Comments on: Review: The Passage, Justin Cronin

By: kay @ Infiniteshelf

kay @ Infiniteshelf — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 17:40:30 +0000

I agree with the fact that it doesn’t exactly deserve its hype! It was good, but it took me some time to get into it, too. I think it could have benefit from being a bit shorter!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:02:09 +0000

So many people are reading and enjoying this book. Although almost everyone seems to have an issue with it. They like it, but … Still, I know I’m going to eventually read this. I’m just trying to wait out the wave of popularity. And I’m waiting for a time in my schedule when I’ll have the time to really fit it in. I’m thinking my Winter vacation to Florida might be perfect.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:30:46 +0000

It was on the list, then off the list. I think it will probably stay off. I was excited about it when it first came out but after reading so many reviews, it doesn’t sound like it’s worth the 800 pages.

By: Jen - Devourer of Books

Jen - Devourer of Books — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:55:02 +0000

I agree, I liked it, but not really enough to read 800 pages of it, so I’m sort of disappointed that I even bothered to finish. I won’t be reading the next two unless they are much shorter. I do want to know what happens, but not enough to spend that much of my reading time on it.

By: S. Krishna

S. Krishna — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:33:12 +0000

I totally agree that it’s slow. In fact, I didn’t like it very much for the first part because it wasn’t the thriller I expected. But as I sank into it, I really started to like it. I’m glad you enjoyed it, despite the pacing.

By: Beth F

Beth F — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:44:41 +0000

I am for some reason stuck on about page 250. I need to get back to this. I’m not as drawn in as other have been.

By: Andi

Andi — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:08:02 +0000

Glad you liked it well enough. I enjoyed the bits after the plague got started myself, but I thought there was an eery sense of expectation in the early pages. I was glad, in the end, that he took the time to lay a thorough bit of foundation.

Now to wait ’til 2012 for the follow-up. Ugg!

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By: heidenkind

heidenkind — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:35:16 +0000

Hmmm, how would turning criminals into vampires EVER be construed as a good idea? Hey, I know! Let’s take these already dangerous people who break societal rules and make them even stronger and more dangerous. Brilliant!

Yeah, probably won’t be picking this one up.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:23:03 +0000

I own this and will get round to reading it next month sometime, I hope I enjoy it because thats a big book to waste your time to otherwise.