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By far Dan Brown's most suspenseful book, this book had me biting my fingernails. The chase was haphazard, dashing from famous Italian place to famous Italian place. The whole time I found myself thinking of who the killer was, jumping from idea to idea. Another interesting thing is the involvement of CERN--a huge scientific facility that my family members used to work at.
This book made me wince, then stare in awe. It was similar to The Lost Symbol, another book that I blogged about, yet different. It takes place on another continent and, besides Langdon, has a different set of characters. In a way, I missed the characters that were in this book. They died or disappeared, their absence in The DaVinci Code going unexplained.
Although the book contained some scenes that may be considered disturbing, it was amazing. It kept me entwined in its words, lost in its story. I was urging Langdon to do certain things with that extra knowledge that a reader always gains. It made me want to jump into the book and help him first save the cardinals, then save Vittoria. It pained me to be unable to do that.
The ending and revealing what had actually transpired was heartbreaking. I felt my heart go out to the "bad guy," although we're supposed to dislike him. Faith and shock had clouded his logic, and the revealing of this shadowy, evil figure was definitely surprising and unexpected.
If you've read any of Dan Brown's other books, this one has the same general style. Unlike many other Dan Brown books, though, this one involves the public, making it easy for you to imagine that you were witnessing it. People flock to the crime scenes. It makes for a wonderful read, and I would definitely recommend it to people.
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