The Passage (The Passage, #1) in Crazy Challenge Connection

Aug 08, 2017 Barbara ★ rated it liked it

Shelves: horror, paranormal-vampires, fantasy, zzz-cover-trees, read-2017, zz-cover-blue, post-apocalyptic

I was sorely disappointed with this monstrosity. I enjoyed the setup in the first 150-200 pages when Wolgast is rounding up death row inmates for some kind of government testing but them they grab a 6 year old girl. WTF? This part was at least engaging. Then we get the vampire apocalypse and jump 92 years into the future.

It seems to me that the Colony wasn't really afraid of the virals. Oh sure they locked themselves away and venture out only when necessary for food and/or supplies but they sho ...more

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Aug 20, 2011 Stacy marked it as books-i-lost-interest-in

This started off well, but after the first third, I had trouble following the characters. It was very hard to read more than 30 pages at a time (lots of details and changes) and too thick to read in bed (which is my preferred reading place). Since it's due back at the library, I'm going to quit for now. ...more

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Apr 05, 2015 Krissy rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobook, buddy-read, pgs-600-or-more

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

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Oct 18, 2010 Tien rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction, usa, thriller

A truly engaging read except for the beginning where I felt like it's taken so very long to set up and there were just too many characters to keep track of.

However, once background has been set and we moved onward by approx 90 year, it was much improved. The world as we know it no longer exists: a research gone wrong has infected most humankind to something otherworldy and not many has survived. Hope is something elusive & illusionary, it is a thin sliver of light which they espied but not many ...more

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Jun 28, 2010 Rebecca rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-2015-reads, kindle-reads, favorites

So many people started reading this book I had to jump on the bandwagon and read it too. The premise seemed interesting and I was definitely in the mood for a more chunky tome. I honestly wasn't expecting to enjoy this book much, considering the subject matter, and yet found myself unable to put it down.

The beginning of the book went slow for me, but after the first few chapters I was hooked. I found myself emotionally connected to the characters in a way few books have managed to hook me in qui ...more

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Apr 15, 2012 Natascha rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2012, dystopian, in-the-future, science-fiction, thriller, post-apocalyptic, wonderfully-written, unreliable-narrator, horror, series

It's great to come across a well written book, they seem few and far between. I was really impressed with the way Justin wrote the book. The way he used diaries and official documents to move the story forward really added to the experience of reading.

My only complaint is that there were way too many characters to remember.

I think that EVERYONE should read this book. I have been recommending The Passage from the third chapter and I will continue to keep telling everybody to read it. ...more

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