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Origin by Dan Brown

8 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

elodiethefangirl'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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cancer

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

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

lillianreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Violence

Moderate: Suicide

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

meganpbennett's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Origin is a fast-paced thriller, covering less than 24 hours in Spain. Robert Langdon has been invited to see a presentation by a noted-futurist, who plans to reveal to the world something that would undermine every religion in the world, and change the world in the same fundamental way that scientists always have. Except he's shot and killed during his presentation, forcing Langdon to try to find his work and release it to the world.

Origin ventures very far from the earlier books, with less emphasis on art and history, and more emphasis on religion and futurism. It's a very quick read, and it's a nail-biter all the way through. There's an AI - think JARVIS - and some very heavy topics hidden within the fast-paced thriller. Something that I found very interesting is that no mention was made of Inferno, the

virus designed to render one third of the world sterile to prevent over-population

from Inferno. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, Alcoholism, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cancer, Grief, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Suicide, and Suicide attempt