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NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE YEAR BY TIME MAGAZINE AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Washington Post • Esquire • U.S. News & World Report • NPR’s On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal
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.
The Washington Post • Esquire • U.S. News & World Report • NPR’s On Point • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • BookPage • Library Journal
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.
USA Today has named The
Passage as a must summer read: Booksellers across the country are
buzzing about this novel, which features a jacket blurb by Stephen King.
Film rights have been bought by Fox 2000 for Ridley and Tony Scott.
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So I've started.... I'm not very far in, but I have to say the author has a voice that I'm so not used to... It's interesting. I'm anxious to see how he stretches it out and if he can hit the high notes as well as the low ones with it. :)
ReplyDeleteI HAVE FINISHED THIS BOOK! (but I need time to absorb it and digest yet... ) :D
ReplyDeleteOkay my thoughts...
ReplyDeleteThis was a good story-driven work. I think he could have cut about 200 pages out of it and still had the exact same story. I also think he could have dedicated about 200 pages to the characters and had three dimensional characters instead of the 2D ones that he wound up with. I couldn't really connect to any of them. They were all very black and white. I didn't see them in colour.
Is this his first attempt? A debut novel? If so I would understand the lack of character development. But if it's not, then he needs to shake his pretty little head and read what he's written. If I can't connect to your characters, I cannot sink into the story. Period. Maybe that's just me, but it is what it is.
Having said that, I think I gave his book 4 out of 5 stars in the end. The story itself is very well thought out.It's driven and complex - just how I like them! Were it not for the lack of character development, he would have gotten a full five stars. I will likely read the rest of the series, but because I couldn't fall in love with any of the characters at all, I'm in no rush to do so. I really enjoyed the story, though. Very curious to see what happens next. :)