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The City of Mirrors

(The Passage #3)

Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author)

4.20 · Rating details · 47,175 ratings · 5,005 reviews

The world we knew is gone. What world will rise in its place?

The Twelve have been destroyed and the terrifying hundred-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew—and daring to dream of a hopeful future.

But far from them, in a dead metropolis, he waits: Zero. The First. Fat ...more

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Jul 10, 2016 Rick Riordan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I love Cronin’s epic story about a world destroyed by a virus that creates vampires. This is the third and final volume of his trilogy, so I won’t say much except that it is a worthy conclusion that still leaves possible room for further adventures in this universe. Spanning over a thousand years, the novel takes us back to the origins of the viral outbreak and the man who will become Patient Zero, the first vampire, then zooms forward centuries to the human settlements that have formed after th ...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Michele May rated it really liked it · review of another edition

How can it be rated?!? Seriously? Simmer down folks.

After waiting for years, I can say this was a fitting end and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

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Dec 02, 2013 Christy LoveOfBooks rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-galley, e-book, favorites, favorites-of-2016, read-in-2016

Oh man, The City of Mirrors left me feeling completely humbled and awed. I was a complete blubbering mess while reading the last section; it was like this overload of emotions. Bittersweet doesn’t even begin to describe it.

I would have never guessed how huge of an impact this trilogy would have on me when I started reading The Passage. I’m extremely glad I re-read the first two books before jumping into The City of Mirrors, though. It had been so many years, and I don’t know if this ending would Oh man, The City of Mirrors left me feeling completely humbled and awed. I was a complete blubbering mess while reading the last section; it was like this overload of emotions. Bittersweet doesn’t even begin to describe it.

I would have never guessed how huge of an impact this trilogy would have on me when I started reading The Passage. I’m extremely glad I re-read the first two books before jumping into The City of Mirrors, though. It had been so many years, and I don’t know if this ending would have impacted me as much as it did if I hadn’t reread them.

Cronin does a phenomenal job weaving past and present in this transgenerational tale. It all comes together in this book, and the way everything is connected is mind blowing! It’s like watching history in the making and getting to see the outcome. It truly is an epic journey from beginning to end.

The City of Mirrors is utterly breathtaking, and the characters and their fight for humanity are the heart of this compelling story. Amy, Peter, Alicia, Michael, and all the others are such amazing characters. They’re all so wonderfully fleshed out and complex. They have been through hell and back, but they never give up.

The City of Mirrors is an absolutely stunning finale to the trilogy. There’s just no way my words can come close to expressing its brilliance. This trilogy will without a doubt always stay with me.

I seriously can’t believe it’s over. I remember threatening Justin Cronin in my review of The Twelve that I would haunt him if I died before this book was released. Happy to say that I’m still alive 3.5 years later, and Cronin is safe from my cold spots.

Btw, I'm not a rereader. The previous books in this trilogy were actually the first ones I've ever truly reread. I will say, I appreciated The Passage even more after having all the info from The Twelve. I was able to catch so much more, especially all the little threads that connected them. It also wasn't as laborious. Believe me, getting through The Passage the first time was almost torturous at times, but it was a totally different experience the 2nd time around. So, if it's been years between books for you, I suggest rereading. You'll be glad you did. ...more

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May 03, 2012 Lynne Thomas rated it really liked it · review of another edition

2014!!!!! What, you are kidding, right?! Forget about movie making and give us what we want... The feel of a book in our hands. You already have the outline, so sit down and write,write,write.

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Apr 11, 2016 Ɗẳɳ 2.☊ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: urban-fantasy, horror, apocalyptic

★★☆☆☆½

All right before I get to it, I should probably preface this review with an apology. By failing to reread the first two books prior to starting this one, I’m sure to have done this book a grave disservice. Especially considering it’s been more than three years since I last visited this series. But in my defense, the combined page count of said books is a staggering 1,300 some-odd pages! And I feared that my feeble arms (and feeble mind) just weren’t up for the challenge.

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May 04, 2016 Shelby *trains flying monkeys* rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley, read-2016, blood-suckers, puppysquisher

I have no clue why I read these over-long dang books. Yes, I do. I'm totally blaming Edward Lorn..he started these chunky books and started posting status updates. I had them sitting on my bookshelf and then he kept making me want to know what was going on. So I dived in. I sorta liked the first book even though Justin Cronin is the writingnest muttha ever. The man loves to make some words. Once I started this series, I liked it. I didn't love it, but there was something about the whole thing th ...more

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Jan 04, 2012 Cathryn marked it as to-read

Shelves: high-priority-must-reads

11/17/15 We have a cover!!!! I can see light at the end of the tunnel!!!

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Update 9/1/15 From the author's facebook page.

"To those of you wondering when that ENORMOUS pile of paper called The City of Mirrors will become a hard rectangular object for sale on the shelves of America and elsewhere: spring '16, or so they tell me. Bless you for your patience and "I think it will be worth the wait," said Justin modestly.

Yay!!!! Spring 2016!!! That's much better than December.

Update Aug 2015: This is ...more

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Nov 13, 2017 mark monday rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: after-the-fall, were-people, mnemonic-devices, these-fragile-lives

4.5! I think this is the first time I've really wanted a .5 option.

Cronin's concluding volume in his post-apocalyptic vampire saga is a lovely novel. Lovely! Such an odd word to use for a book describing the slaughter of hundreds of thousands and the death of billions more by airborne plague. But this is indeed an often lovely book because Cronin is at this point almost completely disinterested in horror. Or terror, or the darkness in human souls, or the abyss that we look into that looks right 4.5! I think this is the first time I've really wanted a .5 option.

