The Passage and The Twelve by Justin Cronin

Ah crap! There is just never enough time to read everything that I want to read. If the definition of a good book is a book that stays with you long after you read it, or you continue to think about it in new and different ways or if you have dreams, or in my case nightmares, long after you read the book. Well, then The Passage by Justin Cronin is a GOOD book! No book has ever taken me on such a roller coaster ride of emotions the way The Passage did. One minute I'm loving it, the next I want to throw it out the window and not because the writing was bad but because the heart break was just too much. I know, I know it's probably hard to believe that a story of a vampire apocalypse could do that. But that's just it, The Passage was so much more than about vampires. It was about relationships and building communities in the aftermath of the apocalypse. Dr. Cronin is an English professor and so the writing is phenomenal. I am always hesitant to mention the vampires because I worry people will think Twilight or bad writing. Not so. And now the 2nd book in the series has been released. I'm not sure when I will get to it. Hopefully soon. I do want to re-read The Passage before I start The Twelve. Wish me luck in finding the time to do that.

Shelf Awareness Review of The Twelve