Customer Reviews
Never again! - By: Book Club Betty, 02 Sep 2010 
I enjoyed Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons, readin that order so thought this might be worth ago. However, from page 1 I struggled to get into it but a guyin the book club said it was his best yet & he couldn't put it down, so I thought I must carry on & see what I'm missing.
When I got to the last page I was just relieved as I was irritated all the way through. It was by far 300 pages too long. It was almost like it was his first book by the way it was written & the shallowness & predictability of his characters. The baddie was evil but I never totally got the point of what he was after & why. Robert Langdon wasn't very likeable as wouldn't believe anything he was being told. I don't want to give anything away, but the rest of the characters annoyed me too.
I'm done with Dan Brown. It's a shame as I enjoy this type of mystery book but there seem to be a few more writers on the block now so move over Robert Langdon, you're old news!
Borrows too much from Brown's earlier novels - By: Jimternet, 01 Sep 2010 
The final bookin the Robert Langdon trilogy (one can only hope) tries to jump the shark even more than before. This time Brown ventures too far into the realms of fantasy for my likingin what should be a mystery thriller.
Langdon is caught upin a bizarre & intricate plot to uncover the deepest secrets of the Freemasons, which apparently include ancient mysteries of telekinesis.
Unfortunately, Brown seems only able to replicate what he's done before. Racing around Washington DC is just reminiscent of racing around Paris & Romein the previous novels, & the bad guy is a merger of the earlier albino monk & camerlengo.
My biggest problem though was the focus on pseudoscience & religion. The scientific claims made about kind control are clearly ludicrous, & Brown's idea of the scientific process seems lackingin awareness of key aspects such as collaboration & peer review. His views on religion are condescending & most likely offensive to the relevant believers as well as to me.
Overall, the writing style has improved a little, though the chapters are all about four pages long, which means that as soon as something interesting happensin a scene we cut away. There is also a really annoying tendency to describe a big reveal to one of the characters & peeve the reader hanging, unaware of what it is. Once would be okay, but Brown does it again & again.
My views - By: jimbo, 31 Aug 2010 
Not as enthralling as his two previous books The Da Vinci Code & Angels & Demons, felt it lost pace / interest for a short while, approximately two thirds into the book then picked up again. Howeverin saying that still a worth while read.
Well, it's Dan Brown ... - By: MattyG, 31 Aug 2010 ... so you really should know what you're going to get by now.
If not, well it's more of the same - average writing, & (almost certainly) full of historical inaccuracies, but an enjoyable read nonetheless.
Proper Popcorn reading, & that's not a bad thing.
Not disapointed! - By: Phil H, 31 Aug 2010 Very well written & did not disapoint. it was almost of a similar standard to his previuos novels, perhaps just a notch below! But when they are some of the most read ever the standard must be hard to maintain.
Story flows with some unexpected twists. Recommended.
