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Sunk in Venice
I've read all the Dan Brown books and enjoyed all of them, I looked forward to the release of "Inferno" and as soon as I'd downloaded the book I started reading. What a disappointment, the whole book is a chase of one sort or another and of endless repetition by Dan Brown. We, the readers are treated almost like forgetful fools, who need constant reminding of what motivates each character in the book, every time we return to a character we are told what that person had been thinking in each of his or her previous appearances this, coupled with Langdon's constant wanderings into past presentations to awed audiences, his understanding of the hidden meanings in symbols at inappropriate times (these usually happen when he is fleeing for his life from the baddies, all in black.) It leaves an impression that Mr. Brown was battling with his book, that he was looking for ways to add words, paragraphs and chapters to get to a decent number of pages so as to justify publication. For an author of Dan Brown's calibre this is very sad, I will not be purchasing anymore of his novels.
May 2013 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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Inferno: A Novel (Robert Langdon Book 4)
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