Angels and demons

by Dan Brown | Mystery & Thrillers |
ISBN: 0552150738 Global Overview for this book
Registered by nyassa of Deal, Kent United Kingdom on 7/23/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by nyassa from Deal, Kent United Kingdom on Friday, July 23, 2004
When a world-renowned scientist is found brutally murdered, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol scored on to the dead man's chest. His conclusion: it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - now reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their sworn enemy, the Catholic church.

In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair - a secret refuge wherin lies the only hope for the Vatican.

But with each revelation comes another twist, another turn in the plot, which leaves Langdon ad Vetra reeling and at the mercy of a seemingly invincible enemy.

Journal Entry 2 by nyassa from Deal, Kent United Kingdom on Monday, October 18, 2004
This is the first of Dan Brown's books which I have read and I've greatly enjoyed it. I suspect the format (following clues in ancient documents) is similar to The Da Vinci Code, and I feel I have come across it in other books. However it was very readable, with enough substance to make you think or want to follow up certain aspects. Perfect for a holiday, most especially if the holiday happened to be in Rome.

Journal Entry 3 by nyassa from Deal, Kent United Kingdom on Monday, October 25, 2004
Having had several requests for this book, I have decided to reserve it for an international ray.

So far the order will be:

MarianFrench (UK - anywhere)
Amanida (UK - anywhere)
torialouise (UK - anywhere)
Brujula (France - Europe)
PCSAF (Portugal - anywhere)
tuz (Brazil - N & S America)
glitterfaerie80 (US - North America)
juicy-comrade (Canada - anywhere
hfitz5051 (US - anywhere))
ness13 (Malaysia - international)
Melrita <------ here


If anyone else wants to join I will attempt to slot them in but if it is not possible, they must be prepared to mail anywhere.

When you get the book, please make a journal entry, and again when you're sending it on. A month seems to be a reasonable reading time - but things do happen! If you know that you'll be much longer, please let other people know, so nobody thinks the book has disappeared. Please do not change the order without letting me know.

I hope you all enjoy it.

Journal Entry 4 by nyassa from Deal, Kent United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 2, 2004
On the first leg of its journey, to MarianFrench.

Journal Entry 5 by MarianFrench from Buxton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Thursday, November 4, 2004
Book arrived today - thank you
Marian

Journal Entry 6 by MarianFrench from Buxton, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Monday, November 29, 2004
This was, like The Da Vinci Code, a really good read. I get really hooked on all the symbolism and hidden trails that have been in both books. What I liked less in this one was the overly dramatic encounters between Langdon and the Hassassin - still I suppose if it's good enough for Indiana Jones.....!! I would still like to read other Dan Brown books so it cannot have put me off too much. Thank you, Nyassa, for the opportunity to read it.
Marian

Journal Entry 7 by Amanida from Chertsey, Surrey United Kingdom on Thursday, December 9, 2004
Arrived & to be started immediately!

Journal Entry 8 by Amanida from Chertsey, Surrey United Kingdom on Monday, December 13, 2004
Re-make of The Da Vinci code with a science vs. religion theme. Again, all the action is in about 24 hours (how do they do all that stuff without food or sleep?), making it pretty un-put-downable.
Off to torialouise as soon as I can get to the post office.

Journal Entry 9 by torialouise from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, December 20, 2004
Arrived safe;y today - looking forward to reading

Journal Entry 10 by torialouise from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, December 30, 2004
Really enjoyed this book - i couldn't put it down. Very much in the mode of the davinci code, with the 24 hr setting and the symbols pointing the way. I really enjoyed the story and like the character of Robert Langdon - I'm hoping Dan Brown does some more with this character. Have bought the book illuminating Angels and Demons to sort out the fact from the fiction!!

Thanks for sharing - off to Brujala now.

Journal Entry 11 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Friday, January 7, 2005
received this book today!
I'll do my best to read it within a month, but it seems books are raining in my mailbox right now...

Thank you nyassa and torialouise!

Journal Entry 12 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Sunday, January 30, 2005
This is the second book by Dan Brown I've ever read. After I read Digital Fortress, I felt a very strong dislike for the author, for several reasons.
Angels and Demons wasn't so offensive to me, but I still find many of the author's assertions, commentaries, and some of the details he outlines, ridiculous, or farfetched.
(somebody please tell Dan Brown that we cannot smell frozen things! when something is frozen, the odour particles cannot evaporate and reach our nerve endings in our noses, so it doesn't smell! it's impossible to be nauseated by the smell of frozen urine!)
Otherwise, the book is what you expect of a thriller. A page turner, fast paced, and if you read it fast enough you just slip over the incongruencies (just as the author did when he wrote)

Thanks for sharing nyassa!

