Inferno

hmm...well...not the best book I've ever read. But then I don't read Dan Brown books looking for earth shattering literature. And not the best thriller I've ever read. (I read a lot of thrillers) And not even the best Dan Brown book I've read (at least it's not the hot mess Lost Symbol was). There were thrilling scenes, some great chases (always a requirement in a good thriller) and some twists I didn't see coming. The biggest problem was that there was too much exposition. Seriously. Stop telling me everything and anything you think I need to know and let me figure it out for myself by showing me the clues. There were also a few moments that came dangerously close to being deus ex machina moments. Explanations were to simple or too glossed over i.e. Sinskey being drugged.

But I have to give Mr Brown credit. The man does his research. In spades. I almost didn't feel the need to google locations, landmarks, etc but I as usual with the Langdon series I did anyway. Just to see how extremely accurate the descriptions really were.