Inferno
Ratings540
Average rating3.6
Too contrived. The recipe that worked so well in previous novels is now worn and burdensome
Up until the last 80 or so pages of the book, this could have been a 4 star read!
It was so much better than lost symbol and I was getting my hopes up.
The ending though felt like Dan Brown is a transhumanist himself and he was trying to push some propaganda on the readers.
So weird and utopian
Fast-paced from the very first chapter. An intriguing couple of mysteries are laid out well and quite quickly at the beginning. Going on the journey of trying to piece together what has already transpired with a character we are now familiar with was a nice change to the story-telling device compared to the prior three books. Extremely cinematic with an interesting moral quandary around the challenges mankind faces with its current trajectory. Interweaving the religious and symbolic themes with the motivations behind the ultimate antagonists works extremely well and as always with Dan Brown, the history, monuments, and landscapes across the featured cities come to life. There are even some excellent twists and turns in last quarter of the story as everything comes together to stick the landing with a strong ending.
People hating this book, hate it “most ardently.” Essays of reviews on how shitty this book is, and i was diappointed that I'd got this from a thrift store before reading the reviews.
It had some unexpected plot twists, but sort of an anticlimactic ending.
I felt that the crux of the storyline was diluted by italian renaissance paintings and buildings and artists. I was jumping paragraphs in the later half of the book, cuz if I didn't do that, it would have inspired me to stop and never come back again, and I really wanted to know how it ended.
So when you find overwhelming information tugging your eyelids down, skip through the pages; the story is not that bad.
One of the most unique things about this book in the whole Langdon series so far, there's an element of surprise and plethora of possibility for twisting the reality because the protagonist is suffering from amnesia. Making the readers believe one thing at a point and then later coming to realise it was all a ruse and the supposedly thought ally turns out to be a ferocious enemy
Not bad. Not my favorite of these books. I'm still not entirely sure the point of the puzzle at the center either. A refreshing end though.
Aksiyon/gizem ve tarih/sanat tarihi kıvamlarını melekler ve şeytanlar'da mükemmel şekilde ayarladı ve sonra yeteneğini kaybetti kanımca, artık kıvamı tutturamıyor. Yer yer, anladık biliyorsun içini dışını heryerin uzatma, dedim okurken. Meh+
Dan Brown is a master at making me turn the page even as I'm aware that whatever is on the next page is probably gonna be pretty silly.
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I no longer read Dan Brown books for the thrill or suspense – once you read a couple of books, you know what to expect, and the “thrill” is practically non-existent. On the other hand, a Dan Brown book will add one more book to your “have-read” list and give a good boost to your bag of trivia; all this with minimal cognitive expenditure. That's some decent returns for the time and effort you spend, I'd say.
HOLY SHIT FUCK
This was just a wild rollercoaster of emotions, like holy crap
THAT PLOT TWIST, THOUGH, I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING, LIKE, AT ALL, NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT, NOPE NOPE, NEVER EVEN CROSSED MY MIND, I JUST WOW
I can now official call myself a fan of Dan Brown because now I've read more than one of his books.
I will recommend this book to..... literally everyone.
READ THIS BOOK HOLY MOTHER OF GOD READ IT
Bueno, ¿qué puedo decir respecto a este libro?
Cuando leí “El Código da Vinci” quedé enamorada del estilo de escribir de Dan Brown y el cómo creaba un fantástico libro de misterios y enigmas y poco a poco va uniendo cada cosa. Muchas emociones tuve con ese libro y quise más de él, yéndome entonces con “Inferno”
Cuando lo compré, esperé un poco antes de comenzar a leerlo y, wuo, ¿por qué no inicié su lectura apenas lo tuve en mis manos?
El inicio, con un inesperado suicidio de parte de Bertrand Zobrist, me impresionó, y luego con la amnesia de Robert a las siguientes páginas fue más impactante, puesto que no esperaba algo así. Conforme leía, y veía más sobre el plan “terrorista” de Zobrist y todas las teorías científicas me fueron adentrando en la hermosa y cuidada ambientación en Italia. Recorría junto con un amnesiado Robert y junto a la erudita Sienna Brooks las calles italianas en busca del por qué unas personas querían “asesinar” a Robert, por qué perdió la memoria y cuál era el misterio en todo lo referente a la versión modificada de “Mapa de Infierno” de Botticelli, resguardada en un contenedor con el emblema de peligro biológico. Todo aquello nos llevó a Dante y su conocido poema “Divina Comedia” donde relata su viaje al infierno, pasando por el purgatorio y llegando al paraíso.
