A review by chrystalo
Inferno by Dan Brown

3.0

Inferno was an interesting concept from the get-go, but the book itself was lacking a certain ...oh, I don't know, oomph that we come to expect from a Robert Langdon thriller. I'm not sure if Dan Brown is going through a mid-life crisis and decided to portray that through the pervading hopelessness that seems to crowd the pages of this novel, but there was a lack of the excitement and true positivity that we come to expect from him. Nevertheless, this was an entertaining read, and the concepts were very relevant to modern times. It definitely gives the reader something to think about, and determine what we as observers should be doing on our own to prevent the situation that arises. I guess it just wasn't completely believable that Robert Langdon, of all people, would've been called in to deal with this situation, especially when the rest of the major players are only vaguely related to his area of expertise. I did like the references to Dante's Inferno, and it compels me to take a look at that in the future. If you have loved the previous Langdon installments, it's worth a read purely for completion's sake, but this should not be your introduction into Dan Brown's writing.