Cronin's concluding volume in his post-apocalyptic vampire saga is a lovely novel. Lovely! Such an odd word to use for a book describing the slaughter of hundreds of thousands and the death of billions more by airborne plague. But this is indeed an often lovely book because Cronin is at this point almost completely disinterested in horror. Or terror, or the darkness in human souls, or the abyss that we look into that looks right back 'atcha. He wants to write about families and the light within souls and the way that people can come together when things fall apart. He wants to write about a bright and shining future that is still a human future - and therefore fallible, uncertain. He wants to understand and humanize and empathize with darkness so that it is no longer so dark, but rather something relatable and knowable. He wants to write about hope. And so he did.

The prior books each included a lengthy, more than novella-sized portion set before the Fall of Man. Each of those prior parts were full of action, blood, and danger. Not so much with the sequence set pre-Fall in this book; this flashback is all about the life of a smart, often disaffected young man with a distant father, going away to college, learning to love, learning the pain of a lost love, and all the while trying to forge his own unique identity. It could have been written by John Updike. This part is all about the man who became Zero - the ultimate villain of the series. And yet it is not about a villain, it is just about a man, and the choices and mistakes he makes in his life. A man who later becomes an undead killer and who purposely brings about the apocalypse in order to somehow fill the gaping hole where his heart used to be. A monstrous horror, but still a man.

Cronin fumbles a bit in his portrait of series protagonist Peter Jaxon, and a bit with the series' heart Sarah. I doubt he wanted to turn either of them into mulishly stubborn assholes who refuse to empathize with their childhood friend's trauma, how their friend sacrificed who she was for the greater good, how she was exploited and abused physically, mentally, emotionally... but that's what happened and that's how they reacted. I really came to dislike the often selfish, stupid person Peter became and was disappointed in Sarah too. Did Cronin want me to dislike them? I just don't think so. Ah well. Humans often fail when it comes to empathy and they amply illustrated that failing.

The book has one genuine horror set piece: an extended attack on humanity's last haven (in Texas, of course). When Cronin wants to bring the terror, he can bring it. That was a hair-raising handful of chapters.

Also worth noting is the lengthy epilogue. Despite being set a thousand years from now, it is basically the story of an older man trying to understand himself, trying to understand his son, perhaps falling in love again, and trying to figure out who he is anyway, after all his years of living. A moving story but perhaps not a unique one. But uniquely positioned. What a surprising epilogue! It has nothing to do with horror and everything to do with being human.

The poetic flourishes that were a key part of the first book but were somewhat lacking (or hackneyed) in the second book return in full force for the third book. Cronin is a beautifully lyrical writer, whether he is writing about the love between mother and daughter or the way a homestead looks and feels or the sadness buried within his undead monsters. The City of Mirrors is beautifully written, with many passages worthy of a happy sigh simply because of the gorgeous artistry of the prose.

Beyond the beauty of the writing is the innate soulfulness of this novel - of the entire trilogy. This may not be my favorite (that would be the 5 star The Passage), but it is still a very impressive achievement. And the impressiveness lies within the novel's delicacy and the way his characters resonated with me, in their longing for community and family and a way of living that feels true and natural and good.

It's funny, I was thinking about this novel over the Thanksgiving weekend, which is an odd time to think about a post-apocalyptic vampire novel. I'm a singleton (and hopefully always will be) but during this holiday, I like to get together with a few families and rent a big place to enjoy each other's company and watch the kids run amok and eat lots of food together. This past Thanksgiving was no different. One night after everyone had retired, I sat on a balcony in a contemplative mood, looking out at the treetops moving in the wind and the stars gleaming above them, the sound of the hot tub bubbling away in the background, a soft chilly wind blowing leaves around the various kid toys and clothes and shoes strewn here and there. I thought of the beasts of this trilogy, dropping from the trees to hunt, their souls still trapped within and longing for relief and release. I thought about how Cronin somehow humanized them, made them symbolic of how all humans have a melancholy longing for understanding and connection, sometimes buried deep within, but always there. I thought of his brave, imperfect human characters, always wanting to be together, always hoping and loving and longing, making bad decisions and making good ones, but mainly acting from a need for connection and from a need to make a life with others, and for others. Cronin sees the best in people, even at their worst. I thought that was an excellent way to look at people: always with empathy, no matter how monstrous or fallible or weak a person may be. Look at people, see them; draw them into your life, go into theirs; be together. It was a good Thanksgiving thought. ...more

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May 02, 2016 Grigory Lukin rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Justin Cronin's "The Passage" trilogy reminds me of DC's comic book movies: the premise is great, but each new installment is grittier, darker and makes less sense than the one before it.

I'll start with a warning: if you have any sort of trauma-related emotional triggers, the first 60 pages of "The city of mirrors" will pull them, seemingly just for the fun of it. In the very first chapters of the book, we encounter (in no particular order) a stillbirth, a series of rape-related flashbacks, a ma Justin Cronin's "The Passage" trilogy reminds me of DC's comic book movies: the premise is great, but each new installment is grittier, darker and makes less sense than the one before it.

I'll start with a warning: if you have any sort of trauma-related emotional triggers, the first 60 pages of "The city of mirrors" will pull them, seemingly just for the fun of it. In the very first chapters of the book, we encounter (in no particular order) a stillbirth, a series of rape-related flashbacks, a man telepathically cheating on his girlfriend, a sexually abused little girl, and a religious hermit who goes to wander in the desert and then either gets extremely lucky by finding a bona fide treasure or loots an emergency supply station while presumably leaving the next stranded traveler to die.

I honestly can't tell why Cronin chose to assault his readers like this. It's possible that he tried to shove as much potential shock value as possible to make the book more memorable (though not in a good way) - at one point in the book, there's a fairly detailed description of live birth. (Not quite what one expects in what's supposed to be a vampire book.) On the other hand, it's possible he was just trying to pad the page count. "The city of mirrors" appears to be the shortest book in the trilogy, and that's after all the shameless padding and all the hundreds of pages spent describing nothing in general.