The book will leave for Portugal as soon as I have PCSAF' s adress

Journal Entry 13 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Friday, February 4, 2005
The book was mailed to Portugal today!

Journal Entry 14 by PCSAF from Gondomar, Porto Portugal on Saturday, February 26, 2005
Got it!! As sson as I read I'll tell what I thought about it.

Journal Entry 15 by PCSAF from Gondomar, Porto Portugal on Saturday, April 23, 2005
I didn't enjoy very much. Sounded like a James Bond movie.
I have now in my hands to read the Da Vinci Code, perhaps this one will be better.

It's on its way to Tuz. Happy reading!

Journal Entry 16 by Tuz from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil on Monday, June 27, 2005
Thanks!

Journal Entry 17 by Tuz from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Brazil on Friday, September 2, 2005
October 19, 2005 - Sent to juicy-comrade in Canada. Happy Bookcrossing! :)

Journal Entry 18 by juicy-comrade from Victoria, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, November 15, 2005
It just came in the mail.

Journal Entry 19 by juicy-comrade from Victoria, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, December 7, 2005
I spent the first hundred pages of the book laughing about how silly it was. It's not that the book became less funny (because it did continue to push as hard as possible to keep you impressed with how fast paced and shiny everything was) but I let myself get into it, which is the only way you can enjoy this kind of book (or any standard hollywood action flick for that matter). I was usually able to guess what was going to happen well before it did which kept me reading to varify my expectations, but sometimes it was frustrating when a character would take two pages to explain something easily understood or reveal a "twist" that a child could see coming from three blocks away. All told though, it was a pretty good book.

Journal Entry 20 by hfitz5051 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Oh no! This book was lost in the shuffle of my Tiara winnings! I am going to start reading it right away, I'm so sorry!

Journal Entry 21 by hfitz5051 from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Monday, January 23, 2006
I finished already!(yay for getting sick) I really liked this book and it didn't seem predictable to me. That may have been due being sick, but I never had this book figured out right and I'm usually good at that. I have pm'ed the next in line!

Journal Entry 22 by rumble-bee from Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, August 10, 2006
Thank you, Melrita, for this book!
this is my first Dan Brown-book, so I'm pretty curious.
I've just read another book with a similar subject by a German author ("The Jesus Video"), and that one really got me hooked. I hope this is as good.

Journal Entry 23 by rumble-bee from Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Thursday, January 11, 2007
First of all, excuse me for the late entry. But since I was the last person on the list, I thought I could take my time. Well, and I did... :-))
I read this through in almost one go during the Christmas holidays. And yet,I was very, very uncertain as to the classification and rating of this book. It's not a bad book in a strict sense, no...
JuicyComrade put it perfectly: You have to disregard your reservations and critical comments to "survive" this book, or even to enjoy it.
My husband asked me what I thought of it, and I'm going to tell you what I told him:
Reading a book by this author is like going to McDonald's or eating a bowl of crisps - you know perfectly well that it's not healthy or great cooking; nevertheless sometimes you just feel like it, and once started, cannot seem to stop. You know what I mean...??
It surely is fast-paced and full of twists and turns. But that's almost the only thing to be said in its favour.
The action is described well - the dialogue is not!! I simply do not know anybody on earth who would talk or think like that.
The comment about frozen urine is true for me as well - simply nonsense, some of the "emotional" descriptions.
As for the construction of this book - hmm, in the meantime, I've seen the movie (The DaVinci Code), and I found it embarrassing to see how very much these two stories are alike. It seems to me this author is writing the same book over and over again. Same kind of plot, same time frame, the "twists" occur in almost identical pace... A computer could have written these books, I'm sure. the "recipe" is so obvious.

All in all, I'd say this is a good book to read on a holiday, a weekend full of rain, or when you're sick in bed.

I'm going to take it to the next meetup here in Velbert, which is going to take place soon.

Journal Entry 24 by rumble-bee at Flux in Velbert, Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany on Friday, January 12, 2007

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the book went to the meetup with me, and as far as I could see, it was taken home by somebody. We'll have to wait for his or her entry.

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