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Summary: Amazing
Review: Really great. I loved it. If you liked DaVinci Code, you'll love this. The science-y side is really intresting and I still can't stop thinking about the concept of antimatter.a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, gets a call in the middle of the night from the director of CERN. A horrible murder has been commited and a CERN scientist has been killed and branded with the symbol "illuminati" a satanic/anti-christian organization, thought to be extinct. When the anti-matter is missing from the dead scientist's lab, it is a paniced search for the destructive substance. A really amazing book. No matter what type of book you normally like, you'll be amazed with it.
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Summary: Another Thrill Ride from Dan Brown
Review: If you like thrillers and mysteries, Angels and Demons is for you. Like The Da Vinci Code, this one is hard to put down. I have no idea how accurate the history background is for Brown's books, but the stories are riveting. Angels and Demons is like being in the middle of fantasy computer game in which one has to solve a puzzle to reach a new level. The combination of futuristic physics, the modern Catholic church, a tour of Rome, and late renaissance history makes for a quite volatile brew. As with The Da Vinci Code, I enjoyed the details so much that I re-read many of the chapters. The plot is fascinating and the characters come alive beyond being mere charicatures. I was totally hooked and willing to suspend my disbelief as the novel climaxed toward a spectacular victory of good over evil. Of course I will not reveal the ending, but can say that the book does not end with a thud.
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Summary: Knights and Shadows
Review: I get jealous of a main character who is both an academic expert on religious symbology at Harvard, and a perfect physical specimen who plays water polo for light exercise. I get even more jealous when this superman (AKA Robert Langdon) gets whisked to CERN headquarters in Europe to investigate a peculiar murder that seems to involve the Illuminati. And you can imagine my further feelings when Langdon teams up with the beautiful and brilliant daughter of the victim (Vittoria Vetra) in a last ditch attempt to save the Vatican from annihilation by a titantic anti-matter explosion. What Langdon discovers at CERN is that the Illuminati appear to have stolen a new technology, with which they intend to attack the Catholic Church, bringing an abrupt finish to a struggle that started hundreds of years earlier with Galileo. With all of the cardinals lock in enclave to elect a new pope an anti-matter bomb has been hidden in the vast Vatican city and a madman busies himself leaving grisly trophies on the path to Illuminati headquarters. Dan Brown does more than write a pure action novel. With a deft combination of fact and imagination, he recreates CERN headquarters, Illuminati history, and the mysteries of the Vatican, telling the story within the space of one short day in the history of the world. Admittedly, the story bogs down in places, character development is a trifle minimalistic, and the ending is over-baked. But the resulting effect is fine entertainment. Suspense buffs will get a kick out of all the machinations and plot twists. I've never read The Da Vinci Code, Brown's previous Robert Langdon novel, but I'm tempted to now. Even though I feel there were some plot inconsistencies and a couple of occasions where Brown stretched the underlying facts a bit too far, the fact remains that this was an interesting book. The ideas he plays with, such as a possible spiritual implications of subatomic particles and anti-matter are ingeniously blended with what is primarily a paranoid plot story, resulting in some incidental food for thought. Spice for what is otherwise an entertaining story of detection, deduction and intrigue. I also appreciated the visits to some of the more obscure parts and rituals of the Vatican. So if you need your weekly dose of paranoia - this is a good place to start.
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Summary: An intense and educational read!
Review: Okay, so you may be thinking... how is this educational??? It is a thriller, murder mystery, not far off a Grisham or Clancy feel, but then it is packed with so much more! When Robert Langdon gets a shocking call in the middle of the night he is tangled in the middle of a countdown to detsruction. His knowledge of symbology and ancient brotherhoods and their connections pulls you into this mystery. Through his conversation you too, will be informed, not only on religous symbols and rituals, but simply things like a 'thumbs up' sign, and it's origin of meaning. I was actually told to read this before Da Vinci code, becasue it gives you a good background on our main character and it is a premise to the later book. I am reading DaVinci Code next, and very excited to. While Langdon's antics do get a little "james Bondish" in the end, this book is still riveting and full of surprises. It reads much like a movie script, is easy to follow, and loaded with extra goodies in references to 'Satanic Cult's' , the Vatican city and its strange quirks,plus more. Lace all this into a fast paced day of a man (with a beautiful side kick) trying to save lives and you have yourself an EXCELENT weekend read. DON'T MISS IT! You will be glad you took the time to read this one. References to Bernini and his sculptures are so much a part of this story, by looking up statues and finding these works of art to study as you read will only enhance this great book.
