Angels and Demons

Angels and Demons
By Dan Brown
(book on CD)

Wow. What a convoluted story. Now, after Da Vinci Code I wasn't expecting great literature. But I was at least expecting it to make sense! The times never seemed to line up (and I'm sure they did line up, because Dan Brown is a meticulous writer and wouldn't leave something like that to chance or whim) but the point is that it *seemed* like it was off. Some of the stunts were downright ridiculous (the bookcases crashing into the glass? What?) and there were way too many instances where a character would think something like "and he knew he was seeing the sun for the last time" only to NOT DIE! Which means he didn't "know" it, he simply "believed" or "thought" it and then was proved wrong. Once or twice is fine, but that sort of thing happened at least once a chapter. And then the poor girl, whose name I can't even remember, has no time to mourn her loss, even at the end! I won't say too much, wouldn't want to spoil the ending.

6/10