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The Passage
by Justin Cronin
This book is extremely dark and very weird and you’ll find yourself in a weird headspace afterwards. And it sags a bit in the middle to the point where you’ll start to wonder if you should even bother continuing to read it or if you should just give up. But stick with it. Trust me.
This is a book about vampires but the vampires are barely in it. Take a large dash of Stephen King, mix in some Cormac McCarthy, sprinkle in Station Eleven, and add just a slight helping of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Walking Dead and you might get a sense of just what this book is going for.
This book is more about the survivors of a vampire outbreak and the community they form to survive. And it is also about government experiments gone wrong and the disastrous effects of playing God. There’s some really interesting religious imagery in here that causes all kinds of thought provoking questions. This is by no means an easy book to read. In terms of its length and in terms of its themes. If you’re looking for a book that you can fully immerse yourself in and spend hours with, this is the book for you. I really appreciated how many strong female characters there were. Especially considering the author is a white straight man! He could have very easily given us some cliched female caricatures but he doesn’t go for the easy route. He chooses to give us fully fleshed out and deeply complex female characters. I appreciated that and it was an unexpected highlight of this book.
I didn’t quite know what to expect with this book. I knew it was about vampires. And it is, sort of. But it also isn’t about that at all. This is definitely not Twilight so leave your expectations behind when you start this. And be prepared to spend hours with this book. Trust me, you’ll need them! I’m already looking forward to reading the rest of the series!
This is a book about vampires but the vampires are barely in it. Take a large dash of Stephen King, mix in some Cormac McCarthy, sprinkle in Station Eleven, and add just a slight helping of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Walking Dead and you might get a sense of just what this book is going for.
This book is more about the survivors of a vampire outbreak and the community they form to survive. And it is also about government experiments gone wrong and the disastrous effects of playing God. There’s some really interesting religious imagery in here that causes all kinds of thought provoking questions. This is by no means an easy book to read. In terms of its length and in terms of its themes. If you’re looking for a book that you can fully immerse yourself in and spend hours with, this is the book for you. I really appreciated how many strong female characters there were. Especially considering the author is a white straight man! He could have very easily given us some cliched female caricatures but he doesn’t go for the easy route. He chooses to give us fully fleshed out and deeply complex female characters. I appreciated that and it was an unexpected highlight of this book.
I didn’t quite know what to expect with this book. I knew it was about vampires. And it is, sort of. But it also isn’t about that at all. This is definitely not Twilight so leave your expectations behind when you start this. And be prepared to spend hours with this book. Trust me, you’ll need them! I’m already looking forward to reading the rest of the series!