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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
adventurous
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
It's the abridged version. Not going to spend the time reading only part of the book. Will read an unabridged version later though
FINALLY DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This book was good! But took way to long to get through!
1.5 - This is definitely the worst of the three I’ve read so far. Something i really enjoyed about the Da Vinci Code and Origin is that they play into the absurdity of their plots, and almost come across as self aware thriller-satires, and in that way they’re both really strong books. That being said, this book is definitely meant to be taken seriously, and its plot is trying so hard to combine philosophy, religion, symbology and balance that against a plot about an illuminati atom bomb? which sounds equally ridiculous but it doesn’t have as much fun with the idea. When I read Brown i want that popcorn-adrenaline that almost no other author can do, but this one was stodgy, uninteresting and tries way too hard to be something its not
Yes, Angels and Demons is a page-turner. The pacing is relentless, and Dan Brown definitely knows how to hook readers with cliffhangers and chase scenes. But despite being a quick read, I found the book frustrating and, in many ways, offensive.
The story is packed with flat, stereotypical characters and leans heavily on tired conspiracy clichés. It reads like a checklist of tropes rather than a thoughtfully crafted narrative. The use of historical and scientific elements often feels dubious at best, thrown in for flair rather than accuracy or substance.
Robert Langdon, the supposed hero, made my skin crawl. From the moment he meets Vittoria, who is in the midst of mourning her father, he’s already sexualizing her. His internal commentary about her body was jarring and inappropriate, and it tainted any attempt at character chemistry for me.
What disturbed me most, though, was the portrayal of the assassin. The fact that he's a nameless, hypersexualized brown man, depicted as a rapist and sadistic killer, felt not only lazy, but outright racist. It's hard to ignore how this plays into long-standing, dangerous stereotypes about Arab or Middle Eastern men. Giving him no name while making him crucial to the plot only adds to the sense that he was never meant to be a real character, just a faceless threat. It felt exploitative and irresponsible, especially considering the climate in which this book was released.
Beyond that, the book just drags. There are moments where it spins its wheels, adding pages of filler that do nothing but stretch the suspense thin. It could have been tighter and more focused, but instead it felt bloated.
In the end, Angels and Demons is all flash with very little depth, and the way it handles race, gender, and grief left me more uncomfortable than entertained. I honestly regret picking it up.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
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mysterious
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slow-paced
Wet hot conclave summer!!
Never has a boy book been oh so very much written by a boy.
I knocked off half a star for the reveal at the end and another half star for the very last line.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Religious bigotry
