The Passage

I was invited to join a a group on Instagram that was reading this book. When I looked it up I saw that I had added it to my Goodreads TBR back in 2019 and then forgot about it. Because of that I said I might as well go ahead in give it a try especially since I was going to be buddy reading it. I love buddy reads if you didn't know. Anyways I had no clue what I was getting myself into and honestly I didn't think I would end up liking it all that much but guys I ended up loving it. I listened to the audiobook while following along in the book which I think helped me especially because there are a lot of characters to keep up with. It was hard at first to keep up with everybody but that became easier the more I read. This book blew me away I am at a loss for words right now. This book was a chunky book coming in at 766 pages and I felt like I was getting through it slowly but I think that was just because of the shear length of it. There was so much happening that I never actually felt like I was slogging through it. I know I just contradicted myself but whatever. So much happens in this book and everything felt realistic natural right down to the romance. There is a time jump in the 2nd half which threw me off a little because I was loving the first half so much but I ended up loving the 2nd half just as much. If there's one complaint I have it's that I couldn't keep up with how much time was passing. I am saying it now this is going to be one of my favorite books of the year if not my top favorite.