The Twelve - October 2013

[Yessi]

This is one of my favorite series. Does anyone know if/when the 3rd will be out?

[Katy]

April wrote: "I started this book way late... Better late than never... Absolutely love the way he started it. The recap, of The Passage, was great. I actually got watery eyed on page 4. Really looking forward t..."

I think you'll like it.

[Katy]

I'm about 2/3's of the way through at this point. There are a lot of characters, moving in and out. I think I'm beginning to see some characters return, and I feel some momentum building, I hope. I kind of feel there are a lot of characters, and not enough story to tie them together.

[Anima]

Yessi wrote: "This is one of my favorite series. Does anyone know if/when the 3rd will be out?"

As far as I know the third book should be released next year, according to Goodreads, it is titled The City of Mirrors.

[Yessi]

Anima, I couldn't find information on it last time I checked a month ago and I was worried they had decided not to go with a third. Good news!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

It just says that it comes out in 2014, no actual date yet.

[Yessi]

Thank you Kristie and Anima

[Kristie, Moderator]

Finally ready to start this one! I think I may have to drive around a lot tomorrow! ;)

[Anima]

Indeed, this book is difficult to put down LOL

[ElvenRaven]

I've just started :) I like the way he inserted the summary of The Passage

[ElvenRaven]

Wow, this is going great so far, I've just finished Part II, I love how (view spoiler)[we can see how the stories of some characters in The Passage started. (hide spoiler)]
I really like the way Cronin writes, he can be very poetic... when he's not writing about spilled guts and severed limbs, that is.

[Anima]

I agree Cin, (view spoiler)[ the origins of certain characters and threads of relationship and ancestry are amazing and I loved the detective work of deducing who was whom parent or child or uncle :) (hide spoiler)]. Although I'm not huge fan of gore descriptions, I must say that Cronin writes well even such dark parts.

[Shane]

I am starting to think my friends are too biased. 15 out 16 five star reviews. Maybe someone on this board can read "Finding Gordon Lipschitz" and let me know if they agree. I can lower the kindle cost if anyone has a problem with the $7.99.

[ElvenRaven]

I've just finished! I'm in a bit of a daze right now, this book was great :)
I loved the ending (view spoiler)[ The part where Amy guides Wolgast to heaven was really moving. (hide spoiler)]
I'll probably post more thoughts later.

[ElvenRaven]

Anima wrote: "I agree Cin, [spoilers removed]. Although I'm not huge fan of gore descriptions, I must say that Cronin writes well even such dark parts."

That's true! The gorey parts made me cringe more than a couple of times.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm only about 12% in (page 70), but (view spoiler)[I was surprised that the book went back to 100 years ago! I thought it would just build off of where it was and have the characters we already knew going after the remaining 12.

I was also surprised at the story line involving Wolgast's ex-wife, Lila. I was not expecting to anything else about her.

Oh, and I couldn't believe that Theo and Mausami were dead! Within 5 years of the last story ending and it seems like it happened quite some time before that, since Amy was telling Caleb about his parents. So sad.

I am curious to hear why Grey looks human after being changed. It seems that the first people "changed" were not really changed, at least not the same way all the others were. (hide spoiler)]

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

I'm sorry to say I'm just not loving this book. I'm really struggling. 52%

[ElvenRaven]

Keep reading Kristie!! You'll learn a lot about Lila later ;)

How sad to hear you're not enjoying it Heather, maybe you could take a break and come back to it later? It helped me when I was reading The Passage and I got a bit frustrated at about 30% (nothing from the blurb had happened yet at that point LOL).

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Hi Cin - lol I did already, I read The Rosie Project - and flew through it in 3 days. This book had taken nearly the whole of Oct and I'm skimming quite a bit. I think I'll keep struggling on rather than put in a DNF category cos it's counting towards my GCAC tally.
Hopefully ill get into it soon. :-)

[Anima]

Kristie, I was also surprised by this turn in the plot(view spoiler)[ the one hundred years backshift (hide spoiler)], and I must admit that appearance of certain characters was unexpected (view spoiler)[ Lily, Grey, and some others to appear soon LOL (hide spoiler)], but the more you read the more the story unwinds and facts start to connect :)

[Katy]

Anima wrote: "Kristie, I was also surprised by this turn in the plot[spoilers removed], and I must admit that appearance of certain characters was unexpected [spoilers removed], but the more you read the more th..."

I'm almost done, and the plot is all over the place. But the whole book has been kind of everywhere, so I kind of went with it. Really want to see Guilder get what's coming to him.

