Inferno - Book Recommendation

Book by Dan Brown, 2013

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     [BOOK RECOMMENDATION]

     I would definitely recommend Inferno to anyone looking to read an exciting book. Personally, I found this book easy to read without much thought, yet simultaneously the book utilized high level diction and complex reading structures. Inferno is a fast-paced, very intellectual, addictive novel, actually the fourth in a series, though I know that the book can generally be understood without previous knowledge of the first three books.

    Taking place in the modern cities of Florence, Venice, and Istanbul, Inferno follows the recurring protagonist Robert Langdon as he wakes from amnesia, despite his eidictic memory. Told he took a bullet wound to the head, Langdon and Sienna Brooks, the doctor who aids Langdon's escape from the assassin, take refuge in her apartment. They find a projector in Langdon's jacket, which shows a modified Botticelli's Map of Hell, a religious piece based on Dante's poem The Divine Comedy. This sets the two on a rigorous journey to not only evade Langdon's own government (who are trying to capture him), but stop the plague of Bertrand Zobrist, also called Inferno.

    The book, which I rated a 10/10, is a beautifully written story, cleverly woven with the religious ties of Dante, Botticelli, and other famous historical figures and events, leaving you wanting more. The story itself, along with the other three Langdon books, is critical of Catholicism recurringly, though the author Dan Brown has denied any animosity towards the Catholic Church on interviews, such as the comedy/news show The Colbert Report.

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