As always, it's all about Science, Religion and Art. And, of course, about Langdon cracking codes with a pretty female friend. About Popes, ScientistsAs always, it's all about Science, Religion and Art. And, of course, about Langdon cracking codes with a pretty female friend. About Popes, Scientists and whoever comes between them. So, at first, it seems like Science and Religion "are" at odds and then Langdon jumps in with doubts and questions with no answers. I have to say plot was pretty weak and there is this creepy Winston guy who's been shown as very resourceful and everything but keeps annoying you throughout the book. However, Brown certainly knows well how to engage his readers somehow. And oh, it's a little bit predictable as well. Sadly, deserves no more than two stars.
Merged review:
As always, it's all about Science, Religion and Art. And, of course, about Langdon cracking codes with a pretty female friend. About Popes, Scientists and whoever comes between them. So, at first, it seems like Science and Religion "are" at odds and then Langdon jumps in with doubts and questions with no answers. I have to say plot was pretty weak and there is this creepy Winston guy who's been shown as very resourceful and everything but keeps annoying you throughout the book. However, Brown certainly knows well how to engage his readers somehow. And oh, it's a little bit predictable as well. Sadly, deserves no more than two stars.
Merged review:
As always, it's all about Science, Religion and Art. And, of course, about Langdon cracking codes with a pretty female friend. About Popes, Scientists and whoever comes between them. So, at first, it seems like Science and Religion "are" at odds and then Langdon jumps in with doubts and questions with no answers. I have to say plot was pretty weak and there is this creepy Winston guy who's been shown as very resourceful and everything but keeps annoying you throughout the book. However, Brown certainly knows well how to engage his readers somehow. And oh, it's a little bit predictable as well. Sadly, deserves no more than two stars....more
I don't know. I didn't need to read this book. I could have written this book because I would just like to think that I can get kids and teens to feelI don't know. I didn't need to read this book. I could have written this book because I would just like to think that I can get kids and teens to feel comfortable enough to open up about their weird worlds and actually listen to my advice. But. But. I still enjoyed it.
If you have teenage kids, nieces, nephews, students, read Adele. She's good. ...more
The common theme I found in most books on international terrorist networks based in Muslim-dominated Nice thriller. The sad part was it was all real.
The common theme I found in most books on international terrorist networks based in Muslim-dominated conflict zones (I could have said words like 'jihadists' or worse 'Islamists,' but that's plain stupid, and I'm not gonna explain that. Figure it out.) is that the leaders of terrorist outlets like al-Qaeda and EIJ actually believed in what they were doing. You know. Bombing and killing foreign, not-so-foreign, and Muslim kuffar. But the main guy all these Osamas and Zawahiris and alikes took inspiration from was a practically non-violent but intellectually wild Egyptian 'Islamic' scholar Sayyid Qutb.
I don't know, man. I tried to read the intellectual ramblings of this Qutb guy, but he sounded so confused and boring. Yet these morons found a genius in his ideas. Well, he was a genius in the sense that he hit these practical terrorists where it hurt them.
That's why today I see all the academics writing long-ass essays explaining one simple idea so that another stupid man out there doesn't take them too seriously. Words have unintended but definite consequences.
It sounds more like a rant than a review. Sure. But trust me, I enjoyed feeling uncomfortable and annoyed and frustrated throughout the read. You might as well.
Anyway, there's a bunch of stuff on the beef between the CIA and the FBI in the book. Their usual crap. Who's a better patriot. Whatever that means. But for that, I liked the mini-series based on the book better. If I remember it correctly, it's on Prime....more
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