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Angels & Demons

by Dan Brown
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It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and... see complete book description

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  • pepay

    pepay says

    i agree.its defintely better than the da vinci code. the
    twist is spine chilling, the speech of the pope/bishop
    (i forgot) was the enunciation of truth. but after this book
    many scripts were patterned to the kind of twist dan
    brown did....

    posted 4 days ago

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  • Joan C

    joan c says

    I've read one third of it and now is in STAND BY... It doesn't have that thing that makes u wanna read, but I only read it cause of the things it says about the Church

    posted 2 weeks ago

  • Harvey Booth

    harvey booth says

    I think it is rubbish.

    posted 2 weeks ago

    (read harvey booth’s review)

  • Dana A

    dana a says

    I am reading it right now, it is sooo mmmm i can't describe it really. but i am waiting for some magic to capture me, still didn't find it

    posted 2 weeks ago

  • aNirudha

    anirudha says

    Very true Soul4rent ... Promos of Da Vinci created loads of excitment and movie was all flop

    posted 3 weeks ago

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  • soul4rent

    soul4rent says

    I sure hope they do a better job at it than they did with Da vinci Code...the movie was a desaster...

    posted 3 weeks ago

  • Anthony G

    anthony g says

    I hope you're right because Angels & Demons would make a very good movie, probably better than DaVinci Code.

    posted 3 weeks ago

    (This is a response to a previous comment)

    (anthony g’s previously rated this books 5 stars)

  • Sidz S

    sidz s says

    This book is awesome ! its my second fav, first comes Digital Fortress then Angels and Demons . I heard they were making a movie for it!
    I LOVE Dan Brown's books!!!!

    posted 3 weeks ago

  • angel

    angel says

    what book did you read

    posted 3 weeks ago

    (This is a response to a previous comment)

    (angel’s previously rated this books 1 stars, read review)

  • Harvey Booth

    harvey booth says

    it is rubbish

    posted 3 weeks ago

    (read harvey booth’s review)

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