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Inferno by Dan Brown

aimeebrand's review against another edition

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4.0

It seems as though this book received a lot of criticism but I enjoyed it. I expect to be entertained by Dan Brown and Robert Langdon and I was. This book made me just as anxious to visit Florence and Venice as the other books did with Paris, Rome and Washington D.C.

icarussfalls's review against another edition

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5.0

Beautifully made up and the best so far. Completely entranced by the history and the art of it all along with the mysteries that were slowly riddled away by Brown. A book befitting the be seen by the stars.

cindyreads2024's review against another edition

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1.0

Greatly disappointed. Being a huge fan of Dante's literary works and a good mystery, I expected a great read. The story was ridiculous, the writing was inconsistent and the characters were flat. It read like a travel log through Italy coupled with the contributions of a museum tour tape explaining every detail of every piece of art/architecture.

ladyethyme's review against another edition

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4.0

Excellent plot, well written-but reeeeally disappointing ending. It’s….not even a bad ending. Frankly….I agree with it!

smrourke's review against another edition

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2.0

It's worth reading if you loved Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code, and tolerated The Lost Symbol. The problem with Inferno is that the signature Dan Brown plot twists are muddled, and too jarring. The start of the story is intriguing, and the end is satisfying. The middle is just a mess padded with overlong Wikipedia-style tangential history lessons, and so many clumsy twists with huge logical holes that the reader is distracted from the overall narrative for about 1/3 of the book. It's like: "Oh, you know those 150 pages you just read? Useless. Forget all of it. You could have just skipped to Chapter 57."

capincus's review against another edition

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1.0

Ridiculously pretentious. In the previous Robert Langdon books (and to a lesser extent in Dan Brown's other works) the amount of researched facts came across in an interesting way. For the most part they were tied intricately into the plot and created interesting, if made up, historical and contextual puzzles. However, in this latest installment Browns number of research assistants has apparently outpaced his actual ability to write. Instead of interesting facts that make a thrilling plot more interesting we get a perhaps decent plot buried under page after page of completely irrelevant factoids. As Brown walks us through Venice he describes the architecture and history of every mildly important structure even if it has absolutely no place in the plot. I bought this book to read a thriller not a tour guide. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND, even if you are a huge Dan Brown fan (as I was even after The Lost Symbol, but certainly not now).

emilybeth597's review against another edition

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adventurous informative mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

needagoodbook's review against another edition

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4.0

Another fairly gripping read from Dan Brown.
Not really a spoiler: Why was there a trail to follow?

mhsenglish's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-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

jml1227's review against another edition

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4.0

It’s not my favorite Langdon book but I liked the twist