In the middle of the book, there's a 200-page novel in which Zero, the original viral, corners one of our plucky heroes and shares his origin story in a very unexpected, out-of-context way. Is it possible that Cronin always wanted to write a "coming of age" story and decided to force-feed it to his readers? Or was it just something gathering dust in his desk drawer that seemed good enough to turn a 400-page book into a heavy 600-pager?

Regardless, the notion of a 150-year-old vampire moaning about his lost college girlfriend is ridiculous, especially considering that his audience consists of a single person who grew up with only the most basic education and who wouldn't be able to grasp even the most basic concepts - things like tenure or airplanes or upper-class socioeconomic class. The story would have been much more realistic and fun if Zero would have to stop every 5 minutes and explain what things meant, but nope, we're all subjected to a ridiculously out-of-place stream of consciousness. (Can you imagine tracking down a rural bumpkin from the year 1900 and telling them about your computer problems? Yeah, it's *that* ridiculous.)

I might have been able to overlook all of the above and give the book a weak 4-star rating, but there are far too many plot holes and, dare I say, poor writing for a book that's been in the works for 4 years. Just a handful of examples off the top of my head... A 35-year-old horse can run as fast as a group of virals. A character goes for a long swim and produces a perfectly dry book of matches from their pocket. A deaf person devises their own sign language - so advanced that even "War and peace" can be translated into it. Automatic rifles last just fine for 120 years before suddenly starting to break down due to advanced age. Two people that discover potentially world-ending piece of news choose not to tell everyone but instead launch a sociopathic murderous cult that involves dozens of people over the course of 21 years, none of whom say a word to anybody. (Every spy agency's dream!) A person that's never been on a boat learns how to operate a cruise ship in less than a month. People of the future can't tell the difference between 870 and 1,000 years. After restarting civilization, 870 years later the pinnacle of their technological achievement is dirigibles and flashbulb cameras. (Must have been all the inbreeding.) Virals discover brand new powers that can't be explained by any virus and turn into shapeshifters. Half the characters in the book develop superpowers - either telepathic abilities that are ever so convenient, or the ability to run for 30 minutes while bleeding from an artery without any lasting damage.

If I sound just a little bit upset, it's because I've spent 2 weeks of my life struggling to finish this book, waiting for a payoff at the end, but it never came. I downgrade the book to 2 stars for the most ridiculously stretched-out ending I have ever had the displeasure to read. It's yet another novella about people we don't know, doing things we don't care about, who end up lecturing us about the things we already know and, in the end, do something so extremely stupid (but pretty and sentimental - yay!) that the entire struggle appears to have been for naught.

On the upside, the language of the book is occasionally moving and often beautiful. That is, of course, when it's not talking about child rape, stillbirths, murderous cults, shapeshifting vampires, shapeshifting humans, shapeshifting vampires that become humans or shapeshifting humans that become vampires but then change their minds and switch back to being humans.

I give this book 2 out of 5 stars.

Full disclosure: I've received the advanced reader copy of the book in exchange for an honest review. ...more

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Oct 21, 2014 Margaret Small added it · review of another edition

Give the guy a break, he's writing a huge book no doubt, and I'd rather he got it right than finished it early. Patience, children, patience. ...more

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Feb 28, 2017 Brenda - Traveling Sisters Book Reviews rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I devoured The Passage, soon after I inhaled The Twelve and held my breath till the end of The City of Mirrors. 2000 pages of dark joy, and expanding over 1000 years this trilogy has come to a rewarding end for me. I loved every moment of tension in this compelling and terrifying plot. What made this such a great trilogy for me was how Cronin was able to draw me into the story with such a large cast of characters, and had me emotionally engaged, caring for them and rooting for their survival.

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Apr 06, 2016 Mlpmom (Book Reviewer) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-book-read, kindle-books

This review is probably the hardest one I've ever written. Ever had to contemplate, compose, and try to convey just how great the story was and not just this book, this book of genius, but the whole trilogy as a whole.

Cronin is truly talented. I know I've said it before but the man is brilliant, hand downs a master at his craft.

Words, my words, my simple non masterful words, can not do this series, this book justice.

Honestly, I don't even know where to begin. So much was woven together, caref ...more

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Jun 22, 2013 Kaora rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: good-horror

Nine and one. Nine are yours but one is mine, as you are mine. Into the tenth shall be planted the seed so that we will be Many, millions-fold.

The Twelve have been destroyed and humanity is tentatively setting out from behind their walls to build their lives anew. But one still remains, Zero, the first one infected, from whom the Twelve came and he is biding his time until people least expect it so he can unleash his fury on the world and bring an end to the one called Amy once and for all.

I had Nine and one. Nine are yours but one is mine, as you are mine. Into the tenth shall be planted the seed so that we will be Many, millions-fold.

The Twelve have been destroyed and humanity is tentatively setting out from behind their walls to build their lives anew. But one still remains, Zero, the first one infected, from whom the Twelve came and he is biding his time until people least expect it so he can unleash his fury on the world and bring an end to the one called Amy once and for all.

I had been made for a purpose. I was not the author of destruction: I was its instrument, forged in heaven's workshop by a god of horrors.

I don't think I've flip flopped between three and four stars for a rating this much before. I wanted so badly to love this book, but had a few issues with how Cronin dealt with some of his characters.

Like what Michael became, and his dealings with the shadier side of the community. It seemed a bit out of character for him. The other major issues I had were to the ending of the book.

The issues I had with the ending of his characters' stories are spoilers. So be warned.

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Other than this, the writing was good, but it didn't have the same number of heartbreakingly beautiful or sad moments as some of his previous books, which disappointed me a little. Or perhaps it did but my inability to connect with Zero ruined them for me.

