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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? October 8 (discuss.online)
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Still reading The Twelve by Justin Cronin. Book 2 of The Passage trilogy, so no change there.

It has become quite interesting though (or maybe it's just the Stockholm syndrome talking), I am in last 1/3 or maybe 1/4th of the book, and things have started to get together, though I still don't know what's the goal in this book. From all I have read, this seems to just be a 'middle' book whose purpose is to explore the world and take us from book 1 to book 3 where everything will be concluded.

Let's see how I feel by the time I finish it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

It's a little different on a second read. The way it's set up is excellent at building a tension where any scene can be pivotal, and you don't have that on a re-read. But I did pick up details I missed the first time on the second pass (about through words of radiance), and the scenes that don't progress you through the main arc still feel purposeful.

If I'd read 6 months ago instead of finishing probably a month before the new one I'd probably start from the beginning again. I reread a lot, though. A lot of other series (even with less of an arc) I'd read from the start even after just finishing it lol.