Big Dick McGee
If you don't know, now ya know
Occasionally, I'll forgo getting books from the library, and actually order 'em from Amazon. The wait for The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest was at least 3 months, so I broke down and ordered it, along with Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth, and The Passage by Justin Cronin. I'd heard about the latter two on an NPR "summer reading" spot. Larsson's final book in the Millennium Trilogy was great, and Blood Oath was a fun, light book.
The real find was The Passage. Some people have referred to it as a "Vampire" book, but calling the Passage a Vampire book is like calling the Bible a book about a flood and an ark. The vampire parts (they're referred to as "virals" in the book) only scratch the surface. Really, it's a book about survival, and the lengths we'll go to preserve what it means to be human. That isn't to say that the book is boring, or obtuse. No, Cronin has written a first-rate thriller with the soul of a literary novel. It's full of big ideas, yes, but it's also full of genuinely scary stuff.
The Passage is one of those 800-page books that you lose yourself in, savoring every paragraph, wishing there were 800 more pages. The good news is, it's a projected trilogy.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's easily one of the top two or three books I've read in the last decade. If anyone would like to borrow it (and I do mean borrow, as I want it back!), let me know.
If you read this book, you will NOT be disappointed.
The real find was The Passage. Some people have referred to it as a "Vampire" book, but calling the Passage a Vampire book is like calling the Bible a book about a flood and an ark. The vampire parts (they're referred to as "virals" in the book) only scratch the surface. Really, it's a book about survival, and the lengths we'll go to preserve what it means to be human. That isn't to say that the book is boring, or obtuse. No, Cronin has written a first-rate thriller with the soul of a literary novel. It's full of big ideas, yes, but it's also full of genuinely scary stuff.
The Passage is one of those 800-page books that you lose yourself in, savoring every paragraph, wishing there were 800 more pages. The good news is, it's a projected trilogy.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's easily one of the top two or three books I've read in the last decade. If anyone would like to borrow it (and I do mean borrow, as I want it back!), let me know.
If you read this book, you will NOT be disappointed.