While Zero's story was sad, I couldn't quite bring myself to feel sorry for him as Cronin was trying so hard to do. It would have made later scenes more powerful if I had been able to. I also couldn't quite believe that it made him into the monster he became either.

And for those reasons I must give this final installment 3 stars, but it is still a worthwhile read so far (if you aren't daunted by the sheer number of pages in this series). ...more

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Apr 16, 2016 Debra rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley

Received from Netgalley and the publishers in exchange for an honest review.

“SIXTY-NINE She was Amy, and she was forever. She was one of Twelve and also the other, the one above and behind, the Zero. She was the Girl from Nowhere, the One Who Walked In, who lived a thousand years; Amy of Multitudes, the Girl with the Souls Inside Her. She was Amy. She was Amy. She was Amy. She”
― Justin Cronin, The Passage

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Jun 13, 2016 Phrynne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A brilliant ending to a thoroughly enjoyable trilogy. All of the loose ends were tied up, every character's story was concluded (some not as happily as others) and this reader was left with a feeling of total satisfaction.
I was completely engaged throughout by the constant bouncing between timelines and between points of view within these timelines. The author handled it so well and there was no chance of letting my mind wander as I read. One second of concentration lost and I had to go back and ...more

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Jun 06, 2018 Ron rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: own, horror, post-apocalyptic

As I neared the end of The City of Mirrors, which is also the end of the trilogy, I started thinking about the point of this big story. If there was a theme, or a message, then what was it? (not being flippant here. Cronin's writing really did make me think about it). I knew exactly what it was in this final book: Love. More specifically, love is a necessary thing for us humans. It is needed. Without it, who are we, and what was the purpose of our life? I saw it with each main character here, mo As I neared the end of The City of Mirrors, which is also the end of the trilogy, I started thinking about the point of this big story. If there was a theme, or a message, then what was it? (not being flippant here. Cronin's writing really did make me think about it). I knew exactly what it was in this final book: Love. More specifically, love is a necessary thing for us humans. It is needed. Without it, who are we, and what was the purpose of our life? I saw it with each main character here, most especially in their last moments, even the bad guy. Isn't that a totally unexpected thing to see in an apocalyptic trilogy about vampire-like beings (The term used here is Virals, and a much better one because this really is not a vampire story) bringing mankind to the brink of extinction? I thought so, and am grateful for it. The other affecting message words I found throughout the series were Survival and Family. We humans are survivalists, but if we're going to go on, we need those most important of reasons to do so.

Without these inherent story themes, I would have cried boredom after 500 pages (and actually did during the middle of this one, at least in part). Cronin does a good job of avoiding too much of the fighting virals, but it's still there, and after three books this can become repetitive.

Trilogy wrap-up:

Best part(s) of Book 1 (The Passage) for me: The early outbreak and spread of the contagion. I remember being on the edge of my seat. Also, the getting to know Amy and her plight during childhood. A girl alone in the world is some strong stuff to read about.

Best of Book 2 (The Twelve): Sadly, I don't have something specific. Possibly, it was the going back to the beginning of the plague here. It was a good book, but I'll probably remember it least of the three.

Best of The City of Mirrors: No doubt it's Zero's (Tim Fanning) back-story. Following Fanning through college, which leads to this personal and heart-breaking love story is a fine piece of writing. I could not have guessed a portion which begins so simply, and is almost separate from the rest of the book, could grab hold like it did. More of that any day.

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May 04, 2014 Gerhard rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, 2016

It is fitting that Justin Cronin calls it The City of Mirrors, for the concluding volume of The Passage trilogy is very much an act of smoke and mirrors. This is because the story essentially culminated at the end of the last one, with the destruction of The Twelve and the disappearance of Amy.

Therefore I was quite curious to see what type of rabbit Cronin would pull out of the hat with the conclusion. Some of it is predictable, such as revisiting earlier events – a particular standout set-piece ...more

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Oct 03, 2013 Liz Barnsley rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: bloody-marvellous, favourite-series, books-for-my-soul, leave-me-alone-now-i-may-never-reco, highly-recommended, received-via-netgalley, not-enough-stars-in-the-world, bought-in-a-book-shop, insanity-in-a-good-way

City of Mirrors is going to be an incredibly hard book to review with any sense of professionalism, such was its impact and indeed the impact of this entire trilogy on me as a reader. I have loved every moment of it, the writing is truly sublime, the epic and sprawling story utterly convincing and completely addictive every step of the way and probably the most important thing to say is that if you are a fan and have been worried that Justin Cronin could not POSSIBLY pull off a perfect and kille ...more

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Jul 11, 2018 Mizuki rated it did not like it · review of another edition

My thoughts when reading this book: 1.5 stars.

Seriously, stupid humans need to die!

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I'm seriously, they are so stupid, they deserve it.

Plus, all the religion BS and Bible BS and God BS are still as insufferable as the first two books. (view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 02, 2016 Ferdy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: kill-me, wtfery, ugh, too-fucking-long, vampires, apocalypse, boring, post-apocalyptic, wtf

1.5 stars

Amy, the supposed hero of the story, was a waste of space who was unable to do anything. So much for the author saying he wanted to write a story about a girl saving the world because he completely missed the mark with Amy. The other female characters weren't much better, they were all useless or insufferable.

What happened to Alicia's character? Her only purpose was to give birth and listen to the bad guy's back story and that was it. Even when she had loads of information about Fannin 1.5 stars

Amy, the supposed hero of the story, was a waste of space who was unable to do anything. So much for the author saying he wanted to write a story about a girl saving the world because he completely missed the mark with Amy. The other female characters weren't much better, they were all useless or insufferable.

What happened to Alicia's character? Her only purpose was to give birth and listen to the bad guy's back story and that was it. Even when she had loads of information about Fanning/Zero/the bad guy she didn't manage to do anything useful with it, all she did was listen to some boring guy and get crapped on by her old friends. What a waste of a decent character.

