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A review by rac26
The Passage by Justin Cronin
4.0
Susan recommended this. I groaned when I thought it was a vampire theme (about page 6), but it is really a plague-survival story. The alternative universe will provoke thought. Bad guys are bad. I think the good guys are good. The rest of us just struggle every day ...
Best bits: How the community evolved to survive. The need for light and electricity and security and secrecy for the kinders ... and a no-tolerance approach to those who broke the rules.
Bits for improvement: How those who broke the rules got away with it! Okay, okay ... the way people died and then kept reappearing (and not as virals either ... although that would be an interesting twist). People who die should stay dead. Mr Cronin needs to introduce more characters (if at all possible).
I look forward to the next two books in the series despite the plot and character difficulties towards the end. It plodded ever-so-slightly.
Best bits: How the community evolved to survive. The need for light and electricity and security and secrecy for the kinders ... and a no-tolerance approach to those who broke the rules.
Bits for improvement: How those who broke the rules got away with it! Okay, okay ... the way people died and then kept reappearing (and not as virals either ... although that would be an interesting twist). People who die should stay dead. Mr Cronin needs to introduce more characters (if at all possible).
I look forward to the next two books in the series despite the plot and character difficulties towards the end. It plodded ever-so-slightly.