A review by tvislife
The Passage by Justin Cronin

dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

How could they do this to me. I want to THROW UP. 

Anyway. Despite my current feelings about the end, I loved this book. Really though, it’s like 3 books in one; it spans over a hundred years (kinda) and the main characters / plot keep changing (at least, the main cast of characters changes once and a while). It also got a bit “woo-woo” as my mother would say. 

But anyway, this was a fantastic sprawling sci fi story about, what are essentially, army-engineered vampires whose motivations seem to be weirdly connected. 

As depressing as it is to have characters you like die, I thought all of the deaths, and the story progression in general, was really well done. This was a long book, with a lot going on, but I felt invested in the whole thing and couldn’t wait to see what was going to happen. I swear every time I said “one more chapter”, something would happen and I’d need to keep reading. Even though it ended in a way I hated, Im really looking forward to the next book (thank GOD it’s a series).