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Dante path to paradise8/12/2023 ![]() You learn a lot about this poet and why his work has been so inspirational to a multitude of creative mediums. The connections made to both Dante’s life and his Divine Comedy in the novel is at times so meticulous and historically accurate that it can give chills whilst reading. For those unfamiliar with Dante’s works, Inferno is Dante’s journey through hell, and Brown’s novel seems to reflect this in an impassioned and intense journey to discover and destroy a deeply foreboding threat to the human race. The majority of the book takes place in Florence, the city loved dearly by Dante Alighieri, the great poet and writer of The Divine Comedy, and of course, subsequently its volume, Inferno. Or his influx of information about buildings, art and architecture just gets too irrelevant at times as if he’s only giving this information to fill up space…īUT in Inferno there is next to no evidence of any of these irritating traits – occasionally that final point would crop up and drag the chapter slightly, but the times when the given information is relevant, his ability to tie in everything is quite astonishing. Or his constant changes between viewpoints in chapters becomes monotonous or even confusing for the reader to keep up with, Ordinarily, Brown will become quite a frustrating read at times, for a number of reasons:Įither his chapters are too short – notably in Digital Fortress, I’m pretty sure a few chapters were only half a page long, ![]() Normally, I’m not one to take to a 500-page long novel that easily, given that I personally feel that books should only be 400 at best, but I must say, I could not put this book down, especially towards the final few chapters (and by that I mean the last ten or so). Honestly, I really don’t want to give any spoilers for this one because it is just teeming with twists and puzzles and codes for you to discover for yourself. With only Botticelli’s La Mappa to help them, and the threat of an in-pursuit assassin, Langdon and Sienna are left to figure out what Langdon was doing in Florence, and why people are trying to kill him. He is met by his doctor, Dr Sienna Brooks, a brilliant and attractive professional who informs him that he is in Florence, Italy. ![]() All he knows is that a bullet wound is aching at the back of his head. He wakes up in a hospital bed with no idea where he is or why he has been unconscious. However, what Inferno does is take everything that is right about all of Brown’s previous works and produces what may very well be his best work to date.Īnother in the Langdon series, Inferno puts Langdon completely out of his comfort zone – his memory of the past two days is gone. Likewise, his first novel Digital Fortress (which I only read after finishing Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons and Deception Point) was highly disappointing, if only because of the lacklustre attempts at characterisation and the stagnant bearing of setting it mostly in the NSA building, which allowed very little room to do very much of anything.īrown’s confusing and subpar techno-thriller I will admit, I was very wary of Inferno‘s impression on me – being a huge Brown fan for many years, I’d read all of his books to date, and had recently finished his previous Robert Langdon thriller: The Lost Symbol. This instalment of the Langdon series fell flat for me, somehow missing the genius of his preceding novels, and not displaying the eidetic Professor at his full potential. What an unbelievably well constructed thrill-ride.ĭan Brown is already well known for his sheer attention to detail, and his historical knowledge of European cities is second to none. Now, I don’t usually review books but this had to be the exception.
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