Fanning/Zero's back story was mind-numbingly boring, did the author seriously think a middle-aged entitled guy who was a successful professor that slept with his students, and was respected by everyone in his field and who was intermittently sad about some past college girlfriend would make an interesting character? Or a villain who had a convincing enough reason/motive behind destroying the world? Really? Not being able to be with his kind of girlfriend wasn't a good enough excuse to commit genocide, even worse than that after committing genocide he acted like he was hard done by. WTF. His backstory wasn't tragic (as much as the author wanted us to believe it was), it was pathetic, and compared to most people's tragedies his was nothing, he lived a charmed life in comparison. Even Alicia who went through real trauma felt sorry for him and his silly problems. So yea, I wasn't buying into his oh so tragic life or the utterly lame reason for his maniacal ways. Also, Fanning's 'love' for his college girlfriend of sorts couldn't have been all that epic when he was happily shagging around with students half his age. Pathetic.

Why didn't Michael or Greer warn everyone about the virals not being gone from the world? They had twenty years to do it. If they had warned people they could have been more careful and prepared, way more people could have survived if they'd been given warning.

Why in the bloody fuck did Fanning getting a happy ending? He was responsible for destroying the world and killing billions all because he couldn't handle his moronic love life. Him getting to be all loving and happy at the end with his girlfriend was ridiculous.

Peter was the ultimate Gary Stu, literally every character loved him, no matter what he did. Even when he came up with the stupid, suicidal plan at the end that resulted in most of the population dying he was still beloved by all. Most annoying was how holier than thou and self righteous he was, especially with Alicia, she should have told him how terrible he was but instead she like everyone else just sucked up to him.

I still wasn't buying the crappy love story with Peter and Amy. Peter's constant whining about how much he missed and loved Amy was as dumb as Fanning's whining about his true love, as Peter was also happily shagging around and developing feelings for other women. For so much of the story to be based upon the two supposedly poignant epic love stories they could have at least had the male characters be faithful, maybe then the so called huge feelings they had would be that little bit more convincing.

How convenient that Peter's crappy decision making led to about 700 or so people surviving when Michael's life saving boat could only hold about 700 people. Worked out perfectly.

What was with the mystical powers that random characters got? Pim and Greer with their visions of the future, and Peter transporting to another place in his dreams? I can't recall any of the human characters before being able to do things like that.

As if only a few Americans survived the end of world, the rest of the world apparently wasn't clever enough or special enough or lucky enough to have their own survivors. Ugh.

Had to roll my eyes at the long, pointless epilogue where everything happened to be the same as the world before the near extinction of the human race, there was the same technology, language/expressions, education, gender roles, society. Yea, right. ...more

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Jun 19, 2019 Kerri rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: most-loved

When I finished The City of Mirrors, The Passage Trilogy instantly took its place as one of my favourites. I have made all three books last as long as I possibly could (almost five months), while still actually reading them!

Last night our power was out for routine maintenance, so from 10 pm I sat with a tiny torch and committed to reading the final 200 pages -- for all my intentions of making it last, I just needed to know what happened! After about an hour I switched to the torch that is built ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 LeeAnn Taylor marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: come-out-now

4/6/2015
Guys. I think Cronin lost my interest. I forgot a lot of what happened in the first two and they are MONSTERS. I don't really want to go back and reread.

It's just been way too long.
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EDIT AGAIN: 2015? 2015? Just... what? I can't even. It's LATE 2015 too.

That is just cruel
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Jul 11, 2015 Ahmad Sharabiani rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, fantasy, science, literature, fiction, apocalyptic, 21th-century, horror, united-states

The City of Mirrors (The Passage #3), Justin Cronin
The City of Mirrors is a 2016 horror novel by Justin Cronin and is the final novel in The Passage trilogy, following the novel The Twelve. The City of Mirrors was released for publication on May 24, 2016 by Ballantine Books. Alicia Donadio’s child, the result of her rape in The Twelve, is stillborn. She forces herself out of her stupor and decides to hunt down Zero. Michael Fisher sails around the continent looking for the storied mines that wer The City of Mirrors (The Passage #3), Justin Cronin
The City of Mirrors is a 2016 horror novel by Justin Cronin and is the final novel in The Passage trilogy, following the novel The Twelve. The City of Mirrors was released for publication on May 24, 2016 by Ballantine Books. Alicia Donadio’s child, the result of her rape in The Twelve, is stillborn. She forces herself out of her stupor and decides to hunt down Zero. Michael Fisher sails around the continent looking for the storied mines that were placed to keep the viral contamination at bay. He learns the virus has spread to the rest of the world, and realizes that the mines do not exist, and neither does the rest of the world; human civilization was completely wiped out by a mutated version of the virus. He finds an ocean liner beached in the Gulf of Mexico, and determines to fix it and sail to a safe island to save some portion of humanity. Lucius Greer has been keeping Amy and Carter alive in the cargo hold of their own ship by bringing them blood to feed on. Amy has no control over herself as a viral while Carter seems to be able to control his impulses. Peter Jaxon is raising his nephew Caleb in Kerrvile, the capital of the Republic of Texas. In his dreams, he lives with a human Amy, though he has not actually seen her in years. He accepts a request from the newly elected president of the Republic of Texas to join her administration, leading an initiative to open the town’s security gates, since the virals have not been seen for years, allowing humanity to branch out. Alicia finds Zero in New York City, but learns he is her infector, thus she can not kill him. He befriends her and reveals he was originally Tim Fanning, who had a crush on Jonas Lear's girlfriend Liz during college. Later in life, when Jonas' science pulled him away from home in search of a cure for Liz's cancer, Liz and Tim had a brief tryst, though she turned down his request to stay with him. After Liz died, Tim eventually joined Jonas in his research to find a solution to humanity’s challenge (resulting in Amy). The rest of his story is chronicled in the beginning of The Passage where Tim becomes the only one to survive infection, and thus becomes the first viral; Subject Zero. He reveals how almost drowning was what reverted him to human form, but retains everything else bestowed on him by the virus. Michael has worked for twenty years to rebuild the ship. Peter is now President of Texas, but finds that the human colonies have been able to spread so far that his may be the last presidency. Alicia, having lived with Zero for a few years, learns of his plan to kill the remaining humans in his quest to destroy Amy. Alicia leaves to warn her friends, while Zero sends his Many (infected virals) towards Texas in a plan to draw Amy out of hiding. The Many kill/convert the outer colonies, finally converging on Kerrville. Amy is restored to human form by Peter with the help of Alicia's knowledge of water. Carter transfers his Many over to Amy to assist in defending Kerrville. Zero's army prevails, leaving only 700 human survivors when the morning sun drives the virals off. Peter and Michael lead the people to the ship, arriving on the coast at dusk. Zero’s Many attack, but Carter sacrifices his life to help Amy and the rest achieve the safety of the ship. Virals Alicia and Amy are joined by Peter and Michael, leaving the ship to find and kill Zero in order to end the plague. Peter is bitten by Zero, but his love for Amy prevents him from killing her at Zero's command. Zero is killed by Amy, who saves Peter with her own blood before he is destroyed along with the rest of Zero's Many. A near drowning has removed all traces of the virus from Alicia, who then decides to jump to her death. Michael takes a ship to England. Virals Amy and Peter live together, until he dies of old age after a couple hundred years.

تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز بیست و سوم ماه سپتامبر سال 2017 میلادی
عنوان: شهر آینه‌ ها؛ نویسنده: جاستین کرونین؛ مترجم: محمد جوادی؛ تهران: کتابسرای تندیس‏‫‬، 1395؛ در 1070 ص؛ شابک: 9786001822414؛ موضوع: داستنهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده 21 م

رمان «شهر آینه‌ ها» اثر: «جاستین کرونین»، آخرین بخش از سه‌ گانه‌ ی «گذرگاه» است. این مجموعه، پر فروش‌ترین سه‌ گانه‌ ی نیویورک تایمز شده است. رمان‌های: «گذرگاه» و «دوازده» عنوانهای کتابهای پیشین این سه گانه هستند، که انتشارات کتاب‌سرای تندیس به چاپ رسانده است. خانواده‌ هایی که همگی در تخت‌هایشان به قتل رسیده بودند، شهرهایی که هیچ زن و مردی در آن‌ها باقی نمانده بود، رستوران بین راهی که کارکنانش مثل ماهی قزل آلا تکه تکه شده بودند. در این کتاب پایانی سه‌ گانه، نویسنده به سراغ داستان‌ ناتمام‌ مانده از بخش‌های اول و دوم می‌روند و به گذشته ی شخصیت‌های پیشین، بازمی‌گردند. این کار ایشان قابلیت سینمایی بسیاری به داستان داده، و جذابیت‌هایی می‌کند؛ که بر خلاف بسیاری از رمان‌های بلند، که خسته‌ کننده و تکراری می‌شوند،خوانشگر را با خود همراه می‌کند. ا. شربیانی ...more

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Apr 16, 2018 Stjepan Cobets rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: apocalyptic-post-apocalyptic, dystopia, horror

My rating 4.5

The book The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3) is very well written and you can identify with the characters and stories we follow through the series. He honestly blurted me out of the null figure because so much of description that it seemed to me too exaggerated at times. By me the writer could shorten the book for at least one hundred pages, but who am I to touch his writing style. But the story is still very well elaborated; the story takes us back and leads through the Viral wo ...more

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Jan 18, 2018 Char marked it as dreaded-dnf · review of another edition

I am throwing in the towel around 15%.

I was so excited when I was approved for the ARC of this book! But now some time has gone by and the long and short of it is I just don't care anymore.

My apologies to NetGalley and to the publisher. ...more

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Apr 07, 2016 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, werewolvesnvampires, literaryfiction

So.
The grand finale.
The End.

And a very satisfactory ending it was, too. An exciting adventure, with plenty of romance and explosions and tragedy. And it was certainly better than the last one. I have this memory of The Twelve being kind of a slog. I remember being frustrated with the format, where every chapter seemed to be the backstory of a different character, leading up to a quick scene of action before heading into the next backstory. That format is gone here, and the backstory that we d So.
The grand finale.
The End.

And a very satisfactory ending it was, too. An exciting adventure, with plenty of romance and explosions and tragedy. And it was certainly better than the last one. I have this memory of The Twelve being kind of a slog. I remember being frustrated with the format, where every chapter seemed to be the backstory of a different character, leading up to a quick scene of action before heading into the next backstory. That format is gone here, and the backstory that we do get is just as interesting as the action, if not more so. And I say more so because . . . Well, to be honest, these books are problematic.

I love the story. I love the premise. But basically, thanks to what I will go ahead and call Cronin's "fancy pants writing" (hat tip to my sister for that), I feel like he's convinced us that these books are better than they actually are. They're written in a very literary style, which is (let's face it) unusual for both post apocalyptic and vampire novels. And since these books are so classy, and written so fancy, he lulls us into thinking that there's no way that there could be a plot hole. Or that a character might be two-dimensional. I honestly started to think it was my fault that the science didn't make sense, and that I just couldn't empathize with the one character at all. And then I thought, Wait, isn't it the writer's job to make me care about the characters? Isn't it the writer's (or possibly the editor's) to make sure that the science doesn't take hugely illogical leaps? The book has a winning combination of science and magic going on, which is great until he breaks his own rules. Which is . . . frustrating as a reader and a writer.

