Thank you so much #ballantinebooks @penguinrandomhouse and @netgalley for the advanced digital copy of The Ferryman by @jccronin I absolutely loved this novel!
I devoured The Passage (like many readers) at least a decade ago. I never picked up the remaining books in the trilogy, sadly, but his latest sounded intriguing and I am so glad that I requested the ARC.
This novel is rife with potential spoiler pitfalls when writing reviews, but I think I can safely say that it is absolutely in my wheelhouse of literary sci-fi stories that keep you guessing, while also contemplating deep themes on the meaning of life. Given that I have read a number of similar novels (which I would love to recommend, but I don’t want to spoil the plot of this book, so DM me!) I had a pretty good idea of what was happening, but in Cronin’s hands I was transported. 
The beginning of the story is reminiscent of a more mature and lyrical version of The Giver. That said, Cronin’s writing flows very cinematically and is action packed, while still having that strong emotional center. I absolutely FLEW through it, thinking it must not be as chunky as his other novels - I finally looked at the page count when I blinked and was already at 60 percent on my kindle, seeing it’s a paltry 560 pages compared to The Passage that clocks in at 766. 😁 BOTH read like something half their length, though!
The Ferryman is available this coming Tuesday, May 2, and I would run to your local bookstore on that day to pick it up - I think this novel will be all the rage, and deservedly so.