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A review by arggimapirate
The Passage by Justin Cronin
3.0
I enjoyed The Passage - it had an original take on a classic story, it had multiple stories within the story spanning decades, covering both the pre- and post-apocalyptic events, and it had a map which is basically a guarantee that I will love a book.
Despite all the positives, I had trouble really feeling engaged with this book. For a book filled with high tension, action packed scenes, it took me waaaay too long to read. And knowing that it's part of a trilogy, I find myself struggling to decide if I'm really interested enough in reading potentially thousands of more pages.
The first book moves slowly through time, shifting major characters which can be a blessing when you're running low on interest with any given set of individuals. But I think, based on where this books ends, that we have finally hit the core group of people who will carry the rest of this trilogy. Knowing the task ahead of them, I'm finding myself even more disinterested in following through.
A lot remains unexplained at this point in the story - frustrating after close to 800 pages - and I'm just not sure I can plod through two more of these.
This may also be a symptom of post-apocalyptic, dystopian fiction overload. How many stories can one person read/watch about people trekking through dangerous wastelands without inevitably comparing them or just tiring of them altogether?
Okay, it sounds like I'm pretty negative about this book, but I do think it earns three stars for the richly imagined worlds, characters, and social structures Cronin has created. And who knows? Give me a couple of months and I may feel ready to jump back in to this world again.
Despite all the positives, I had trouble really feeling engaged with this book. For a book filled with high tension, action packed scenes, it took me waaaay too long to read. And knowing that it's part of a trilogy, I find myself struggling to decide if I'm really interested enough in reading potentially thousands of more pages.
The first book moves slowly through time, shifting major characters which can be a blessing when you're running low on interest with any given set of individuals. But I think, based on where this books ends, that we have finally hit the core group of people who will carry the rest of this trilogy. Knowing the task ahead of them, I'm finding myself even more disinterested in following through.
A lot remains unexplained at this point in the story - frustrating after close to 800 pages - and I'm just not sure I can plod through two more of these.
This may also be a symptom of post-apocalyptic, dystopian fiction overload. How many stories can one person read/watch about people trekking through dangerous wastelands without inevitably comparing them or just tiring of them altogether?
Okay, it sounds like I'm pretty negative about this book, but I do think it earns three stars for the richly imagined worlds, characters, and social structures Cronin has created. And who knows? Give me a couple of months and I may feel ready to jump back in to this world again.