Dan BrownThriller · Fiction·b. 1964
Angels & Demons
Synopsis
When a physicist is found murdered at CERN with an ancient Illuminati symbol branded into his chest, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to help. The investigation reveals that the secretive brotherhood has stolen a canister of antimatter—a substance powerful enough to level a city—and hidden it somewhere beneath Vatican City. The countdown to detonation begins just as the cardinals gather in conclave to elect a new pope.
Paired with physicist Vittoria Vetra, the murdered scientist's adopted daughter, Langdon follows an ancient "Path of Illumination" marked in the churches and sculptures of Rome. As the clock runs down, four kidnapped cardinals are murdered one by one in symbolic, brutal fashion, and Langdon must outpace a ruthless assassin to find the antimatter before it destroys the heart of the Catholic Church.
The first novel to feature Robert Langdon, Angels & Demons sets his globe-spanning template: a race against time through real cities and monuments, threaded with art history, religious symbolism, and the age-old clash between science and faith.
How it reads
- More like 3,5, but I give it half star more because it kept me good company; fast-paced, page-turner, clever at times (most of the time trying to be clever, though), but also exposition is prominent, characters are mostly bigger than life, unrealistic situations abound and in general the book gives the feeling of being rough in the edges. Oh, and I figured out who Janus was almost halfway in the book...
- My first Dan Brown book. I felt as though the story was very predictable with the “twists and turns” being foreshadowed heavily. I will say that I was entertained however and the twist at the end of the book I did not see coming. Overall, a fun ride even though you see the turns coming.
- This was real, real dumb at some points but I had fun so it’s 4/5.
- Si te gustan las teorías conspirativas, este es tu libro.