It's a 3.5 stars for me, not quite four. I ended up with mixed feelings about it. It started strong and with new characters I got attached to and then, they died. I was so disappointed, that much emotional investment for nothing.

Although I liked the main story, I found myself skipping large portions of endless descriptions too many times. My reading time is valuable and if I find the writing cumbersome and unnecessarily verbose, then a four star is not an accurate rating.

Again, there were so many characters to follow and remember, who was who and from what time in the past or the present. Although I don't have a problem with plots that jump back and forth in time, I do not enjoy tracking who a character is and what roll I have to stick a post it note to on in my head.

I ended up demoting this book from the 5 stars I wanted to give to it to 3.5.

I'm still confused about what happened in the end, where Amy ended up and why was Carter still in the dreams.

I'll read the third book, I don't give up on a series that easily after going through such a cumbersome prior twosome

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I thoroughly enjoyed the series. Beginning with the passage then the 12 then in the city of mirrors. I couldn't put them down until I had finished the series. I recommend these books.

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Fantastic book! "The Passage", the first book in this trilogy was great; "The Twelve" continued what it had started and (in some ways) improved on it. My favorite post-apocalyptic book has always been "The Stand", but Cronin's series is equally well developed. It has a great story, very good characters and enough action to make the 100s of pages fly by.

I can't wait for the third book, the conclusion.

My advice: If you order one, order all three at the same time, so you don't have to wait long after each book to read the next one in the series.

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