[Warning - Contains Spoilers]
Released last year, Inferno is Dan Brown's fourth book in the Robert Langdon Series, the other three being Angels and Demons, The Da vinci Code and The Lost Symbol. Inferno isn't much different from the others, it was a page-turner like all his other books. The story takes off with Langdon waking up in a Hospital in Italy and suffering from retrograde amnesia. A female doctor named Sienna Brooks lets him know of his whereabouts and accompanies him in his journey which includes a sequence of interesting events, involving, of course, a lot of codes and symbols, and the story picks up pace thereafter.
There are various puzzle pieces that Langdon needs to put together, which are made up by a ludicrous (also, dead) Geneticist named Bertrand Zobrist, who [SPOILERS] wants to cut down the population of the world by four billion. He commits suicide right at the beginning of the book, but not before creating a plague by the means of which he wants to achieve his goal of de-populating the world. Langdon's work is to find this plague before it goes viral. The story starts getting slightly dull in between and this is when some massive twists and turns take place, leaving the reader stunned and unsure of whose side to be on.
After which the story goes out of control. Langdon successfully deciphers all codes required, but somehow the book still reaches a dissatisfying end. In my opinion, a plot so strong requires a climax more dramatic and slightly less vague than the one provided. Also, Brown, as always, has his art right but his science - not so much. (Being a science student, I couldn't help comment about it!)
Personally, I enjoyed the apocalyptic thriller, although the ending somehow made me curl up in bed and grieve. I'd still like to watch the movie version, which is to be released some time next year.
Released last year, Inferno is Dan Brown's fourth book in the Robert Langdon Series, the other three being Angels and Demons, The Da vinci Code and The Lost Symbol. Inferno isn't much different from the others, it was a page-turner like all his other books. The story takes off with Langdon waking up in a Hospital in Italy and suffering from retrograde amnesia. A female doctor named Sienna Brooks lets him know of his whereabouts and accompanies him in his journey which includes a sequence of interesting events, involving, of course, a lot of codes and symbols, and the story picks up pace thereafter.
After which the story goes out of control. Langdon successfully deciphers all codes required, but somehow the book still reaches a dissatisfying end. In my opinion, a plot so strong requires a climax more dramatic and slightly less vague than the one provided. Also, Brown, as always, has his art right but his science - not so much. (Being a science student, I couldn't help comment about it!)
Personally, I enjoyed the apocalyptic thriller, although the ending somehow made me curl up in bed and grieve. I'd still like to watch the movie version, which is to be released some time next year.
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