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My only complaint is that this book took forever. There is a lot of detail and a lot of backstory. None of which are bad things in a story, but I felt like this book would never end. This is a series, and I'm not sure if I'll continue it or not.
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I just could not get into this book. I tried. I really did but it just wasn't happening for me. The author kept throwing a crap ton of characters at you all at once. Some are important and some aren't. Then after only a few scenes you are supposed to remember these specific characters several hundred pages later. Needless to say I had a difficult time remembering who was whom.
The pacing was all kinds of whack also. But that is kind of expected with such a long book. It just seemed worse during ...more
The pacing was all kinds of whack also. But that is kind of expected with such a long book. It just seemed worse during ...more
I LOVED this book (sorry Missy)! I can not wait for the next one to come out.
Well, my goodness. I have been reading this since 6 January, and finally, *finally* finished it about an hour ago (23 February). Yikes. There is so much good story in there, but it is hidden in the midst of so much that could have very easily been excised (to great improvement of the novel as a whole). This is the second book I've read in the past year that has had a decidedly flabby middle stuck between a cracking start and a rollicking finish.
So, what to say about The Passage that doesn't giv ...more
So, what to say about The Passage that doesn't giv ...more
An interesting premise—after finding a virus that seems to “weaponize” men, the military “recruits” men off death row for an experiment, which surprisingly (!) goes wrong. A nun, a little girl and an FBI agent get caught up in the whole thing. One hundred years after the ensuing apocalypse, where “draculas” get turned loose on North America, we follow some isolated survivors trying to figure a way to keep surviving.
Of course there are some disconnects, like how a group of people who have never ...more
Of course there are some disconnects, like how a group of people who have never ...more
It's interesting what a reread of a book I loved can do. This reread did not hold up to my previous rave. It's not surprising that I couldn't remember much of the plot or characters (necessitating that I reread). I kept a character list and kept changing who did what. Who the hell is Zero? I found the book too long and I got impatient and skimmed the last fourth. I hated the cliffhanging chapter endings, they felt too abrupt and I had forgotten them by the time I arrived back to the story line.
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This book could have been better if it was about 300 pgs shorter and didn't include so many useless characters
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Good post-apocalyptic story so far. Looking forward to the other books.
Jan 04, 2011
Deyara
marked it as to-read
Nov 17, 2011
Betty
marked it as to-read
Oct 02, 2012
Jessica
marked it as to-read
Mar 23, 2013
AmyMK Kuhlman
marked it as to-read
Jun 23, 2013
Ann
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2014
Sarah
marked it as to-read
Feb 22, 2016
Cora
marked it as tbr-lost
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science-fiction,
vampires,
thriller,
dystopia,
paranormal,
horror,
post-apocalyptic,
1st-in-series,
apocalypse
