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Review by Chrissi (201105) Rating (8/10) Review
by Chrissi This one was the first outing for Robert Langdon, and sees him dragged out of bed by a disturbing image faxed to him from a Physics Research Establishment in Switzerland which starts him on a search for the seemingly defunct power-mad group of people known as the Illuminati. (You know the Illuminati, they were the bad guys that were horrible to Lara Croft in the first film). His search leads him to Rome, where the city is in mourning for the Pope. There he discovers that the bishops most favoured to become the next Pontiff have disappeared. The Illuminati would appear responsible although the security is such that no-one could have removed them from the Vatican. Strangely enough, as if this is not a great enough problem, an explosive device is discovered, believed to be inside the City and it has a timer, counting down. You know how sometimes there is a piece of information given that has a ‘this will be significant’ sign attached to it in large neon letters? Well, there is one of those in this book, and it is one of those facts which might save my life, should the need ever arise... it is not very interesting but involves falling bodies and drag – anything more and the significance becomes a tad obvious, I am sure that Dan Brown would enlighten you in a much more entertaining manner.
I have argued the point of this book with avid fans of The
Da Vinci Code before, and I stand by my point that I
prefer this book. I have said before that I read to be entertained,
and this is certainly entertaining, much more so than Dan Brown’s
other two non-Langdon books. He has a gift for an interesting
premise and if you think you might be tempted by a Dan Brown,
please chose this one, if nothing else, it might allow something
else to occupy the number one slot on the bestsellers list for
a week or two out of 2005! |
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