5.17k reviews for:

Illuminati

Dan Brown

3.75 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Very good but JESUS I wanted it to end

Fun and exciting. Good not great, but I'm a non fiction guy
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A good read

4,5/5
adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I will be forever frustrated that the “miraculous events” that inspired millions of people in this world to search out religion was in fact perpetuated by a psychotic man with daddy issues who actually cared very little for people and was then covered up and allowed to be seen as a divine miracle by the Catholic Church. 

But that’s good writing for you.  

Admittedly I knew most of this storyline before I started this novel because I watched the movie years ago but the plot twists and extra content that you get from the novel clearly put this storyline over the edge. I truly enjoyed the book. 

I enjoyed Langdon’s character and my only complaint is that Vittoria (FMC) is a brilliant scientist who designed the capsule used to transport the antimatter is reduced down to a damsel in distress who has to be rescued multiple times. 
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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