Comments on: Angels and Demons, Dan Brown

by: Regina

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:07:52 +0000

I loved this book! I read it last year when I was only 14 and though I loved the way that Dan Brown can make you think and question what you believe. The story is amazing and you can really see it happening in front of you.

I’ve also watched the movie and the book is times better! All the good parts were taken and the story changed a lot in the end.

I recommend this book to everyone that loves mistery, filosophy and action.

by: risis

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:11:25 +0000

Thats Good Conspiracy gave us freedom. . . Good job Dan Brown Keep Foolin people. . . i like taht kind of story chow

by: nila

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:17:22 +0000

the book is not as bad as it is mentioned here…………. in my point of view the book is really gud……… very fast moving and interesting………… the plot is nice and a vry unexpected endig……….. i loved reading it

by: Dan Brown: How Does He Do It? - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:32:32 +0000

[…] Dan Brown gets a rough deal from literary critics, but he is a popular novel-writing genius spawning a whole genre of pseudo-religious thriller. His next book “The Lost Symbol” is out in September and no doubt Random House is raking in the millions in presales already. […]

by: trish

Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:39:46 +0000

I need an intriguing book to read. Not just a good book, or an interesting one, but a suck you in, loop-the-loop twists and turns, have to reread entire pages just to get any clue of what is happening book. With a heartstopping ending, please (In my opinion, this is usually the worst written part of the book, sometimes excluding the beginning). Could you suggest any?

by: Mel

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:55:42 +0000

I don’t know what’s up with the negativity. I found the book engaging! Loved it! I couldn’t put it down. What got me excited was that I actually understood what he was saying about when it came to physics relating the antimatter to something I’ve heard from Stephen Hawkins… and well damn this guy is smart! He knows so much about architecture, religion, physics… and having all that thrown in your face and not knowing who exactly committed the crimes was AWESOME. So i say way to go Dan Brown… and to the people being so outwardly negative… well I don’t see you being as successful.. if you’re soooo against the prose.. write your own damn book and let’s see which appeals to a greater audience. If it’s an effective tactic, then why not? Stephenie Meyer gets away with a weak climax because of her ability to tear at heart strings. But so what? It works. And maybe that’s just what people are looking for. And about the phone having a dial tone… it’s not the end of the world! You are not experiencing heart failure from this dial tone, so shut up and get over it. It was good. It was surprising. It’s successful. So there.

by: anon

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:38:13 +0000

people who actually write words like vacuous and insidious are probably failed writers or writers not making any money, jealousy abounds in the above criticisms. What great thinking need be done for a novel? He’s rich and you are all jealous. It’s a good read.

by: Lela

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:40:48 +0000

Well, I may be young (seventeen to be exact) but Im old enough to know a good book when I’ve read it. I never really thought much of the book when I first bought it, it was just there so I could pass the time. I had already started another book and wanted Angels and Demons so I had something else to read once I finished the other over summer break. But once I started reading it, i couldnt put it down. I completely forgot about the other book and became completely enthralled by this one! I, myself, am a catholic and reading this kind of made me think about my religion. Its kinda sad how the human psyche can be so fragile that with a simple change or new piece of information one can snap and all former beliefs fade away into a oblivion. Or how easy it is to make someone beleive something with the right amount of so-called evidence. I dont care what many think but I truly loved this book. Because of it, I know have an inate love of any book that is willing to challenge faith and most of all the once mighty and powerful catholic church.

by: L. Roden

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:52:09 +0000

I certainly have to agree with the anonymous reviewer above and Mike Philbin – an insidiously-constructed page-turner is about as accurate a description as they come. I picked up the second-hand paperback because I had a long trip between cities and because I needed some Illuminati fodder – I’m working on a wildly inaccurate and humorous piece about an Iluminati-type worldwide conspiracy and hoped I might crib some of the Path of Illumination symbols and transform them to my own ends. Well, the book started with some promise, for a best seller in the adventure vein, but then the inaccuracies, clichés and unbelievable plot elements piled up until the ending landed with a soft plop in my lap. What’s with…

…the wild use of italics to add suspense and momentum? (“Tonight I may die at the hands of religion, he thought. But it will not be the first time.” Hands of religion?)
…checking a cell phone for a dial tone? What cell phone has a dial tone? Signal bars, Dan.
…characters like the dark and evil Hassassin – no psychology, no explanation of motive other than some vague grudge against the Crusades, no name even, just pure evil in a brown-skinned package. And Maximilian Kohler – Doctor Strangelove for the 21st century.
…calling all the men by their last names, the lone woman by her first, adding a vulnerability and a sense of intimacy to her “raw sensuality”, “full, earthy features” and “sultry stares”. Idealised fantasy instead of a breathing human being. I love the way she and Langdon fall into each others arms and kiss when they are reunited near the end, in the centre of the Vatican, “their bodies locked, as if they had known each other for years. She forgot the fear and pain”. Obviously, she also managed to overlook the fact that he had been vomiting up bile seven pages earlier, and both bodies had broken, bashed and bruised all day so that any touch would have been excruciating. Ah, love…
…the artificial insemination plot twist? What? The priest and the nun fall deeply in love, they know it’s wrong, but they hatch a plan: he masturbates into a cup, and she gets a turkey baster up the wazoo, and that makes them sin-free, because they’ve managed to avoid the messy act of copulation? In the Catholic Church I grew up in intent is all, they’re guilty of lust anyway; a secular love cannot supersede the love of God, especially if you’re clergy. Burn in hell, Father.

I could go on, but why bother? I love a good thriller as much as anyone. What I can’t stand is lazy, cliché-ridden writing. Yes, you’re right, it’s a screenplay for godsake, perfect for a Ron Howard movie. We’ll have the increasingly potato-like Tom Hanks and some stunning Euro-starlet running through the moonlight, he stalwart and grim, she exuding musk and dew, I can’t wait.

Maybe a category should added to this site – guilty pleasure reading. So bad for you, but feels so good!

by: R Simpson

Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:30:10 +0000

HI i am confused by the inane comments i have just been reading.Particularly the negative ones,Can i ask the Question?Why does one go to the Cinema/Movies to be educated,or entertained i know why i go.too often in this P.C.correct world i suffer the scathing comments of those who for some reason gain pleasure from De-Bunking or over intelectualising about films.Sorry but entitled as you are to your opinion, what is there that you dont uderstand about suspension of reality or just plain taking a film for what it is!!too often we are bombarded with the Horrors of our world,Just enjoy or not as may be the case.