I loved the characters. (Except for Alicia, I know she's supposed to be this amazing heroine but . . . nope. Never liked her. Cronin's in love with her, but I see no reason to be.) I was anxious about what was going to happen. Would our heroes save the day? Would mankind survive? After three books and probably around 1,500 pages I was ready for the payoff. And I got it. I got the ending I wanted, though it came about in delightfully unexpected ways. But again, frustration, because at times there were leaps over years and sudden bursts of magic that left the characters themselves shrugging over what had happened, in order to get to that great ending. Now, with three books and so many pages to work with, I would imagine that Cronin could have laid more groundwork so that this ending could have come about more organically. I guess I was supposed to be so dazzled by his prose that I didn't notice, but I did.

So overall I loved the series, and I think it's going to up there with the best of Stephen King and the like. But I guess I just need to point out that this is not a perfect book.

On a side note, this book contained something that I'm becoming increasingly aware of in futuristic fiction that I find amusing. That is: the few salvaged books that have survived the apocalypse are 19th century classics by white male authors. Why is it, when the world falls apart, all that is left is Tolstoy? Melville? Dickens? Shakespeare? I swear, if people aren't finding comparisons between their own lives and Moby-Dick, then it's Hamlet. (And the Shakespeare reference is ALWAYS Hamlet! How about a zombie outbreak comparison to Much Ado?!)

Do you know what books will actually be so ubiquitous that they'll be in every Postapocalyptic Library? Harry Potter. Twilight. The Fault in Our Stars. The Hunger Games. But if we must throw in a classic, how come nobody ever finds a copy of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and compares their life to it? Or One Hundred Years of Solitude? And how come nobody in the future ever thinks that Narnia is real, or that Percy Jackson is scripture? And what's happened to all the James Patterson books? I mean, seriously: he puts out roughly twenty books a year! Some of them must have survived! Or Agatha Christie? How about some Michael Crichton, for heaven's sake! John Grisham, maybe?Nobody ever finds a copy of Dracula, which would be a better comparison than War and Peace. Or Interview with the Vampire. Maybe we're all hoping to rebuild society on a solid foundation of British Literature, but let's face it: we're far more likely to be teaching our future generations to read using Diary of a Wimpy Kid than A Tale of Two Cities. ...more

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Mar 17, 2016 Kathleen Minde rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: beautiful-prose, treeware, dark-dark-dark, made-me-cry, got-an-arc, yessssssss, dystopia, mutants, horror, sad-to-see-it-come-to-an-end

The last in an incredible trilogy, The City of Mirrors reads like the complex and beautifully written novel that it is—only it is about a mutant virus gone horribly wrong that leaves the world almost bereft of humans. Who would think a novel with such gorgeous imagery and fully developed characters was about mankind trying to survive a world full of homicidal vampire-like creatures.

Because the second book, The Twelve, came out four years ago, the author has included a clever prologue that bring The last in an incredible trilogy, The City of Mirrors reads like the complex and beautifully written novel that it is—only it is about a mutant virus gone horribly wrong that leaves the world almost bereft of humans. Who would think a novel with such gorgeous imagery and fully developed characters was about mankind trying to survive a world full of homicidal vampire-like creatures.

Because the second book, The Twelve, came out four years ago, the author has included a clever prologue that brings the reader up to speed. Under the guise of a presentation given at a global conference 1003 years AV (after virus), the writing from “The Book of Twelves” is almost biblical in its disposition. And it isn’t until the end of the novel that the reader understands the source of the Book of Twelves.

The book then begins close to twenty years after the death of the Twelve. No virals have been sighted since. But, the Republic of Texas has remained within the enclosed town of Kerrville and, after so many years, it’s bursting at the seams with citizens. The president makes a decision: it’s time to allow people to move beyond the gates that have remained open for the last two decades. It’s time for Manifest Destiny.

We learn what has become of Alicia of Blades, Michael, Peter, Lucius, Sara and Caleb as they live scattered throughout North America. But since the death of the Twelve, no one has seen Amy. Many see her in their dreams. Some have visions that are attributed to Amy. Most assume she died that day in the arena.

Then the book takes an unusual turn in its narrative. One of the characters hears the voice of Zero, the first patient who contracted the virus that destroyed the world, and finds he lives in Grand Central Station. We are then brought back in time and find out how biochemical genius, Tim Fanning, became patient Zero. It’s an interesting backstory that takes time to complete, but it gives the reader a better understanding of how a scientist with a rather sad personal life became a megalomaniacal monster.

As the pages turn and time goes by, the reader will keep wondering, “where are the virals?” Do not worry. About halfway through the book, you will learn what happened to them and why it took forty years for them to come back. Ingenious planning on Zero’s part, by the way.

The solution to save the remaining humans, using a story straight from the bible, is also ingenious. By the end of the book, we know what becomes of Alicia, Peter, Michael, Lucius, Sara and Caleb, and Zero. And Amy. Each ends their story in a way that makes sense for their character, as it should. Some are sad, some are peaceful, but Amy’s is perfect. Her story comes full circle and is beautiful. And, the epilogue reminded me so much of epilogue for The Handmaid’s Tale, a similarity that many readers have noted.

While I loved this book, the last chapter of the epilogue is long and drawn-out and, to me, not necessary. Introducing a totally new character and giving the reader the extraneous lowdown on the guy’s life annoyed me. Yes, he plays a part in wrapping up the story, but I really don’t care about his love life or his gracious ex-wife, etc. I’m also not totally clear on why Zero was so obsessed with Amy. I have some ideas, but I’m not completely connecting the dots on that part.

A beautiful piece of literary fiction, The City of Mirrors is amazing, complex, well written, and the characters will stick with the reader for days. I even found myself rereading parts of it just for the writing. Justin Cronin has a gift and I will wait for his next book, horror story or not, because I know it will be a masterpiece.

