One of my very favorite books. I didn't want it to end and it is not a small book!

I thought it was a great read. I liked the story and the writers style. It was tied together nicely even with all the time shifting taking place.

I love this book. Justin Cronin is an excellent storyteller. I am just about to borrow the second book in the series....

This book ended very abruptly. Maybe the author's intent was to make you want to see if there would be a sequel. Luckily, there is one.

Wonderful book. I enjoyed the being involved with all the characters. I couldn't put it down.

The author does what at first seems like a terrible thing. He takes the characters of the first 150 pages, whose story you've become deeply engrossed in, and largely writes them out. The narrative jumps ahead 100 years, and you're left with entirely new characters. Having read both The Passage and it's sequel, don't be disappointed when it happens. It works. The remaining pages fly by once you're used to the shock of the jump forward in time. Great, great apocalypse literature. Much better than 'The Strain', which, while entertaining, just left me feeling dumber for having read it.

The world as we know it ends with a bang not a whimper as US government experiments go awry. Lo and behold vampire-like creatures are created from death row criminals. The Passage covers approximately 100 years from the near future (I estimated 2017) to a time when very few humans are left. The Passage is ambitious at more than 700 pages with metaphors for environmental degradation as well as biblical references. Science-based horror stories with just a touch of the supernatural have been around for a long time. Justin Cronin has created a superb example of the genre in The Passage.

reasonably well written but overly involved. Needed a better editor to give some focus. too long.

I had been looking for an old-fashioned storyteller. Someone to craft a simple, compelling plotline without pretense. I found that with Justin Cronin and 'The Passage'. A sprawling labor of love, 'The Passage' is chock full of cliffhangers and character progression. It isn't without its faults, though. With every development recounted in detail, a sense of mystery is lost. There is little room for the reader to insert his or her own imagination. In keeping with this, no character is allowed to simply disappear. If such a catastrophe were to actually occur, characters would disappear quickly, mysteriously, achingly. That is plainly missing from 'The Passage' as the author's affinity for each character prevents them from slipping away, unrealistic at best, manipulative at worst. That said, it’s an ambitious effort that leaves me more likely than not to read his follow-up, 'The Twelve'.

Epic tale of biological weapons, vampires and survival. Several storylines follow survivors. First book in a trilogy.