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5.15k reviews for:

Illuminati

Dan Brown

3.75 AVERAGE

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

i read the arabic translation of the da vinci code as a teenager and i thought it the coolest thing ever. so here i'm trying to read the series as an adult in its original language of writing; and God? this was so fun as a story, however i would've never expected Dan Brown's writing to be this mid!!! i was literally blown away by some expressions from how silly they sound lol but all in all this was enjoyable and i'll continue reading the rest of the series
adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

as a physics student, all this talk about particle accelerators, antimatter and the big bang was extremely exciting and interesting for me. learning about the illuminati was amazing, i loved the scavenger hunt with all those riddles extremly. i couldnt put this book down because it kept being exciting and intense. especially the ending was wild, but a bit predictable. i started watching the movie but it's nothing like the book. the book is definitely 100 times better and way more exciting.
i'm excited to read more of dan brown :)
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