[Carmen]

I'm in Part VII The Outlaw. It feels like this book goes anywhere, everywhere. A lot of players in action, lots of storylines. I didn't recognize some characters initially. I found myself struggling to remember the family trees, who was romancing who. Pages and pages would fly by before a light comes on. Oh yeah, that's so-and-so... I'm glad I'm not the only one this has happened to, based on the comments I've read. I guess taking a break between the two books wiped the encyclopedia of characters from my mind. Nevertheless, I'm definitely enjoying the ride. Right now, (view spoiler)[ Guilder and this cruel operation he is running is truly getting under my skin. I feel sorry for Grey, chained and at the mercy of the director. A part of me would love for Grey to escape and grant Guilder the punishment he deserves. Wow, he really gets under my skin! I can't wait to see what Sara will accomplish now that she has joined team Sergio. And what are Amy and Greer up to? They've just disappeared and I'm super curious as to what their mission is. (hide spoiler)] I really hope I can finish today.

[Katy]

Carmen wrote: "I'm in Part VII The Outlaw. It feels like this book goes anywhere, everywhere. A lot of players in action, lots of storylines. I found myself not recognizing some characters initially. I found myse..."

I'm with you, Carmen. Just a little further along, but hoping to finish it today. Not always sure of a character's backstory at this point, but when two characters meet and "compare notes," it jogs the ole memory.

[Carmen]

Wow! I'm done! What an amazing journey! I do want to clarify even though I had to work to put pieces together, it was fun. So much to process. I will add more thoughts later.

[Katy]

I'm done as well. Big fight sequence there at the end. I liked that things did not go as planned, but still worked out.

And the links between characters are starting to help pull the story together.

[Sarah]

I don't know if I want to wait and start this series until the third book is to be released. For The Song of Ice and Fire series I hate hate waiting for the next installments and forgetting all the stuff before. That is why I am looking forward to The Dark Tower series - I can plow straight through.

[Allison]

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSHITY GOSHITY GOOOOOOOOSSSSSHHHHHH. This book is DA BOMB. Like Schereriously (lol my last name is Scherer. No pun intended) but JEEZ THIS IS MY LIFE. I can't WAIT to read the third one when it comes out. IT'S NOT OUT RIGHT? CUZ IF IT IS THEN TOOTLES. I've gotta read it!!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hey guys! Is anyone still reading this? I took a little break after The Passage and started this one late.

I'm at about 58% of the way through. I think it was chapter 36 (but I don't have the book in front of me) and I was dying! (view spoiler)[ I can't believe Sara is in that awful place! It is basically a concentration camp. I feel so bad for her and all the others they have kidnapped and stuck in there. (hide spoiler)] I was pretty shocked when I got to that part and it was really difficult to hear at times! (I'm listening to the audio book, which has a great narrator, but I also have the paper copy at home.) Just wondering if anyone else is reading it and gotten to that part.

I'm assuming that (view spoiler)[ she will be be found or rescued or escape. Yet, we all know that Cronin doesn't always play nice and she could be killed! I'm still surprised that he started the book with Mausami & Theo being dead. Now I'm wondering if maybe they're not?? (hide spoiler)]

Also (view spoiler)[ who is Zero talking about when he says we will be twelve again - our sister?! I am assuming it is Amy??? But, I suppose it could be Lila or someone else. Who knows with this guy! (hide spoiler)]

Ok, enough spoilers for now. lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

By the way, has anyone seen that The Passage is supposed to be being made into a movie?? It's supposed to be coming out in 2016.

Allison - The third book is called The City of Mirrors and it's scheduled to come out in 2014.

[Allison]

My life had just imploded before my very eyes a MOVIE jeez... This is a dream come true...

[Kristie, Moderator]

About 68% I'm so glad that (view spoiler)[ the gang seems to be slowly getting back together! I was happy to see that Sara got away, but am still worried for her. Just when everyone seems to be heading in her direction, she is heading elsewhere. Also I can not wait for Guilder to get what is coming to him! He is just so awful. (hide spoiler)]

[Anima]

Indeed, it was a very tense part of the book. (view spoiler)[ I was also happy that Sara survived and was anxious to see if they would finally come together. I totally agree that Guilder is a repulsive character! (hide spoiler)]

[Kristie, Moderator]

71% - Man, Cronin sure loves his twists!!

[April]

I'm still reading this one... Started it last month, had to take a break from it. Life happened and other books read... Back to it tomorrow...

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

All I can say is this..... Thank god it's over. I think i must be the only one of you who didn't LOVE this book. I gave it a 3/5.
Took me two months. I stopped twice. I didn't like it nearly as much as The Passage and I'm sorry but I don't understand how it won GR best horror 2012. It dragged in lots of parts but was interesting in other parts - eg parts with Lila, Sara, Kate and Amy. It was good enough though for me to struggle on just so I knew what happened.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Sorry to hear that Heather! I didn't think it was slow at all. I did find certain parts hard to read though.