read_n_drink_coffee's review against another edition
5.0
I am a huge fan of Dan Brown’s books I have no read them all and I got to say there isn’t one I didn’t thoroughly enjoy! His books are not only fantastic stories with great characters, plot lines and twists but they also get the reader to think deeply about things.
The idea of “Winston” is genius! An AI that is so advanced that the operator has to be careful how they word requests other wise the AI will do anything within the parameters of the request! Also the research that Dan Brown must do in order to to write these books must be huge! The idea that life is created spontaneously not by the power of God and that we are moving into a new technological age really does make the reader stop and think omg is this theory actually real or not?!?
Robert Langdon is a fantastic character and I’m really hoping there are more books to come in this series!
DAN BROWN YOU ARE AMAZING! PLEASE KEEP WRITING ROBERT LANGDON BOOKS!
The idea of “Winston” is genius! An AI that is so advanced that the operator has to be careful how they word requests other wise the AI will do anything within the parameters of the request! Also the research that Dan Brown must do in order to to write these books must be huge! The idea that life is created spontaneously not by the power of God and that we are moving into a new technological age really does make the reader stop and think omg is this theory actually real or not?!?
Robert Langdon is a fantastic character and I’m really hoping there are more books to come in this series!
DAN BROWN YOU ARE AMAZING! PLEASE KEEP WRITING ROBERT LANGDON BOOKS!
sharppointysticks's review against another edition
3.0
Say eidetic memory one more time, I dare you.
rlse's review against another edition
2.0
I knew better but still walked right into that one. So anticlimactic. There was exactly one tangential detail of a side character I didn’t anticipate.
melissavandesteene's review against another edition
4.0
Like….3.75. The writing is great. Typical Brown. But the climax fell really, really short. The groundbreaking, earth changing revelation was just not worth the build up. It’s not a bad story….it just wasn’t enough.
markalkman's review against another edition
3.0
Okay. So. That was book 5. Dan Brown and Robert Langdon never disappoint. It's not as if Brown is a fantastic writer - he's more kind of mediocre, but he knows SO MUCH about history and religion and culture and his books are just so darn addictive. I was pleasantly surprised with the plottwists in this fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series, especially since it featured a big time atheist. As a Christian, I was kind of worried it would be somewhat disrespectful towards religion, but it wasn't. Far from, actually. Well, the atheist was but Robert Langdon had some pretty interesting views on creation and where we as humanity come from. The only thing - storywise - that really bothered me was the fact that they never mentioned the fallout from Inferno. Not even once. Uhm, hello? What happened with the virus that was going to make half the population infertile? Or are we just going to ignore that ever happened? Also, the concept of Robert Langdom with a beautiful young woman is getting a teeny tiny bit old. How old is he anyways? 65? Most likely, since Kirsch was 40 and Langdon used to be his professor back in the day. Nevertheless, I liked this book way more than The Lost Symbol. I think I even liked it better than The Da Vinci Code. But it didn't top Infero and it sure as hell didn't top my all time favourite Dan Brown/Robert Langdon book: Angels & Demons. Still the very best book in the series, hands down!
coltenb's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
casc8a's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
3.75
paigedc's review against another edition
3.0
Another reviewer wrote, “This book was better when it was called The Da Vinci Code” and I can’t help but agree. Powerful religious vs. scientific community conflict, Robert Langdon and a beautiful exotic woman working to uncover a secret while being pursued by bad guys, multiple characters moving within the shadows, a race against time, and complex questions about our past. Yep, sound just like his other book(s). But still, Dan Brown knows how to write a COMPULSIVELY readable story. Even at almost 500 pages, you just can’t stop turning pages.
Langdon resurfaces again, this time in Spain at the Guggenheim Museum. His former student and mentee Edmond Kirsch claims to have made a paradigm-shifting discovery about science and religion, but before Kirsch can make his presentation, things take a traumatic turn of events. Langdon and the museum’s director Ambra Vidal, who is linked to the crown prince of Spain, flee for their safety and to figure out how to discover and disseminate Edmond’s message to the masses. But news like this is unpopular, and those who wish to keep it silent also wish to silence Langdon and Ambra. The thriller takes them throughout Spain and through the ideas of humanity: where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we reconcile faith with the natural world around us?
Brown’s books often feature religion as a point of ridicule or a relic from a bygone era, and that can be difficult for me to read. In this story, Kirsch is a prominent atheist whose life’s mission is to promote the works of science to the detriment of mass religion. To that end, I take Brown’s books with a grain of salt and just for moderate entertainment value. His statements of FACT at the beginning of each of his books are also taken lightly for me. Still, for a quick speculative fiction thriller, he cranks them out like few others.
Langdon resurfaces again, this time in Spain at the Guggenheim Museum. His former student and mentee Edmond Kirsch claims to have made a paradigm-shifting discovery about science and religion, but before Kirsch can make his presentation, things take a traumatic turn of events. Langdon and the museum’s director Ambra Vidal, who is linked to the crown prince of Spain, flee for their safety and to figure out how to discover and disseminate Edmond’s message to the masses. But news like this is unpopular, and those who wish to keep it silent also wish to silence Langdon and Ambra. The thriller takes them throughout Spain and through the ideas of humanity: where did we come from? Where are we going? How do we reconcile faith with the natural world around us?
Brown’s books often feature religion as a point of ridicule or a relic from a bygone era, and that can be difficult for me to read. In this story, Kirsch is a prominent atheist whose life’s mission is to promote the works of science to the detriment of mass religion. To that end, I take Brown’s books with a grain of salt and just for moderate entertainment value. His statements of FACT at the beginning of each of his books are also taken lightly for me. Still, for a quick speculative fiction thriller, he cranks them out like few others.
theraindiary's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Enjoyed the gripping nature of the book. The final discovery wasn't as dramatic as I thought it would be but that wasn't so much of an issues. Love the writing style where information is teased out and it jumps between characters/diff parts of the stories (makes it a more fluid read)