The Passage (The Passage, #1) in Overdue Podcast

Mar 29, 2016 Deborah Meades rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I liked this book but it is long and I think some of the scenes could have been condensed or omitted altogether. I especially enjoyed the strong female characters

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Sep 19, 2016 Nate Morse rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: end-of-the-world

I thought this book was great in the beginning, which tells us how the Western Hemisphere collapsed in a vampire like virus. Then it fasts forwards 100 years and turns into a post apocalyptic soap opera. It stays like this until the final third of the book when the main characters actually start to do things.

I feel like the mystery of what happened and who these people are was missing because the first section of the book. Granted it was fun to read, but it seemed like a prequel novella and onl ...more

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May 03, 2017 Rebecca rated it really liked it

I'm not sure how this wound up on my to-read list as I don't usually read apocalypse books. This was really enjoyable though. With one caveat- I listened to the audiobook, which was great, but way too long to listen to during the loan time allotted by the library! I wound up listening to a lot of it sped up so I could finish. Would definitely recommend allowing a lot of time to tackle this long book. ...more

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Jul 03, 2013 Heather rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2013

Long and epic, it took a little while to get going, and there was some character set up that seemed a bit excessive (I assume that it will pay off in books 2 & 3). But before I knew it I was completely hooked, and I just went along for the ride on all of the twists and turns. I am very attached to some of the characters, and practically smitten with Peter and Amy.

Scott Brick did an awesome job with the narration. It's a big audiobook (29 discs!!) but it was a great way to experience this particu ...more

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Jul 04, 2017 Heather added it

Shelves: read-2016

Long and epic, it took a little while to get going, and there was some character set up that seemed a bit excessive (I assume that it will pay off in books 2 & 3). But before I knew it I was completely hooked, and I just went along for the ride on all of the twists and turns. I am very attached to some of the characters, and practically smitten with Peter and Amy.

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