Have you ever bought or read a certain sci-fi/thriller/suspense book and wished you hadn't done either? That it was just hype and that it didn't live up to it? Well, I just recently did and hope others would steer clear of this book -- The Passage by Justin Cronin. You can perhaps borrow it, but I wouldn't recommend buying it.
The story seemed too long or prolonged. It read like one long, winding and somewhat badly edited movie with no clear direction.
I can't believe I actually finished reading it. Lol. The first part seemed okay. However, I was expecting an ending, like a loose ends tied ending. But didn't get it. Why? 'Cause turns out the book is the first of a trilogy.
And then I find out eventually that the author collaborated with Ridley Scott, and that it's the first novel out of a supposed trilogy. No wonder then. It was deliberately written with the possibility of having it made into a movie/s. Talk about hype and commercialization.
You can bet am not gonna bother with the sequels. And I say this right after I finished reading it and put down the book, and without having known at the time that it's the first of a trilogy or that it's a collaboration with Ridley Scott.
Oh well.
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