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gundegaaa's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
gurkanwal27's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Torture, Rape, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Hate crime
Moderate: Emotional abuse
thewordsdevourer's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
a pulse-racing, unstoppable page-turner filled w/ twists and turns, interesting historical facts, info, speculation, and thought-provoking debate on science and religion and their roles in modern society, though its writing abt women does turn me off quite a bit. 620 pages of this felt like a short novella tbh; thats how engrossing the book was. i havent read a lot of thrillers to make an adequate compariaon, and idk how historically and factually accurate this book is, but as a casual reader it was pretty damn good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, and Death of parent
caro221's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Im Not Sure, I really Like it the First half but Then Well what
The only poc were a camera Woman who got talked down to by a Rookie News Guy and a murderer/almost-rapist.....
Victoria lost her dad, got almost Killed, knocked Out almost raped and then she Just jumps Landon....
Landon got almost crushed, Shot, drowned, knocked Out, Fell from the Sky and then drowned almost again....
The plottwists Well I think at 2/3 that I suspect the CERN Guy, and the bretrayl from the guard came Out of nowhere
And Then Just everybody dies...nice
The only poc were a camera Woman who got talked down to by a Rookie News Guy and a murderer/almost-rapist.....
Victoria lost her dad, got almost Killed, knocked Out almost raped and then she Just jumps Landon....
Landon got almost crushed, Shot, drowned, knocked Out, Fell from the Sky and then drowned almost again....
The plottwists Well I think at 2/3 that I suspect the CERN Guy, and the bretrayl from the guard came Out of nowhere
And Then Just everybody dies...nice
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Torture
librariangeorgia's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
slow-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
3.0
According to my old goodreads profile, i've already read this series but I don't remember it so I wanted to have a 'reread' of them.
It's a very detailed book - too detailed for me to be honest. As expected, it is science and religion heavy which I didn't care for as I was more interested in the 'cracking the code' side of the story.
I did enjoy it though - i'm interested to see how it'll compare to the rest of the series.
It's a very detailed book - too detailed for me to be honest. As expected, it is science and religion heavy which I didn't care for as I was more interested in the 'cracking the code' side of the story.
I did enjoy it though - i'm interested to see how it'll compare to the rest of the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Death
kadesdoorway's review against another edition
first of all fuck this shit. there's only so much Racism and islamophobia a girl can take before snapping. from the moment the assassin was introduced in the book i was like Nahhhhhhh it's the twenty first century no way an author is getting away with blatant Racism but boy was i about to be proved wrong.
bold of a man who himself and his work can't be differentiated from a white sheet of paper to talk about the use of Hashish while drugs are legal for them and calling a whole race blood thirsty animals that think of women as co** sleeves WHILE their race was the one that started world wars, tried to wipe out religions AND occupied lands that weren't theirs. how about you mind your own damn business while we're at it, huh?
i am so sick and tired of the world portraying my people as terrorist. as mindless animals. for once why don't you try not to put an entire race in a fucking box and just accept that we're not all the same? you can't judge and describe a whole nation by the action of one person. i don't see you all walking around calling Germans names even though Hit**r had human-burning kilns and that was a whole thing.
most disappointing of all is the lack of criticism in that matter. i looked at the content warning here and racisms and use of racial slurs was in the MINOR section. how does that make me feel? TERRIBLE. this is not the only place i looked. i searched the internet for answers, maybe an apology, but i was naïve. i saw exactly one review that even contained my concerns and whether there was a solution to this crap. just find it hilarious how everyone's mostly concerned about scientific accuracy in the book. it's a work of fiction GET OVER IT. and before anyone tries to tell me that Dan Brown is "anti-religion" i would tell you to go read his interviews. he has very clearly stated that he thinks science and religion go hand in hand so no that is not a point you can make in his defense.
i read 100 pages and i can't take it anymore.
bold of a man who himself and his work can't be differentiated from a white sheet of paper to talk about the use of Hashish while drugs are legal for them and calling a whole race blood thirsty animals that think of women as co** sleeves WHILE their race was the one that started world wars, tried to wipe out religions AND occupied lands that weren't theirs. how about you mind your own damn business while we're at it, huh?
