Reviews tagging 'Death'

Origin by Dan Brown

11 reviews

nicoletiff's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Suicide

rhoda's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

I did not see the ending coming at all. Such a good book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

bella_01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This book certainly surprised me. I loved how each chapter wrapped up leaving you wanting to read more. The descriptions within the book are incredible, the places you imagine are practically identical to the real places being described. I also loved how the book jumps between different perspectives for each chapter too, so you get an idea of everything that is happening simultaneously. 

I absolutely loved reading this book, and I'm now hoping to visit Spain some day to see some of these places in real life. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Colonisation, Death, Murder, and Terminal illness

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Cancer, Gun violence, and Death of parent

raypaws's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder, Gun violence, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Suicide and Cancer

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

informative reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The Robert Langdon books are hit or miss, some of them are incredibly good and others are disappointing. The concept behind Origin was interesting, but the ending failed to live up to the dramatics of its hype. For me, I’d write origin somewhere similar to The da Vinci Code. It’s not as good as Angels and Demons or Inferno, but it’s certainly better than The Lost Symbol.

There’s a certain challenge with keeping thrillers fresh. Dan Brown has fallen into a predictable pattern — his character responds similarly to every situation, and the cast of characters and themselves are repetitive. I’m a bit bored by the female sidekick who doesn’t really have a roll. How about a male sidekick? How about Landon being the sidekick for once?

Origin attempts to offer an explanation on the creation and the future of the human species. It’s a great philosophical question, and I wish that the revelation had been more interesting. The puzzle, usually the most interesting part of a thriller, was absolutely predictable. Better luck next time?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Multiple characters are LatinX, including the main female character. The protagonist has an eidetic memory.

burstsofrain's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Child death

linsophie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Religious bigotry

anjasshelf's review

adventurous mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

konstantina's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This book is a prime example of how I adore Dan Brown as an author so much. The way he combines storytelling with real information, historical facts, and actual places, is remarkable and it's done so effortlessly that it merges well with the plot.
Another Robert Langdon book that mentions religious issues, something that I deeply appreciate, as an atheist myself, and as a person who holds a grunge, let's say, towards Christianity first, and organised religion second. Great plot twist at the end, although some parts of it were kind of predictable.

The last scenes with the King and Bishop Valdespino really touched me, and I'm glad Brown added this plot point so beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Cancer, Suicide attempt, and Death

Minor: Chronic illness, Death of parent, and Gun violence

mscalls's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence