. It tied everything together perfectly. Bittersweet, uplifting and sad. Possibly my favorite trilogy of all time.