…or “Jurassic Park,” or “Brave New World”… I’m sure there are plenty of readers who give this book 5 stars because the ideas in the story energized them, and plenty who give it 1 star because they were horrified. I Guess Dan Brown Never Read “Children of Men”. Brown's writing style is sloppy, and (remarkably) Robert Langdon remains under-developed and again appears as a "I have no life or personality" character who is marginally affected by the remarkable situations and events in the plot. The reader is treated to the same "lectures about things the world has not understood" - this time about Dante, Florence, vector viruses, and overpopulation of the world. This time Robert Langdon wakes up in hospital with amnesia, meets a beautiful woman-with-whom-he-does-not-get-involved, immediately witnesses a murder, and goes on the run with her to escape from people trying to kill him while he pursues the symbolism in Dante's Inferno to save the world from a deadly virus created by a madman. The best I can say is that Paul Michael does a good job narrating this sad, formulaic, trip down the same road traveled in Brown's prior books. I have just finished Dan Brown's newest book, Inferno, and can't tell you it was worth the time I spent slogging through it. Inferno is a sumptuously entertaining listen - a novel that will captivate listeners with the beauty of classical Italian art, history, and literature.while also posing provocative questions about the role of cutting-edge science in our future. In his most riveting and thought-provoking novel to date, Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again. Racing through such timeless locations as the Palazzo Vecchio, the Boboli Gardens, and the Duomo, Langdon and Brooks discover a network of hidden passageways and ancient secrets, as well as a terrifying new scientific paradigm that will be used either to vastly improve the quality of life on earth.or to devastate it.
Langdon quickly realizes that he is in possession of a series of disturbing codes created by a brilliant scientist - a genius whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written: Dante Alighieri's dark epic poem The Inferno. Langdon's world soon erupts into chaos, and he finds himself on the run in Florence with a stoic young woman, Sienna Brooks, whose clever maneuvering saves his life. Disoriented and suffering from a head wound, he recalls nothing of the last 36 hours, including how he got there.or the origin of the macabre object that his doctors discover hidden in his belongings. Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in a hospital in the middle of the night. "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis." Now, Dan Brown takes listeners deep into the heart of Italy.guiding them through a landscape that inspired one of history's most ominous literary classics.
With the publication of his groundbreaking novels The Da Vinci Code, The Lost Symbol, and Angels & Demons, Dan Brown has become an international best-selling sensation, seamlessly fusing codes, symbols, art, and history into riveting thrillers that have captivated hundreds of millions of fans around the world.