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Summary: Absoultey Irrestable..... and AWSOME READ
Review: Once again we meet with Harvard symbol gist Robert Langdon in Angles and Demons written by the famous Dan Brown of The Da Vinci Code. Mr. Brown takes us to the Swiss Conseil Europe`en pour la Recherché Nucl`eaire where a murder has taken place and a canister Antimatter is stolen, there is an assumption of an ancient brotherhood called the Illuminati could be on the up rise. It is up to Robert Langdon and his female companion Vittoria Vetra to save the Vatican from destruction and save the lives of four kidnapped cardinals as well. It was so hard to put this book down. Dan Brown has you hanging on by the edge of your seat with all of the events that keep on popping up at the turn of every page. It is interesting how Mr. Brown mixes the worlds of religion and science together in a book. The book relates to how the Catholic Church was against Galileo's theory of how the earth rotates around the sun and they didn't want to have people disregard the church. If there is a book that you really want to read, I strongly recommend reading Angels and Demons. It starts off like The Da Vinci Code, but once you get into it you will be engulfed by the events that come along. I enjoyed this book so much that I am going to read it again, because it was good that I forgot most of the events that happen. I hope that this has been helpful and that when you read it that you enjoy it more than I did when I read it.
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Summary: Fascinating and suspenseful read
Review: If you are going to (or have) read The Da Vinci Code, you have to read this book as well. Both books follow the same style in how the plot unfolds and how the reader is drawn into the dramatic conclusion. And, while the style and form are not particularly original, the author's use of symbolism and religious factoids make it far more interesting than other books of the same genre. It's definitely a can't-put-down-page-turner. So, be sure to find yourself some "free time" before you dive in.
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Summary: When story telling skill and insight are combined ...
Review: Expertly woven story, a real page turner. At the same time, the author is able to insert history and philosophical arguments -from both sides of the equation - without breaking the continuity of the story but rather enhancing it. What a master of story telling! What great insights into religion and history!
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Summary: Wow -- an E-ticket ride!
Review: Reading this book was something akin to riding a roller coaster for the first time -- no -- more like riding the Space Shuttle for the first time! It's a phenomenal mystery story -- a thriller in every sense; but even more than that, it's a highly intelligent weaving of intricate details that come together in a way that no mind but Dan Brown's could ever have imagined. I haven't been so delightedly surprised by a book in a long time. I was very pleased with it and decided to join in with many others in praising it's delights. I do have to say that the general tone of the book was dark and that some of the images were disturbing, but the premise was mesmerizing and it stretched my mind in directions I never thought possible. DO read this is you love a good puzzle and enjoy great endings. You won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Horrid
Review: This is some of the worst prose you will ever read. Does anyone else detect the not so subtle tone of racism directed at Arabs in this book? Avoid at all costs.
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Summary: Angels & Demons
Review: Loved it, Loved it! I read it as a prelude to The Davinci Code, which I am reading now. As a Buff on QM & the nonsense put out by the Cathlic Church, I was already familiar with the Illuminati. A Cathlic myself I know the Church is not all nonsense, but they never give you a chance to make up your own mind, since they have decided what information to publish and what to squash. But, I digress from the book, which is thrilling, entertaining & enlightening. I particularly appreciate the fact that Dan Brown preludes his book with letting you know what is fact and how much is fiction. I found myself going back and referring to this several times. I was surprised to learn that CERN has actually produced anti-mater.
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