A new take on vampires, the downfall of society and one little girl. What would happen if an expedition, funded by the US Military, came across beings that could extend our lives but found out they were violent? Why we would find a way to use them as a weapon, duh.... And who better to experiment on then convicts? Until one day a 6 year old girl, abandoned by her mother, is kidnapped for the same reason. And what happens if these experiments were to get loose? Bye-bye society as we know it. Amy, because she was so young or is it because of what she is before the experiment, is different through Amy mankind might yet be saved.
The Passage is book one in a series by author Justin Cronin. It had some issues, boy were there spots where this book dragged, and dragged and dragged some more. I wasn't prepared for the huge jump by about 100 years in the future, the transition was lacking. There were times I was so ready for the book to be done that I had to put it down and read something else. I felt a disconnect with the characters and have no desire to go and read anymore in this series. I just can not take book two being the same as book one. The dragging..... Did I mention the dragging? The last time a book dragged like this was "The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen (worst novel EVER written, Oprah I despise you for recommending this book and hailing it as the great America novel or some such drivel. After the horror that was "The Corrections" I would refuse to read an Oprah book suggestion. *shudders*), that being said it wasn't nearly as bad as "The Corrections". I could have done without reading this book, but I don't hate myself for wasting my time reading it.
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