The Passage by Justin Cronin no comments
I’ve just finished The Passage by Justin Cronin and it was quite good. Basically The Passage is a stark, dark tale set in a post-apocalyptic world, but that’s not all that it is – there are more than a few layers here.
Actually, I did the audio version of The Passage,
which I downloaded on my Audible account. Three different narrators tell this story; Scott Brick, Adenrele Ojo and Abby Craden. Sometimes I am put off by an audiobook that uses multiple narrators as it can turn into a theatrical production and looses the feeling of reading the book or of having it read to you. Not so with the audio version of this story.
The narrators of The Passage are well cast. Scott Brick is the main reader and is top-notch. The other two readers turn in brief, but quit good performances.
Brick reminds me a bit of Frank Muller, who was the narrator of the early Stephen King and Elmore Leonard books, amongst many others, until his career was cut way too short by a very serious motorcycle accident. Brick paints the story with a somewhat less dramatic brush than Muller would have, but this is not a bad thing.
The Passage is the first part of a trilogy and there is talk of a movie — Fox has bought the movie rights and Ridley Scott is said to be the director.
Whichever way you roll, audio or digital or print, The Passage is a good ride and is recommended. This title is available for all ereaders from Barnes & Noble, Kobo,the Kindle Store and the Sony Reader Store for $9.99.
