Saturday, June 10, 2006
Angels and Demons
I just finished reading Angels and Demons by Dan Brown. The expectation of the book was somewhat tuned up as I had read the infamous Da Vinci Code by the same author prior to this. Summary of the book… *warning: Spoilers ahead*
Robert Langdon discovers the location of the scene of murder before the murder took place and rushed there, hoping to deter the murder from happening. But was too late…
Robert Langdon discovers the next location, and rushed there, but was too late…
Robert Langdon yet discovers the next location, yet was too late again…
Robert Langdon discovers the supposedly the next scene of murder, yes, you guessed it, it was too late…
The 4 somewhat repetitive plots took up like the first 400 pages (out of 500 pages) of the book… What the… Like cheat money liddat… one plot occurring 4 times. Waste my time. In short, I was really bored by the first 400 pages. After the 150th page, I literally struggled to read further, knowing how the story will progress…
To give Dan Brown some credit, the story did take an unexpected twist later on in the book. I was literally caught off guard. The book is a good read if u have nothing much to do. Not really intellectually challenging.
Rating: ***1/2
Unexpected. You can call this a page-turner book, but you can't say it's all that suspenseful. Except for the end, of course. It's a well-deserved reward for struggling through so many pages, but it's a shortlived reward.
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