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jozi_girl 's review for:
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
I absolutely devoured the part 1 of this novel. The plot was intriguing; the writing was strong and almost ever chapter ended in a mouth-gaping cliffhanger. The mystery surrounding the experiments kept me guessing with a believable yet supernatural storyline.
I switched off my phone and pretended I was not at home just so I could read uninterrupted.
Then I got to part 3…
100 years into the future with brand new characters I simply struggled to connect with. A lot of effort (and pages) were dedicated to this post-apocalyptic world however the pace was very different than part 1 and 2 and with so many new characters, none really stood out and developed fully for me. However I dutifully trudged on reading page after page trying to connect to a character only for them to be killed off. This happened again and again.
The last ¼ of the book, once the expedition reached Vegas, was enjoyable but I never regained that amazed feeling of wanting to read till the sun comes up. Looking back now that I am done, I cannot deny that the storyline and the way most of my questions were answered in the end, is GOOD, but I still think the same story could have been told in a much shorter version.
I switched off my phone and pretended I was not at home just so I could read uninterrupted.
Then I got to part 3…
100 years into the future with brand new characters I simply struggled to connect with. A lot of effort (and pages) were dedicated to this post-apocalyptic world however the pace was very different than part 1 and 2 and with so many new characters, none really stood out and developed fully for me. However I dutifully trudged on reading page after page trying to connect to a character only for them to be killed off. This happened again and again.
The last ¼ of the book, once the expedition reached Vegas, was enjoyable but I never regained that amazed feeling of wanting to read till the sun comes up. Looking back now that I am done, I cannot deny that the storyline and the way most of my questions were answered in the end, is GOOD, but I still think the same story could have been told in a much shorter version.