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Summary: A really good read, but...
Review: This does not compare to The Da Vinci Code and that's the reason for my 4 star rating instead of 5. I have a brother who loves studying physics so a while ago, he explained anti-matter to me. As amazing as I found the idea, I never thought about it from a religion point of view. I think one of the main reasons I enjoyed this book was because of the way it combined science and religion together which traditionally is never done. Other than that, it was typical Dan Brown writing, fast paced with many surprises. Just like with The Da Vinci Code, I loved Brown's use of art and architecture that exists in our real world and how he incorporated them into this adventure. I liked getting more background info on Robert Langdon but have to admit that I did not enjoy Vittoria as much as I did Sopie in The Da Vinci code. But over all, this is still a great piece of fiction that inspired me to then research into and learn about many of the topics included in the book. Again, this is probably not a book for those who are offended easily by anything that delineates for their religious norm. But it is definitely a book for those who question everything in their everyday lives and it's definitely a book for those who have enjoyed other Dan Brown books.
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Summary: The plot is angelic and the writing demonic
Review: I wanted to like this book, I really did, but the writing is just awful. The characters are all cookie-cutter as are most of the situations. I was about to list a few examples but I don't want to be a spoiler. This said, the plot is fun (not quite angelic but I couldn't resist) and the pages do fly but all-in-all I could only recommend this to someone who's in the mood for brain-candy. As I have a taste for this at the moment I'm giving it a 3. On another day I probably would have awarded a 2.
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Summary: Excellent page turner
Review: I am not sure what all of the fuss is about. I personally thought this book was excellent. Yet there are many who think Brown's books are literary hacks. I am not sure where that comes from because I personally like his straight forward de-verbalized style. The books that do not interest me are the ones whose authors continually try to prove how smart they are with a bunch of big words that I must constantly look up in a dictionary to understand their meaning. I am a college graduate, I consider myself of normal intelligence and this book did not insult me at all. Back to the review of the book, I could barely put it down. I usually take weeks to read books and I finished this one in a few days. The book was very faced paced and somewhat far fetched at times, but hey folks, thats why they call it fiction. I did find that many of Brown's references were based in facts, but that is often as far as it went. From there he developed his own story line and I was tremendously entertained by it. Five stars for me.
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Summary: An excellent and and curiously uplifting novel!
Review: Having read "The Da Vinci Code" I wondered if Dan Brown would measure up for me in his other works. I bought a copy of Angels and Demons and I was not disappointed. Robert Langdon, professor and symbologist is introduced to us in this novel. Robert is awakened in the middle of the night, and practically ordered to come to Europe, lured by the a grisly fax which reels him with one word "Illuminati". The Illuminati were a group of scientists vilifed by the Catholic Church hundreds of years ago, and believed to be an extinct group. Robert is mesmerized and boards a super-sonic plane to a high-tech scientific research corporation. From this point forward, the novel progresses at breakneck speed as Robert, along with the help of an interesting female character named Vittoria, [who has a huge stake in the outcome of the novel] literally race against time to save Vatican City. Together they must travel to Vatican City and attempt to follow an ancient "map" to the person responsible for a threat to destroy Vatican City with a weapon of science - anti-matter. Although there is plenty of suspense, treachery, and violence in this novel, I felt strong undercurrent of faith, not in any specific religious dogma, but just simple, human faith. This is a very well written novel with so many twists and turns, the reader has to turn really immerse him or herself into the book. The character, Robert Langdon has such terrific appeal in this novel as well as "The DaVinci Code" because he is written to be so very human. He makes mistakes, he doubts himself, he continues forward when there seems to be no hope. He make us WANT him to succeed! The surprise ending is a good one, that I did not guess. Bear with the background information at the beginning. It does read a bit slow, but once events begin to unfold, this novel is unstoppable! I look forward to more Dan Brown novels with Robert Langdon as the central character. This is the kind of character you will fall in love with and want to read about more and more.
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Summary: Wow! I'm now a huge Dan Brown fan...great reading!
Review: I read DaVinci Code first which was simply amazing. Took a chance on Angels & Demons - I don't normally read an authors books just because one of their others was good. I had a hard time putting it down. I'm looking forward to 'Deception Point'. If you buy Angels & Demons be warned...you'll get addicted too. Enjoy.
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Summary: GRrrrreat!
Review: Its just great. Simply that. Full of suspense. Very interesting. Just buy it!
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Summary: Not as good as the DaVinci Code, but pretty good
Review: If you are looking at this book because you loved the DaVinci Code, you will probably enjoy it, but not quite as much. It is a very good book on its own right, but compared to the DaVinci Code it doesn't stand up. There are places where the DaVinci Code stretches the suspension of disbelief a little, but Angels and Demons does it a lot--so you'll have to be able to set aside the realms of plausability a little to enjoy this one. Personally I found that Brown's strength is in his writing style and the ideals he chooses to set his stories in rather than his actually plotlines or characters, which are usually trite and predictable. It is a very good read, but there is a reason why it was not as popular as the DaVinci Code.
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Summary: Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed the information about the Vatican and the talk about science vs.religion. However, by the end of the novel, a pattern emerged. There are many conflicts in this book, and each is resolved...but, for each conflict, there was this formula: 1. Oh no! This is horrible. What are we going to do? 2. Wait, the professor recalls some knowledge hidden in his brain. 3. Problem Solved. 4. Repeat process with next conflict. After reading this, I tried Deception Point, and Digital Fortress...but both did not hold my interest. As I said, I liked the religious theme in Angels and Demons. I'll wait for paperback Davini Code.
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Summary: Big let down
Review: My first Dan Brown experience was with The Da Vinci Code, and what a great book that was. I purchased Angels & Demons shortly after expecting the same thrills. It just wasn't so, I thought this book was a complete let down. Professor Langdon was a weak character in this book and an even weaker, or more like pathetic, excuse for a hero! Overall, a big disappointment.
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Summary: A page-turner, but a hackneyed and cliche one...
Review: Right now Dan Brown is the hottest thing since bread came sliced, but I must admit I was disappointed with Angels & Demons. It's not terrible, but it's not great either in my opinion. I felt torn because he can really weave a plot and I couldn't put it down, but I felt like if I could imagine a crazy plot twist he'd do it and if there were a thriller/mystery cliche he'd use it (there aren't many characters who are who they appear to be). Not only that, but I can only take the suspension of disbelief so far with a book based in the "real" world. Many times I rolled my eyes at the dialogue and the way people reacted to situations. I would say this is a nonChristian version of a Left Behind book, and that's not really a compliment. Both this book and that series have a way of sucking you in, but the characters and dialogue are so bad you consider setting it down for good. After reading this book I've decided I probably won't waste my time with any other of Brown's books. It was an easy-read, but it lacked realism and much real depth I thought. If you need a no-brainer book for vacation, go with this one. It'll keep you entertained at least, partly from the relatively fast-paced plot, partly from rolling your eyes at how bad some of it is. Don't buy it though, this type of book is what libraries are for, as you'll never reread it.
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