The Passage by Justin Cronin
Narrators: Scott Brick
Source: Audible
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Publisher: Random House Audio
Length: 26 hours, 26 minutes
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Published: 2012
Synopsis (from the book description): Lila, a doctor and an expectant mother, is so shattered by the spread of violence and infection that she continues to plan for her child’s arrival even as society dissolves around her. Kittridge, known to the world as “Last Stand in Denver,” has been forced to flee his stronghold and is now on the road, dodging the infected, armed but alone and well aware that a tank of gas will get him only so far. April is a teenager fighting to guide her little brother safely through a landscape of death and ruin. These three will learn that they have not been fully abandoned—and that in connection lies hope, even on the darkest of nights. And one hundred years in the future, Amy and the others fight on for humankind’s salvation . . . unaware that the rules have changed.
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Other books I’ve read by Justin Cronin: The Passage (review)
Other books I’ve listened to narrated by Scott Brick
Scott Brick:
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (review)
The Invisible Man by HG Wells (review)
The Passage (review)
Other blogger opinions:
I liked it too — but I liked the first part (the crash of civilization) more than the second part, which was more standard post-apocalyptic zombie-vampire fare (and I think there’s been enough in recent years to feel like there’s a standard) — I thought the end was good though and picked up some of the slack.
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I was liking the first part, until it started flipping back and forth and around so much that I had a hard time following it and stopped caring about the characters. Are you going to read the second one?
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