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The Passage by Justin Cronin
3.0

I received a free Audacity account for Christmas. Eight credits. This was credit number one. Its main attraction was that it lasted 35 hours. It has kept me entertained for weeks. I have read the book and it was quite interesting to see the difference. It was unabridged and read by Scott Brick. A very consistent reader. Funny how you notice the writer's tics that crop up in such a huge book when you hear them rather than see them. All the horses 'nicker'; they are quite often riding across the 'flat pan'; engines and in some cases eyes 'thrum' etc.

The first 150 pages are excellent. The rest sort of ordinary but interesting storyline. The closing chapters a bit irritating full of Saturday matinee cliffhangers. The end ... meh. Still having said that I have spent my second credit on The Twelve (part 2 of the trilogy). A mere 26 hours. Starting that one in March.