Cristian F. Robiou
Inferno is a page turner in the worst of ways. You will surely keep on reading, wondering how the same man who wrote The DaVinci Code could also pen the atrocity which is this book. Lazy writing, indefensible tangents on panoramas and vistas, ridiculous condescension to the reader's intelligence, vomited diatribes on dead people that have no relation to the plot, all plague Inferno in much the same way that Brown's poorly choiced villains plague his favorite protagonist, Robert Langdon, who is, incredibly, more one dimensional and caricature like than ever. I'm being generous and giving it two stars, only because, conceivably, one can think much worse books deserving of only one. And honestly this book doesn't belong in that company, though it barely escapes that fate.
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M. Sims (TheXperience)
Sadly, having read every Dan Brown book written, this is the breaking point for me. His pacing is the same, same basic story, crisis, figure it out R. L., save the day, and the other 2/3 is a history book. Am I the only one that expects more at this point.? Too many other authors who execute his format far better than Mr. Brown, see Joel C. Rosenberg, or even Brad Thor
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Matt Bartolomeo
The book could have been about 100-200 pages shorter. It is a very long and dry read, I understand the author is trying to place you into the scenes, but there was far too much detail that had me skipping through entire paragraphs. The ending was thankfully much better than "The Lost Symbol". If you are a Robert Langdon fan, his character will not disappoint, and is worth the read. As with most of his work, it is very intellectually inspiring, and I happily anticipate the next Robert Langdon adventure.
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