As always, Cronin is big on developing all these characters with sometimes meandering backstories filled with greater detail than may actually be necessary. Once passed the past, we get re-acquainted with some of the crew from the first book, as well as a few other characters. Yeah, I’m talking to you, The Walking Dead. I prefer a bit more realism in my apocalypses, so, I’ll be upset, but I will appreciate the narrative drama of a favourite characters death, as long as it’s done well, and not teased and then negated a few episodes later for sweeps week or something. This is an apocalypse after all and anyone going into apocalyptic stories expecting no one, even their faves, to die, is … well. The first part of the book introduces several interesting characters through whom we experience the terror and hopelessness of this extinction level event - but don’t get attached. The Twelve begins by going backwards, taking us to the blanks that the previous book, The Passage, left behind by giving us the dark details of the outbreak that resulted in a vampiric apocalypse. Sorry, it seemed like a good idea at the time.” Sci-Fi November is a month-long blog event hosted by Rinn Reads and Over The Effing Rainbow this year, created to celebrate everything amazing about science fiction! From TV shows to movies, books to comics, and everything else in between, it is intended to help science fiction lovers share their love and passion for this genre and its many, many fandoms. #RRSciFiMonth Book Review: The Twelve by Justin Cronin
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