Reviews

Inferno by Dan Brown

vfabella's review against another edition

4.0

Inferno drew me in from the beginning because it reminded me a lot of my time in Florence. I stayed directly across the Palazzo Vecchio and Brown's imagery of the area made me like this a lot. The same goes for Venice. Near the end, however, I noticed how much the settings affected how I felt about the book. It's fast paced and a quick read, but the substance and last fourth of the book wasn't as enjoyable to me as his other books. Nonetheless, 4 stars because I really enjoyed his travels through Florence.

ccarabello's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.25

skylit's review against another edition

4.0

(Audiobook) classic Dan Brown novel with no shortage of twists and turns. The ending was a bit slow but the end was all worth it. Interesting concept of solving overpopulation with making 1/3 of the world infertile.

finitha's review against another edition

4.0

Why do you read Dan Brown? Is it for the intricate, heart throbbing journey through Robert Langdon's mind or are you attracted to the final turn and the destination that saves the world from an imminent catastrophe? If ever such question has popped up to you, 'Inferno' is the answer.
As always Dan Brown takes us to another detour of Italy, through its high artistic culture which offers a plethora of intricate meanings to the ever curious minds. I never had much taste for Dante, or anything related to him but the novel had me glued to the spot till the end. Well, isn't that why we call it popular fiction and the former the classic!!!

sandralam's review against another edition

2.0

The "plot twist" ruined it all for me...

kritomiester's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

hildamarie's review against another edition

3.0

I always enjoy Dan Brown, especially as a fast summer read. Although I thought this novel was far better than the last one, this was not the same kind of page turner for me that the first two Robert Langdon books were. There was extensive and frequent retelling of pieces of exposition felt unnecessary. But when the plot pieces finally started to fall into place, the novel finally fell into that Dan Brown pace. But his books always make want to learn more about the art and literature and locations featured in the novels, this one was no exception.

westre01's review

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

acosta89's review against another edition

4.0

Definitely keeps you on the edge of your seat. Drags on a bit with all of the detail but its perfect if you are interested in history.

joy13_'s review against another edition

reflective tense medium-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

2.0

i’ve come to realise I hate the way this man writes women. 

also, this whole vector virus and transhumanism stuff sounds very scifi. but the issue of overpopulation is not. so dan brown has essentially posed this existential threat to readers, without providing any reassurance or solution (that doesn’t involve bioterrorism and genetic modification of course)

 
ultimately very unsatisfying