UGH. And I mean that in the "oh my God that book was so good but it was LONG and I couldn't put it down and now I have to relearn how to walk" kind of way.

To start, this is another one of those books where if you had told me what the bad guys were before you handed it to me, I'd say no thanks.

But the writing is fantastic. Cronin breathes considerable life into his characters. The first chapter of this book is a harrowing, personal tragedy that honestly turned me off on my initial reading attempt. I went back to it, and needless to say, I got hooked bad.

Gonna need some time off before diving into the next book. The Passage took a lot out of me.