Inferno by Dan BrownMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
One "first-time" for me with this book is that I could identify with the antagonist of this book right from his introduction since I too have pondered several times on the central issue of the book. I kept agreeing with his line of reasoning from the word get-go. Maybe that was Dan Brown's intention.
Without giving away much details, I will just say a few good things about the book:
- This is a much much better thriller than Dan Brown's last book, Lost Symbol and thankfully does not have too much of art/architecture mumbo-jumbo like the previous books.
- The central theme is quite relevant, interesting and something I think everyone should have a dialogue on. To quote the book, "The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their silence at times of crisis."
-I quite liked the several red herrings and twists in the story though they are not that necessary.
- I think the ending is a "happy" one in its own way. It is like the best possible way to deal with the problem and it sounds like Dan Brown hit upon a best "realistic" possible solution to a "real" global problem and wove a Robert Langdon book around it.
-It has been a very long time since I last read Dan Brown but I felt this book has lot of quotable dialogues.
Go read the book, if you are a thriller fan and/or have read Dan Brown earlier.
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