Well, this is the same old plot with professor Robert Langdon and a female companion in a feverish chase with the help of clues, which of course, only the professor can decode. The book is gripping (for the most part), fast-paced, thrilling, and has a positively surprising turn of events - perfect for a movie. Dante's Inferno was a bit of a force-feed, though it did introduce an element of darkness in the story. There are many repetitive "scenes", and I could live without those lengthy narrations of architectural history. The story drags at times, and might as well have been written in 300 pages instead of 600. The best thing about this book, though, is an attempt to address a global issue that deserves more attention than it is probably getting at the moment.
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