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A review by flightyzeus
The Passage by Justin Cronin
4.0
This is a difficult book to review. There's so much to it, and it felt like I read about 6 different books in one big volume. There's a big jump in timeline after the first section, and the pacing/genre almost changed entirely. This was a bit jarring at first, as I really loved the early story, and didn't immediately connect to the new characters.
What was also unusual, was how sometimes things would be mentioned/explored, only to seem insignificant as they're not returned to... But then literally hundreds of pages later, they'll tie back into the plot.
Aside from the clunkiness at times, I really enjoyed reading this. Usually with large books, I tend to take breaks, and read other books inbetween. But with this, I just wanted to keep going. The overall story reminded me of the Walking Dead or[b:Firestarter|233667|Firestarter|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1394208032s/233667.jpg|1803] in the earlier sections. Even though elements of the story are very separated, it was still so well written. Each paragraph is incredibly descriptive, and vividly imagined.
I've no idea where book 2 and 3 will go with the story (as it was really hard to decipher what was going to happen next in this one alone...) but I hope they're as engrossing as this.
What was also unusual, was how sometimes things would be mentioned/explored, only to seem insignificant as they're not returned to... But then literally hundreds of pages later, they'll tie back into the plot.
Aside from the clunkiness at times, I really enjoyed reading this. Usually with large books, I tend to take breaks, and read other books inbetween. But with this, I just wanted to keep going. The overall story reminded me of the Walking Dead or[b:Firestarter|233667|Firestarter|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1394208032s/233667.jpg|1803] in the earlier sections. Even though elements of the story are very separated, it was still so well written. Each paragraph is incredibly descriptive, and vividly imagined.
I've no idea where book 2 and 3 will go with the story (as it was really hard to decipher what was going to happen next in this one alone...) but I hope they're as engrossing as this.