This book was worth the wait! I really loved the entire trilogy, even though six years is a long time to wait to read three parts of one story. This book certainly answered a lot of questions, especially how the whole thing started to begin with, but there was simply too much time between reading the three books to understand it all.
I really liked that we got to meet Tim Fanning and understand his life. I'm not sure if we should blame Fanning for what happened however. Lear is really the one who set everything in motion. He was the one obsessed with the virus; he was the one who abandoned Liz, the wife he loved, for this obsession. He was the one who wanted Fanning to join him in his research after Liz died. Lear tried to "correct his wrong" by creating Amy, but honestly, it was much too late at that point. I am not saying I liked Fanning, but none of it would have happened without Lear.
What was confusing to me was the different levels of being a viral. You have Fanning (Zero) who was the father of all virals, and yet he looked like a man. Then there is Alicia, who was half-viral, half-human, who looked liked a woman but had Zero in her head at all times. Amy is viral, but from a different source. She is changed back to human form by nearly drowning and then can be automatically trusted - even though she is a viral. Carter, well I honestly never did understand what was going on with him. I can't even remember who Rachel is! Then you have the virals and the dopeys, the virals obviously stronger than the dopeys - but both of them die in the sun and water. Right? There is something to be said about waiting until a trilogy is completely written before starting it!
I think that Amy gave Peter her blood at the end (when she wouldn't earlier on) because it was the end. There was no one else in the United States. They could be together and it didn't affect anyone. I am surprised that Peter died though, and Amy lived another 900 years. As a viral I would have thought that Peter would have lived longer. I think that Alicia had been living in pain for a long time. She had Zero in her head, but after her water escapade turned her back into being fully human, her body was broken - literally. I think she was just tired of living and just wanted to join her daughter in death. I kept wondering how Michael was going to get his way with fleeing the country with 700 people on his ship, since Peter was so opposed to the idea. That whole part, trying to get the remaining citizens of Kerville, Texas to the ship in time was really page-turning material! In the end, Michael saved the human race with his forethought. Ever the adventurer, it was fitting that he went off by himself in the end to continue with his explorations.
One thing that I still wonder about: Pim seemed to have a special bond with Amy? What was that about? How did Amy know how to sign? What were they "sharing" or "talking" about over their mind-waves (so to speak) that day - at least that is what they appeared to be doing. I am glad that Pim wrote it all down, but how did she know the full story of what happened?
If there were not so many other books that I want to read, I would start The Passage right now! One day, I plan to read the entire trilogy again. Maybe if they make a movie out of it, that time will come sooner rather than later! I really loved this story!
Wendy's Rating: *****
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