The Passage

Very quickly into the book you realise that Justin Cronin must be a big fan of Stephen King. If this book does not remind you of “The Stand” I really don't know what will. Sadly, the book is never able to achieve even close to the tightness or storytelling capability of that masterpiece. The science is not explained very well and neither is the explanation on how it resulted in the post apocalyptic future. The book could probably have been saved with the 100 year leap that takes place in its midst but its this leap that makes it even more difficult to read with too many characters being introduced and more confusion being added. Thats where I gave up the ghost. This Passage was more than I could take!