A review by markalkman
Oorsprong by Dan Brown

3.0

Okay. So. That was book 5. Dan Brown and Robert Langdon never disappoint. It's not as if Brown is a fantastic writer - he's more kind of mediocre, but he knows SO MUCH about history and religion and culture and his books are just so darn addictive. I was pleasantly surprised with the plottwists in this fifth installment in the Robert Langdon series, especially since it featured a big time atheist. As a Christian, I was kind of worried it would be somewhat disrespectful towards religion, but it wasn't. Far from, actually. Well, the atheist was but Robert Langdon had some pretty interesting views on creation and where we as humanity come from. The only thing - storywise - that really bothered me was the fact that they never mentioned the fallout from Inferno. Not even once. Uhm, hello? What happened with the virus that was going to make half the population infertile? Or are we just going to ignore that ever happened? Also, the concept of Robert Langdom with a beautiful young woman is getting a teeny tiny bit old. How old is he anyways? 65? Most likely, since Kirsch was 40 and Langdon used to be his professor back in the day. Nevertheless, I liked this book way more than The Lost Symbol. I think I even liked it better than The Da Vinci Code. But it didn't top Infero and it sure as hell didn't top my all time favourite Dan Brown/Robert Langdon book: Angels & Demons. Still the very best book in the series, hands down!