Book Review: Angels & Demons

Angels & Demons was good escapist fiction. Black-hearted villains, a damsel in distress, a reluctant hero, a mystery, and a smattering of red-herrings. It wasn't a high literary novel in terms of the writing, but Dan Brown knows how to end a chapter, keep a book moving, and develop some good characters.

As with The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown found a historical myth and launched it into a conspiracy story involving the Roman Catholic Church. Unlike in the Da Vinci Code where the novel's historical premise centered on debunking one of the basic tenets of faith for Catholics, hence their protest of the movie, Angels and Demons' historical premise was based on the age-old battle between science and religion.

So far, my favorite Dan Brown book is The Da Vinci Code.

The Da Vinci Code

I know the book came out five years ago and I've already seen the movie, but after reading a few dry and slow moving books I decided to read a record breaking bestseller because it had to be good. I mean, millions of people couldn't be wrong.

They weren't.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Dan Brown's novel, The Da Vinci Code. It had an engaging plot. All the historical back story was relevant. I was interested in every character. The antagonists' motives were understandable. There were clear delinations of P.O.V. And finally, the way Dan Brown broke up the chapters - most of them short to very short - made for a quick read.

This was one of the best books I've read in awhile.

If you need something negative, the only thing I didn't get was the identity of the principal antagonist. I'll say no more.