Angels and Demons - Dan Brown

Advantages: A cracking good read.
Disadvantages: tainted by allegations of an "anti-Christian" agenda

...picked a better novel, as Angels and Demons is a thriller all about the Catholic Church, and its relationship with the scientific community down through the generations. ~ ~ It introduces us to Harvard professor Robert Langdon, an expert on ancient symbology, and the hero of his later novel and worldwide bestseller the Da Vinci Code. In the same vein as the later Da Vinci Code, the villains of the piece are once again an ultra-secret society, in ...
...some of his assertions, in Angels and Demons is also very flawed. Brown often employs the technique of using dialogue between his characters to put across a point he wants to make. An example of this in Angels and Demons would be where his hero, Professor Langdon, is talking to the head of CERN, Max Kohler. They’re discussing the ongoing problems between science and religion, and Langdon starts a sentence with “Outspoken scientists like Copernicus….” ... Read review

Advantages: Entertaining, fascinating, clever
Disadvantages: A ridiculous ending

...sections of dialogue. As such, Angels and Demons is heavy on drama, excitement and who's-the-bad-guy style mysteries, but light on extensive character development. That said, Langdon is a reasonably interesting, if not terribly in-depth, figure, and Vittoria is entertaining enough, albeit something of a feisty-Italian stereotype. The supporting cast is rather better than some of his other books, but occasionally feels excessively contrived, designed ...
...negative note. However, Angels and Demons is still a great read. If you accept some bits will get a fraction silly, and simply enjoy the tale Brown spins, you are likely to enjoy it immensely. As with The Da Vinci Code, this benefits from being set in and around a city that people can freely visit, making it that bit more believable for the most part. The puzzles and tricks are fun to try and decipher, the trail is well-constructed and the structure ... Read review

Advantages: Starts off with so much promise, fast pace etc
Disadvantages: It swiftly jumps from scene to scene in places that can leave the reader confused and have to wade backwards just to refresh themselves as to what's going on and also loses some of the rhythmn and momentum the beginning promises

...on Dan Brown's first thriller Angels and Demons (which he wrote before the Da Vinci Code) and we can see why it was such a success and most talked about thriller of the decade. *Overview* This book is about a middle aged Harvard University professor named Robert Langdon who has been brought in by the director of the European Council of Nuclear Research Maximilian Kohler, on the quest of finding not just a killer but answers to an ancient brotherhood ...
...would recommend reading Secrets of Angels and Demons by Daniel Burnstein priced at £3.99 on Amazon (excluding postage and packaging). Try to read Dan Brown's version first thou if you can because I do feel Mr Burnstein rips it apart and does spoil the original story. This is only intended for those who enjoy real detective thrillers. If comedy and romance is more your thing I'd stay clear of this book as can be pretty gruesome in places. I'll confess ... Read review

Advantages: Keeps you turning pages, great pace, interesting plot, fantastic details.
Disadvantages: Has alot of religious debate, can be slightly confusing and long in parts.

...is at it again with Angels and Demons. I became a Brown fan when I read Deception Point. I like his style of writing - it's action packed, crosses the world over and keeps you on the edge of your seat with excitement. There are out of this world plots that he makes seem completely possible. In this book - you find yourself traveling around in a jet that travels 15,000 miles per hour around the globe. Talk about a cool ride, this book seems to travel ...
...specialist in religious symbols, Robert Langdon, receives a strange phone call asking about the Illuminati. The Illuminati were a group of Renaissance scientists, including Galileo and other famous men, who met secretly in Rome to discuss new ideas in safety from papal threat. During that time the church was against science in general and scientists were executed or prosecuted as enemies of the church. However, the group was supposedly gone long ... Read review

Advantages: a great thriller, with so much more
Disadvantages: a long book

...a copy of Browns earlier Angels and Demons and immersed myself, again, in the mysterious world of Robert Langdon. This is the book that first gave the world Harvard professor Robert Langdon, and with the popularity of Browns more recent work, this book is being revisited by the growing horde of his fans. Langdon's ordered world is thrown into chaos when he is asked to attend the scene of a murder. An eminent scientist has been killed violently and ...
...in religious iconography Langdon's conclusion is that they are the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood long thought vanished, but apparently resurfaced to continue its fight against the Catholic Church. The age-old war between science and religion has been rekindled and through the course of the few days that the book covers is played out amongst the history and grandeur of the Eternal City, Rome. Against the backdrop of the choosing of ... Read review