The Passage
2010 • 37 pages
Ratings117
Average rating4
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Ratings117
Average rating4
An epic and gripping tale of catastrophe and survival, The Passage is the story of Amy—abandoned by her mother at the age of six, pursued and then imprisoned by the shadowy figures behind a government experiment of apocalyptic proportions.
But Special Agent Brad Wolgast, the lawman sent to track her down, is disarmed by the curiously quiet girl—and risks everything to save her. As the experiment goes nightmarishly wrong, Wolgast secures her escape—but he can’t stop society’s collapse. And as Amy walks alone, across miles and decades, into a future dark with violence and despair, she is filled with the mysterious and terrifying knowledge that only she has the power to save the ruined world.
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3 primary booksThe Passage is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2010 with contributions by Justin Cronin and Miguel Romeira.
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I really, really liked this book. To say more might spoil it and I think it's best enjoyed without knowing too much going in.
I should mention that I definitely wouldn't file this as a “vampire” book. It's totally not.
This was a fantastic book. The characters are very fleshed out as the book goes on. There are some loose ends that you want to find out what happened. The time jump in the book was a bit off kilter but later it made some sense why the author did that. I still would like to have that story of the in between time. This is a very different take on the vampire story. Being a made made virus. You could almost see it happening in real life. I'm looking forward to reading the next book. There are a few questions raised that I would have liked answered. 1)Amy is supposed to be almost 100 but she seems to be only about 15 years old in appearance. Does she age slowly and then stopped? 2) what happened to Amy in those years. She was 6 when she was left alone. How did she survive? 3) Why was the doctor developing the virus in the first place and why would you want a super soldier that had criminal backgrounds.
Definitely the most fun novel I've read this year. Nothing profound, but a ton of fun if you're into the genre(s).
This is a great book and a great setup to what should be a quality trilogy. It's an improvement on The Stand, which Cronin has said directly inspired it. It's also a rehash of The Stand, with repeated archetypes and events (beyond just the viral apocalypse). I docked it a star because while I thought the ending was appropriate, it frustrated me because the whole ~800 pages are really just setup. Kind of like reading the Fellowship of the Ring then having to just wait an unknown amount of time for the rest of the story.
