swoops10 's review for:

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

5.0

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I wanted to know what all the hype was about... I get it now. Some of the writing choices are a bit clunky at points (eyes white like a shark comes to mind), but overall, it was impossible to put this book down. The pacing was excellent, the action packed scenes were very dynamic, and it was an enjoyable mystery, that even having a very strong suspicion of who the culprit was didn't ruin it at all–if anything it kept me reading just to find out if I was right and what the reasoning would be (I was and it left me open mouthed to hear the way someone can twist themselves into knots for their beliefs!). (I will say, this is very much not an intellectually deep book despite the subject matter, and it's not like it takes every brain cell to get in the groove of the thing. It's a very fun thriller, but anyone who thinks they're getting historical facts and a high brow book, well, turn elsewhere. It's just about a tweed wearing nerd who's like 6ft and swims, a hot and intelligent woman he has the hots for in the most inappropriate moments and a skip around the Vatican trying to solve a puzzle ((plus murder)). All the ingredients of a turn your brain off and enjoy the ride book!)

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