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Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.


The first time I read Angels and Demons was 4 years ago, and it completely blew me away. This was my fourth time reading it, and it still is one of my favorite books of all time, and I'm sure it will always remain on that position.

In this review, I won't go into the plot, since I think that everyone has either read it, seen the movie, or just heard of what it's about. I will stick to my feelings about this book, and why it has impacted my life this much.

Firstly, the character of Robert Langdon will always be (at least in my opinion) one of the best characters ever created. And Brown's writing style goes perfectly with his character. He is a kind of a professor I would give anything to at least attend one of his lectures. I like his way of thinking, and he knows how to perfectly describe a place or a building, so that you would love to visit and explore every single one of them.

And when it comes to the book as a whole, it impacted my beliefs quite a bit. I remember when I first read it, and how it changed my viewpoints on religion, science, Church, and even God as well. Not necessarily in a good or a bad way, it just opened my mind, and ever since then I have tried to not have a closed mind when it comes to both religion and science. They are not the opposite things, and just like Brown said in this book:

'Science and religion are not at odds. Science is simply too young to understand.'

And to conclude, I get who so many people dislike or even hate Dan Brown's books, but he was one of those writers who got me into reading. Until now, not a single one of his books disappointed me (and I've read every single one of them) and I'm pretty sure none of them, yet to be written, will.

n  4 Stars!n

So the moral of the story is n  be a good listenern!

n  “But who is more ignorant? The man who cannot define lightning, or the man who does not respect its awesome power?”n

Dan Brown did a brilliant job of creating an incredible story and building it up till 500ish pages and then in next two pages he completely destroyed it!
I loved the about three-fourth of the book but the ending did not appease me. But still I think it's worth reading at least once. The one thing that amazed me the most was that how one person can write from two utterly opposite point of views, Science and Religion. You had to take a second or two to stare at the page and appreciate the witty dialogues.

Overall, I think I liked the book.
I don't know if I'll ever reread the book again but there are some pages that I'd surely like to revisit.

n  “Science can heal, or science can kill. It depends on the soul of the man using the science.”n

This is another great work by Dan Brown! Though it is first in the Langdon series, I have somehow managed to read it the last, having read the other three books in the series in order. Like in all of them, Dan Brown's uniqueness has been preserved in this book too. It has Dan Brown inherent features: history, puzzles, action, intrigue and a masterfully crafted story.

A physicist attached to CERN is murdered in cold blood and a canister containing antimatter is stolen. The word "Illuminati" is branded on the dead man's chest indicating that he was killed by an secret organization which Professor Langdon believes now to be extinct. Professor Langdon teams up with the dead scientist daughter in the quest to find out the murderer of the scientist. But there is another danger: The canister with antimatter, stolen from the CERN laboratory, is now abandoned somewhere in the Vatican. Once removed from the electric charger on which the canister is kept, the antimatter can hold in suspension only for 24 hours without further charge. And once the antimatter falls from suspension and contact physical matter, it will explode and the damage it can done is equal to a nuclear bomb explosion. Professor Langdon teams up with the dead scientist's daughter, Vittoria, who is also a scientist in the quest to stop the destruction and the threat to Vatican as well as to find out the murderer of the scientist. However, further troubles await for them in Vatican. The four Cardinals, out of which a new pope is chosen, hasve suddenly disappeared without trace. Vatican is in chaos and only Robert Langdon and Vittoria can save the day.

It was fascinating read and an intense page turner. I felt as if I too was running against time with the duo to stop the horrific murders and feeling greatly distressed when the attempts become futile. I also really enjoyed the factual details to the history, art and science. It is very informative. I have a very high regard for Dan Brown for taking pains to provide the reader with a good historic knowledge through his well-researched books. With this read I have read all the books he has authored, and I must say he has not disappointed me so far; waiting impatiently for the "Origin" to hit the shelves in October.