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Jun 26, 2016 Tom Lewis rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A bittersweet ending to a remarkable trilogy. The descriptions for the books in this series don’t begin to describe the emotional journey you’ll experience. Sure, there’s tense, thrilling moments of post-apocalyptic mayhem; but they’re interspersed with heartwarming moments of poetic beauty. That applies in particular to the last two books in the series. The trilogy is an epic saga, on the scale of books like “The Stand,” which chronicles the fall and near-extinction of humanity, and its eventua ...more

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Sep 12, 2016 Caroline rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, page-turner, science-fiction, he-wrote-it, memorable-characters, post-apocalyptic

***NO SPOILERS***

(Part I reviews The City of Mirrors. Part II reviews the trilogy as a whole.)

Part I
Series authors take note: this is how you write a finale. The City of Mirrors not only ties up the trilogy well but brings it beautifully full circle. Cronin connected the third book to the other two with enough references and familiar characters but made it distinct enough that nothing feels repetitious. Twists and surprises abound; leaps in time work well, never feeling jarring; no new character ...more

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Mar 29, 2019 The Tattooed Book Geek (Drew). rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

4.5 stars.

As always this review can also be found on my blog The Tattooed Book Geek: https://thetattooedbookgeek.wordpress...

The City of Mirrors is the third and final book in The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin. The story once again focusing on the characters and their lives that we have followed and come to know from the very beginning, Peter, Amy, Alicia, Michael, Lucius Greer, Caleb, Sara and Hollis. After three books these are characters that you have come to care about. You have watched t 4.5 stars.

As always this review can also be found on my blog The Tattooed Book Geek: https://thetattooedbookgeek.wordpress...

The City of Mirrors is the third and final book in The Passage trilogy by Justin Cronin. The story once again focusing on the characters and their lives that we have followed and come to know from the very beginning, Peter, Amy, Alicia, Michael, Lucius Greer, Caleb, Sara and Hollis. After three books these are characters that you have come to care about. You have watched them grow as characters and as people. You have seen them through adversity and through despair. you have seen them live, fight, love, suffer, struggle, overcome, survive, sacrifice (sometimes by making the ultimate sacrifice) and weather the storm. Now, with The City of Mirrors, we reach the end game, the story’s end, their end. You are invested in them, you need to know how it will play out and what fate awaits them all.

In the virals absence humanity has become complacent, settlements have formed and life goes on, evolving, no longer hiding behind walls and afraid of the night but like any great evil, Zero and his many remain, lurking unseen, hidden in shadow, biding their time before they return to reap the harvest that is mankind. And thus, the final battle begins between the virals and the humans.

It takes a long time for the virals to appear in The City of Mirrors. There are little nods, hints and mentions to the menacing threat of the virals scattered throughout but it takes well over 250 pages before they are unleashed in all their blood-soaked glory with the shit finally hitting the fan in a final relentless fight for survival.

The slow boil approach works really well and builds the anticipation for the virals return. The (somewhat) placid time spent with the characters that we’ve come to know is an absolute pleasure, reading about their everyday lives and how some believe the virals are gone, how some are sceptical and how some know that one day they will return and are planning for that eventuality.

Part of The City of Mirrors focuses on Zero/Fanning’s back story. This adds to the character and gives us additional insight into why he is how he is and why he hates humanity. It is a highly relatable story of a missed chance, what might have been and of unrequited and lost love that a lot of people will understand, especially the cruel fate of Fanning’s love near the sections end (no one wants that to happen to someone they love). We know what’s going to happen, it’s obvious, Cronin tells us as such and it’s a disease that in today’s society will affect most of us in some way. The callous twist at the end is heartbreaking for Fanning and even if you hate what he has become you will find yourself feeling for the man that he was. With the section, Cronin effectively humanises the monster.

The final section (The Millennialist) in The City of Mirrors acts as a prolonged epilogue to the book and trilogy. I found it to be rather drawn-out, long-winded and admittedly, not much happens but it does what it’s supposed to do. Firstly, it shows us that humanity endured the virals. Secondly, Amy has always been called ‘the girl who lived a thousand years‘ and that name ties perfectly into the epilogue. And as such, makes its inclusion both worthwhile and a fitting ending to the whole trilogy.

The Passage trilogy though epic in scope and scale has mainly focused on a core set of characters and at its heart, at least to me, it has always been one girl’s story, Amy’s story. In The City of Mirrors, she plays a large role but all the other characters have roles to play to and, like they always have been they are also pivotal to the story and important to Amy.

Throughout the trilogy, Cronin has always managed to skillfully weave his separate threads, story arcs and timelines together and in The City of Mirrors, he manages to tie up all the loose plot threads from the entire trilogy. Cronin often writes slow-paced story-telling allowing his characters time to blossom, to grow and his story time to breathe that is interspersed with fast-paced action and he is a master with words. Managing to draw you in and making even the mundane in the slower parts of his story interesting. Whether it is an action-packed frenetic fight for survival against a horde of virals or just the plodding every day colony life Cronin engrosses you in his story.

Cronin has crafted, created and woven a dark yet powerful story of good vs evil in The Passage trilogy that includes fully-fleshed characters who you care about and who stay with you, a world gone to ruin setting that is brought to dangerous and desolate life, an unrelenting and ominous threat in the virals, stacks of action, heart and plenty of emotion.

I was completely absorbed by The City of Mirrors and found it to be a bittersweet but fitting conclusion to what is a remarkable trilogy. ...more

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In 2010, Justin Cronin’s The Passage was a phenomenon. The unforgettable tale that critics and readers compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood became a runaway bestseller and enchanted readers around the globe. It spent 3 months on The New York Times bestseller list. It was featured on more than a dozen “Best of the Year” lists, including Time ...more