In certain ways, he seems the be the Phillip Pulman of adults. By now, I must confess, I am getting a bit irritated with the subtle undertones and the secular humanist agenda that Brown puts forward. There is a lot of suspense and action - enough to keep you glued to the book. Robert Langdon is the expert par excellance on symbology and the way he interprets a 'text' is more or less the only correct way. Rather than taking history seriously, he takes the urban legends that has arisen seriously. In many ways Brown's Inferno is same old same old. Lines are blurred as it seems to be the human race on its own, without God or tradition, to make decisions about its future. What is interesting is how Brown leaves behind a feeling that the 'genius villain' of this story was not so cruel. Now Dan Brown pushes a secular humanist agenda by using Dante's Divine Comedy to introduce us to another mad man with an apocalyptic agenda. Am looking forward to seeing who is cast as Sienna.Īpocalyptic suspense in another esoteric milieuįirst it was the Roman Catholic Church and the election of the pope (Angels and Demons), then the so-called Jesus dynasty (The Da Vinci Code), then the Free Masons (The Lost Symbol) that were critiqued, while keeping his readers nailed to their armchairs in suspense. Having said that though, I did enjoy Inferno and am looking forward to it being made into a film with Tom Hanks again as Robert and directed by Ron Howard. Many times during the story I felt a little let down by the narration. When Sienna reveals who and what she really is. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? The anger and some of the interpretation of the dialogue were lacking. Sometimes I felt the narration lacked passion as far as the characters were concerned. I would love to have him at one of my dinner parties.ĭid the narration match the pace of the story? My favourite character is Robert Langdon. What made the experience of listening to Inferno the most enjoyable?Īs with all of Dan Brown's book he has done his research and the books are full of historical facts. Dan Brown has been fired up again for Inferno

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