Gech.

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.

Right.

I remembered reading this one years ago. At that time, it was still the hottest topic in our country if you're talking about religion. If some people saw you reading this book, they would think that you're an anti-Christ, you're part of the Illuminati and all that ridiculous stuff.

Which is silly because this is just a book. A really well written book that will leave you either breathless and smart or maybe both. This was my first Dan Brown book and what really made me a fan to his works is the fact that he can weave a really good explanation to his stories that would make you just believe in it.

That's that.

I enjoyed "The Da Vinci Code" as a trashy good time, but then read this one and just couldn't stop rolling my eyes. Not only was it silly and formulaic, it made the silly formula underlying "The Da Vinci Code" all too clear. Really? Another middle-aged yet strangely attractive/brilliant male protagonist -- oh wait, the same one from the other book? Another grisly murder of an old dude kicking things off? Another hot foreign chick, related to the dead dude, helping solve the mystery? Another secret society intertwined with the Vatican? Really? Really? I can enjoy a trashy book, sure, but not when you're rubbing my nose in the stink...

When a physicist/priest is murdered, the word Illuminati branded into his chest, and a quarter-gram of antimatter stolen, it's up to renowned symbologist Robert Langdon to find the goods and the murderer. But can he stop someone from using the antimatter as a weapon, even with hot physicist Vittoria Vetra in tow?

After all the hype, I managed to dodge this bullet for over a decade but when my girlfriend caught me in a vulnerable moment between books, I knew the time had come.

Overall, it was a fun read. It reminded me of a high tech Indiana Jones a lot of the time. However, at the end of the day, it was pretty much a by the numbers thriller, complete with forced sexual tension.

Like I said, it's pretty Indiana Jones-ish, except instead of an archaeologist who has crazy globe-trotting adventures, Langdon is a symbologist who has crazy globe-trotting adventures.

As much as I want to hate on this book, it's a page turner; Short chapters, nearly all of them ending on a cliffhanger. However, even for a thriller of this type, the plot seems a little overly complicated. A centuries old secret society is going to use some stolen antimatter to blow up the Vatican? Wouldn't it be easier to get a surplus nuke from the former Soviet Union?

The writing is so cheesy and over-dramatic I can't help but be amused. It's really pulpy but not in the good Raymond Chandler way. More like an early Doc Savage. Seriously, Langdon could have said "I'll be super-amalgamated" and it wouldn't have felt that out of place. It almost feels like Brown was trying to do a Black Dynamite-style commentary/spoof on conspiracy thrillers.

One thing I didn't enjoy is that the book suffers from "I did a bit of research so I'm going to cram it all in the dialogue" syndrome. There are infodumps galore and lots of redundant information, mostly about symbology. I'm not going to touch on the things that weren't researched and are erroneous since most movies have equally shitty fact checking.

I guess I'll rate it 3 stars. It's not well written or to any degree believable but it's a fun and exciting read, like a pack of Skittles for your brain. Not good but definitely entertaining. Not only that, Dan Brown's milkshake brings all the boys to the yard. Any book that gets so many non-readers reading gets a little slack from me.

Eher 4,5 Sterne. Tolle Story und super Schreibstil, allerdings gab es doch einige Stellen, die sich sehr gezogen haben. Man hätte das Buch locker um 100 Seiten kürzen können, ohne wichtige Teile der Story auszulassen :)

أفضل ما كتب دان براون من وجهة نظري الشخصية .. تجربة سينمائية فريدة على الورق ..
و تفوق إثارة كلماتها مشاهدَ الفيلم الذي تم انتاجه في 2009 ..
يُرجى ربط الأحزمة فور قراءتك الصفحة الأولى منها .. و تمتع بـ رحلة "تاريخية - مليئة بـ الرموز"..

بغض النظر إن فيلم (ملائكه وشياطين) شوه الروايه لكنه فيلم جيد فعلا
أكتر مشهد عجبنى فى الفيلم كان حوار بين البطل (توم هانكس) , وقس فى إيده الإذن لتوم هانكس علشان يدخل مكتبة الفاتيكان . فالقس عمل له حاجه زى اختبار نتج عنه حوار من أفضل ما يكون وتعبير حى عن حال كثير من الناس. ونص الحوار دا كالتالى :
القس: سيد لانغدون أنت محق أننى قد أوافق على دخولك المكتبه
لانغدون: شكرًا أيها القس.
القس: قلت إنى قد أوافق ليس إنى سأدخلك . أكثر المخطوطات المسيحة قدسية موجوده فى هذه المكتبة يوجد سؤال أريد أن أسألك إياه اولًا فى مكتب قداسته : ------هل تؤمن بالرب يا سيدى ؟
لانغدون : ابتاه ببساطه اؤمن أن الدين...
القس: لم أسألك إن كنت تصدق ما يقوله البشر عن الرب . سألتك إن كنت تؤمن بالرب.
لانغدون: انا رجل منهجى يخبرني عقلي بأننى لن أفهم الرب ابدًا.
القس: وماذا عن قلبك؟
لانغدون: يخبرني بأننى ليس مقدر لى .
أيها القس الإيمان هبة لم استلمها بعد .

أما عن الرواية فقد نختصر الحديث عنها في :

العلم والدين : ما العلاقة التي تربطهم ببعضهما العبض؟
اتفاق؟ اختلاف؟ تشابه ؟ تعارض؟
لطالما كان هذا السؤال وهذه العلاقه محط الكثير من الانظار ومثار لكثير من الجدل
وهنا يقدم لنا (براون) قصة مثيرة لبيان هذه العلاقة
مُمَثله فى طائفه دينيه ما (الكاثوليكيه)والعلم ممثل فى جماعه قديمه
كم معلومات مبهر مع غلق مثير للاحداث
أحيانا تشعر ان دان براون هو الوريث الشرعى (لأجاثا كريستى ) فى مجال الجريمه
عمل رائع فعلا

Enjoyable enough suspense thriller. It was a high octane adventure lurching from crisis to crisis but I only occasionally found it exciting- possibly less often than I was meant to! That was certainly an eventful weekend that Robert Langdon had!
I read the Da Vinci Code years ago as a stand alone and I think my judgement for this book suffers as the second book I've read because it seems so similar and formulaic.
Maybe I will dip into the other books in this series eventually but I'm not in any hurry...

Really enjoyed this book so much, very binge able and couldn't put it down.

Looking forward to continuing the series.

داستان کتاب شیاطین و فرشتگان از جایی شروع میشه که رابرت لنگدان استاد سمبل شناس دانشگاه با یک تماس عجیب به ژنو در واقع دعوت میشه تا در ماجرای قتل یک دانشمند به یک موسسه‌ی علمی کمک کنه. دانشمندی که با نشانی عجیب در سینه به قتل رسیده. اگر به دید یک داستان بهش نگاه کنید داستان مهیج و جذابی داره، یه سری اطلاعات تاریخی جالب هم بهتون میده ولی خب نگاه علمی یا مذهبی به کتاب باعث گارد گرفتن مقابلش خواهد شد.ه

Not as a master piece as Da Vinci Code. This book is more into thriller and adventure plot. The plot is also not as controversial as Da Vinci Code. The morale story is focusing on science vs religion.

Its a plausible plot.