i am so sick and tired of the world portraying my people as terrorist. as mindless animals. for once why don't you try not to put an entire race in a fucking box and just accept that we're not all the same? you can't judge and describe a whole nation by the action of one person. i don't see you all walking around calling Germans names even though Hit**r had human-burning kilns and that was a whole thing.
most disappointing of all is the lack of criticism in that matter. i looked at the content warning here and racisms and use of racial slurs was in the MINOR section. how does that make me feel? TERRIBLE. this is not the only place i looked. i searched the internet for answers, maybe an apology, but i was naïve. i saw exactly one review that even contained my concerns and whether there was a solution to this crap. just find it hilarious how everyone's mostly concerned about scientific accuracy in the book. it's a work of fiction GET OVER IT. and before anyone tries to tell me that Dan Brown is "anti-religion" i would tell you to go read his interviews. he has very clearly stated that he thinks science and religion go hand in hand so no that is not a point you can make in his defense.
i read 100 pages and i can't take it anymore.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Sexual harassment, and Rape
Moderate: Sexism and Death of parent
loch_nesa's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
It is an entertaining re-read. It is not my favorite Dan Brown, but it is a compelling story of adventure. There were portions that I just skimmed. I love googling the sculptures mentioned and seeing the detail and hard work put into the book
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Torture
elodie_melodie's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Alles in allem hat es mir viel Spaß gemacht dieses Buch zu lesen.
Die meiste Zeit mochte ich den Schreibstil und die Cliffhanger und Plottwists, ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich dadurch immer mehr lesen wollte und die Spannung gut gehalten wurde. Dennoch muss ich leider sagen, dass genau das mich gegen Ende, ungefähr im letzten Viertel, extrem genervt hat. So nach dem Motto zu viel des Guten. Alles war ein Plottwist... Dadurch hat sich das Ende meiner Meinung nach viel zu lang gezogen.
Tatsächlich hat es mich auch ein bisschen enttäuscht, dass so wenig in der Geschichte der Wahrheit entsprochen hat. Mir ist klar, dass es ein fiktiver Roman ist, aber da der Autor sich an viele echte Gebäude und Skulpturen in Rom und im Vatikan gehalten hat, hatte ich gehofft, dass er bezüglich des Illuminatenordens sich auch an den bekannten Fakten orientiert und dann seine Fiktion darum bastelt, anstatt den Großteil frei zu erfinden. Vor allem weil ich finde, dass der Prolog/das Vorwort den Anschein erweckt, als würde alles außer die Charaktere und Handlung wirklich existieren.
Naja, trotzdem hab ich es gerne gelesen und schnell verschlungen. Ein gutes Buch, wenn man mal was spannendes will.
Die meiste Zeit mochte ich den Schreibstil und die Cliffhanger und Plottwists, ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich dadurch immer mehr lesen wollte und die Spannung gut gehalten wurde. Dennoch muss ich leider sagen, dass genau das mich gegen Ende, ungefähr im letzten Viertel, extrem genervt hat. So nach dem Motto zu viel des Guten. Alles war ein Plottwist... Dadurch hat sich das Ende meiner Meinung nach viel zu lang gezogen.
Tatsächlich hat es mich auch ein bisschen enttäuscht, dass so wenig in der Geschichte der Wahrheit entsprochen hat. Mir ist klar, dass es ein fiktiver Roman ist, aber da der Autor sich an viele echte Gebäude und Skulpturen in Rom und im Vatikan gehalten hat, hatte ich gehofft, dass er bezüglich des Illuminatenordens sich auch an den bekannten Fakten orientiert und dann seine Fiktion darum bastelt, anstatt den Großteil frei zu erfinden. Vor allem weil ich finde, dass der Prolog/das Vorwort den Anschein erweckt, als würde alles außer die Charaktere und Handlung wirklich existieren.
Naja, trotzdem hab ich es gerne gelesen und schnell verschlungen. Ein gutes Buch, wenn man mal was spannendes will.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Murder, and Self harm
cambrand's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This is a re-read. I read it first time when I was 12 and I wasn’t sure if I was still going to like it but… I do. Now, I know there’s plenty of criticism about the book but if you like art history, occultism, symbolism, a good conspiracy theory, or you’re a lapsed catholic, and you enjoy an actioned pack book with some sexual tension, then you’d enjoy this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture, Death of parent, Violence, Sexual harassment, Death, and Kidnapping
bronzeageholly's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Torture, Suicide, and Sexual content