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ellenhard 's review for:
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
hmmmm. many thoughts. i need to circle back to this one. first impression, i don’t love how much the author yanks you around to create suspense. two, oddly religious.
edit: after coming back to this review, this is what i think. i was entranced by the premise, and really loved the first half of the book.
it was as if the characters couldn't catch a break, so i wasn't even sure about who to care about anymore. that's when the more "unexplainable" things began to happen, and i hated basically every decision the author made from there. killing off hightop AFTER the escape?? theo was magically saved or something from his attacker?? AMY GOT RID OF ALL THE VIALS?? the ENTIRE colony DIED?? the colony we had spent around 500 pages reading about?? just hit after hit man. and the point of it all was that amy was the vessel or something, and could allow the shades to pass on to the next life? how does that help?? they're all dead still! it just wasn't very satisfying, in my opinion, and left a really bad taste in my mouth.
in conclusion, i liked half of this book. i loved anything to do with brad, the best/ most interesting character (he deserved more time, damn you). i did not enjoy the second half, and have 0 desire to read a sequel. good lord, this 700+ page behemoth doesn't need any follow ups!
edit: after coming back to this review, this is what i think. i was entranced by the premise, and really loved the first half of the book.
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it started to go downhill after the end of the world occurred, and i just didn't care as much after that.it was as if the characters couldn't catch a break, so i wasn't even sure about who to care about anymore. that's when the more "unexplainable" things began to happen, and i hated basically every decision the author made from there. killing off hightop AFTER the escape?? theo was magically saved or something from his attacker?? AMY GOT RID OF ALL THE VIALS?? the ENTIRE colony DIED?? the colony we had spent around 500 pages reading about?? just hit after hit man. and the point of it all was that amy was the vessel or something, and could allow the shades to pass on to the next life? how does that help?? they're all dead still! it just wasn't very satisfying, in my opinion, and left a really bad taste in my mouth.
in conclusion, i liked half of this book. i loved anything to do with brad, the best/ most interesting character (he deserved more time, damn you). i did not enjoy the second half, and have 0 desire to read a sequel. good lord, this 700+ page behemoth doesn't need any follow ups!