The Twelve

The Twelve by Justin Cronin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cronin is an excellent writer. He can get into the head of multiple characters and make them all unique. He can describe action sequences with alacrity and make you feel like you are witnessing it yourself. He can make vampires, viruses, ghosts, immortality totally plausible. And I like that a novel that has this much blood in it also has room for characters who believe in God and they are the sane ones. I would recommend this to anyone who likes their vampires a little more horrifying than sparkling in the sun...BUT I would also recommend waiting til the third one comes out and reading them altogether. I read The Passage a couple of years ago, and several characters and incidents were referenced that I wish I could recall with greater clarity. Also, the first half of this novel seems pointless...characters are introduced only to die, but some resurface later in the book, and the others I am guessing will show up in the third in some form. Cronin is teaching us patience...but darn it, release the third already!


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