Sin duda alguna, las teorías transhumanistas me dejaron asombrada y, por decirlo de alguna manera, me siento partidaria de las mismas. Porque a pesar de la ficción, la tesis que nos presenta Dan Brown respecto a la sobrepoblación es, de alguna manera, real para mi y pienso que debería hacerse algo al respecto (no tan exagerado como Zobrist, a pesar de ser útil su virus que esteriliza a la población)
Definitivamente, “Inferno” es un libro que todos merecen leer por su fantástico contenido artístico italiano, su misterios referente a “La Divina Comedia”, y sus excelentes e interesantes teorías científicas y biológicas. Es, sin titubear, un libro que yo leería una y otra vez sin cansarme.
P.D.: Me sentí total y horriblemente engañada con respecto a Sienna Brooks. En dicha parte, cuando “alguien” recuerda su aventura amorosa con Zobrist, creí que se trataba de Ferris (Sí, creí que había una mención homo en esta historia y me emocioné) Cuando vi que ese “alguien” era Sienna y no Ferris, me llevé un chasco. Y luego, que Sienna resulta ser una traicionera de la confianza de Robert y la amante de Zobrist y partidaria de sus teorías. ¡WTF! ¡Eso no se hace! Pero, ¿saben? Amé eso. Ese tipo de sorpresas es lo que me hace amar un libro. Definitivamente: Inferno merece, para mi, sus 5/5 estrellas, ¡y más!
At the end of this book I was left wondering if I had read Da Vinci Code again. I still am actually. Avoid unless you are a fan of Florence art. That's exactly how niche it is. Baaaah!
My ranking of Dan Brown's novels seems to go in the order of which they were published. This would be my least favorite in the Langdon series.
The book could have been like any great spy novel. You don't know who to trust, who is telling the truth and just when you think you've got everything figured out the author turns everything upside down and you are back at square one. It sounds great and in theory it is, but Brown has turned Robert Langdon into a smug and arrogant know-it-all who absently stares off into space remembering his past lectures and VIP status. It was incredibly disheartening and frustrating.
The subject matter (which I won't reveal in order to keep this spoiler free) was not something new to me, but it also wasn't something I was particularly interested in. What's more the history lessons and background information on Dante Alighieri was so thorough and excessive I was bored. Descriptions of landmarks were so textbook-like and I found myself skimming or skipping passages altogether. It was unpleasant.
Had I not had to read this book for my book club I wouldn't have finished it. Once I got passed the first third of the book it was very slow going.
I really enjoyed the story, but—as usual—I had to work to look past the writing to enjoy it. If Brown could write well, I'd easily consider this a 4-star book.
Typical Dan Brown novel: horrible writing with a plot that is enthralling. 5/10
Inferno mostly reads like a tour guide through Italy and Turkey. So much of the book was about particular historical or geographical fact that eventually the story became extremely thin. While it may have been very well researched in fact the fact wasn't very well integrated into the plot beyond “Robert Langdon is here now where blah blah blah happened years ago or here's some information about the nearest landmark.”
This is my first Dan Brown book. When I read the synopsis, I thought the book would be about the conundrums concealed within Dante Alighieri's Inferno, but I it isn't.
However, my disappointment didn't last long because the story grabbed me from the beginning. I loved the elegance with which Dan Brown writes, employing few bad words and makes no reference to sex scenes, which (I think) makes the book not vulgar. The characters were well written and defined, and it goes without saying about the intrigue and suspense. For a moment, I thought the book would be predictable, but I was surprised when I realized that it wasn't.
Otherwise, I loved the end and the lack of romance. However, I left with a feeling of want to read more ... So for now, this writer has earned my respect, well done Mr. Brown!
I really liked the book, but the rhythm was often broken by vast explanations of related symbols, locations and artifacts not essential to the story.