The Passage trilogy readalong discussion

We catch up with Amy this week. It has been many years since she left the care of 'the man' (Wolgast). What were your initial impressions of this new Amy? What did you think of her forgetting Wolgast's name? Are you drawn to her in an emotional sense or more our of the desire for answers about her abilities?

At this point in the story, Amy is effectively 100 years older than she was when she knew Wolgast. I'm not surprised that she doesn't seem to remember his name, maybe because by now she sees him more as "the one that loved her." In other words, he has has become "dad" to her. She is also communicating with the virals around her, so she may be overwhelmed with their stories and confusion. They don't know who they are and in a way, I believe she shares that with them.

I will admit that I wasn't seeing that she was slowly growing up. For some reason I was seeing her more as the preschooler/kindergartner until we see how she fits in with the other kids at the "school". Cronin also involves us in a lot of new main characters and I found myself very drawn to Peter. Amy seems to be more of a peripheral character. *Shakes fist at Cronin for making her such an enigma!*

First read through I wanted answers but now I'm more drawn to her emotionally. She's been alone for so long it's sad to see that she doesn't even remember Wolgast's name or the names of the others she spent a brief time with. To have lived the pain of spending time with someone over and over again over a century is terrible, but it also emphasizes the point brought up in the first half of her story that she is not a typical 6 year old. I think even an adult would have give up on humanity and become a hermit, just to not deal with loss again.

I agree with Beth in that the sadness being radiated by the virals is overwhelming. I'm surprised this added to being alone for so long did not cause her to be more hesitant in leaving the safety of the carousel.

I've read the book so many times that I can't remember my original feelings about the Amy that shows up in the second part. It's not at all surprising that she thinks of Wolgast as "the man". She was a child when she knew him, and she only knew him for a short amount of time. His affect on her was profound, and that's what she remembers.

When I read Amy now, I feel such sadness for her, and upon reflection, I wonder if I should. I've been thinking she was all alone and lonely, but was she really? Are the virals her friends and companions? Ugh. Now I'll have to think on this.

In reality how many young children remember adult names? How many times would she even have heard Wolgasts name anyway as I cannot imagine he used it when there was just the two of them.

so I'm way behind on the reading for this thing sadly. I'm still working on The Passage. I'm at the Amy and Lacey going to the zoo...does anyone know where Amy and Lacey are? like the state? I can't remember if it's ever mentioned..

I think they're in Memphis, TN

They are. Be the town with the fairground is Homer, OK.