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Origin: Thriller

Dan Brown

3.65 AVERAGE


La trama con los momentos dificles y en los que siempre logra escapar la pareja me aburren.. se sabe que saldran triunfantes.... las muertes innecesarias. Sin embargo el mensaje final del libro me gusto y me identifico . Es algo preoucpante y asustadoe el poder que esta tomando la tecnologia y la necesidad que cada vez se tiene mas de ella. Se ha pasado el limiete de la necesidad para llegar a la inutilidad.
Veremos que nos depara el tiempo
adventurous dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Langdon’s explanation of the difference between codes and patterns on pages 601-603 was my favourite part of the book.

Another book from a man who denies atheism but finds religion too cringy. A seal on the heart of a man who thinks he can guess at the unseen

I really think Dan Brown has written some good books, but sadly this one is just the same old dish , gone cold and stale, remodeled with a new cover and served to the readers. I really love Langdon and his adventures, the symbolism and the great amount of trivia I learn from these books, but it is disappointing to see that this book has been a mini snoozefest for me so much so that I guessed the ending halfway through the book. Many surprises and theories seemed forced as if trying to reconnect to the readers with modern theories about technology and religion which jarred at your mind. The book had its moments but none of the old world charm and nail biting theories and mysteries that had catapulted Brown to the limelight with Angels and Demons or Da Vinci Code.

Read it for the sake of being able to say I have read all of Dan Brown's books else you aren't missing anything

Merged review:

I really think Dan Brown has written some good books, but sadly this one is just the same old dish , gone cold and stale, remodeled with a new cover and served to the readers. I really love Langdon and his adventures, the symbolism and the great amount of trivia I learn from these books, but it is disappointing to see that this book has been a mini snoozefest for me so much so that I guessed the ending halfway through the book. Many surprises and theories seemed forced as if trying to reconnect to the readers with modern theories about technology and religion which jarred at your mind. The book had its moments but none of the old world charm and nail biting theories and mysteries that had catapulted Brown to the limelight with Angels and Demons or Da Vinci Code.

Read it for the sake of being able to say I have read all of Dan Brown's books else you aren't missing anything

Merged review:

I really think Dan Brown has written some good books, but sadly this one is just the same old dish , gone cold and stale, remodeled with a new cover and served to the readers. I really love Langdon and his adventures, the symbolism and the great amount of trivia I learn from these books, but it is disappointing to see that this book has been a mini snoozefest for me so much so that I guessed the ending halfway through the book. Many surprises and theories seemed forced as if trying to reconnect to the readers with modern theories about technology and religion which jarred at your mind. The book had its moments but none of the old world charm and nail biting theories and mysteries that had catapulted Brown to the limelight with Angels and Demons or Da Vinci Code.

Read it for the sake of being able to say I have read all of Dan Brown's books else you aren't missing anything
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
adventurous mysterious

Overall this book wasn’t great. I’ve seen some other reviews that mimic how I felt about it so I won’t reinvent the wheel with my descriptions. Past books were much more suspenseful with a better story. The Robert Langdon stories have run their course and lack any excitement now
adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Reading Dan Brown books is like eating candy or a bag of crisps: sometimes you just feel like it, you know what to expect, munch it down way too quick and feel a bit bloated afterwards ;-) Read Origin if you like to know about the main ‘tourist traps’ of Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao and the expected science verses religion banter. Reading it in 2025, the overtly fanboy-ism for Musk/Tesla (a side note in the story) did not age well…
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No