I have decided to give a book report on every book I read because this is my blog and what I think is important to me.
Angels and Demons
By Dan Brown
Written in 2000 this book is the readers introduction to Robert Langdon, the man made famous in Dan Brown bestseller The Da Vinci Code.
Angels and Demons also deals with the Catholic church and the time tested bogeyman the Illuminati. I am not a big fiction reader but I like to throw one in now and then for light reading. The book was readable in the sense that I did finish it but not without an effort. I would rate the overall quality of the novel at a disappointing C-.
Our Hero Robert Langdon is an amalgamation of Austin Powers, Indiana Jones, and the old man Booginhagen from the town of Jezzreal. The murder and mayhem is layed on thick and the sinister involvement of the Illuminati and Catholic Priests and Cardinals is a little hokey.
HOWEVER when Mr. Langdon is forced to jump out of a helicopter that contains a Trekkie anti-matter bomb in the dark of night and he fashions a Parachute out of the helicopter's windshield sunscreen as he falls to earth in the darkness and lands in the Tiber river and lives............The author Mr. Dan Brown LOSES ME AS A READER!
(I did some daytime jumps with an old military T-10 chute in the middle of the day with some rudimentary training and I still almost broke my back for good.)
Since the hero is now dead in my mind at that point all the other incredible highly impossible bull excrement becomes laughable.
I like mysteries, action adventures, and the like this however did not quite fit into any of those things. My Sister-in-law loved the book so I may be over critical of the content. If it was a movie I would enjoy watching it on MST 3000.
Next UP: Meet You In Hell by Les Stanford, a historical account of the relationship between Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick.
Posted by BillyBudd at August 1, 2005 07:44 PM | TrackBackOnce you've read one Dan Brown novel, you've read them all. That's why everybody says that the first Dan Brown novel they read was the best.
Posted by: WitNit at August 1, 2005 10:10 PMI believe you may have a point. I read The Da Vinci Code as well and it was a little better. Kinda like watching Matlock as all the pieces fit in the end.
Posted by: Billy Budd at August 1, 2005 10:29 PMYou are a jack ass and need a serious spraying of some serious akt right.
Posted by: yo fucken mama at September 25, 2005 08:05 PM