The Passage

A big DNF.

I struggled on to nearly 40%, with an increasing loss of interest in the story, when yet another section of clichéd backstory prompted a desperate urge to skip pages.

For me, a desire to skip pages means it is time to read a different book.

What embarrasses me is that I read nearly 40% of this book. It reads like a classic writing school idea of how to write a book - multiple story threads (tick), new character new backstory (tick), introduce key past event(s) in character‘s life which will be used later to explain behaviour or purpose in life (tick). I just don't think it is any good.