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A review by brig_berthold
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
3.0
Officially, I would give this 3.75 Stars.
The detail was excellent. The planning and plotting were almost visceral. The world building was justly large-scale.
That being said, I found occasion to complain far too often to be as fully impressed as the masses claim to have been. Repeatedly throughout I found myself, quite innocently, bored. I don't want to fight through a novel but I'm not against it if I'm duly rewarded. That's not to say this book wasn't supreme in it's reveal, it certainly was. I found, however, the pace and timing of the story a bit too lumbering at an alarming regularity.
The final scenes ought to have been an afterward rather than being included in the bulk of the tale. Furthermore, the finality needed desperate help in being more concise. Robert gets the girl, I get it. They have sex, preceded by banter and foreplay, good for him. I don't need so much time wasted on denouement.
Q-Worthwhile?
A-Without question.
Q-Greatest book ever? Greatest thrill ride ever?
A-No ... and ... no.
The detail was excellent. The planning and plotting were almost visceral. The world building was justly large-scale.
That being said, I found occasion to complain far too often to be as fully impressed as the masses claim to have been. Repeatedly throughout I found myself, quite innocently, bored. I don't want to fight through a novel but I'm not against it if I'm duly rewarded. That's not to say this book wasn't supreme in it's reveal, it certainly was. I found, however, the pace and timing of the story a bit too lumbering at an alarming regularity.
The final scenes ought to have been an afterward rather than being included in the bulk of the tale. Furthermore, the finality needed desperate help in being more concise. Robert gets the girl, I get it. They have sex, preceded by banter and foreplay, good for him. I don't need so much time wasted on denouement.
Q-Worthwhile?
A-Without question.
Q-Greatest book ever? Greatest thrill ride ever?
A-No ... and ... no.