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Origin (Robert Langdon, #5)
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A review dedicated to friendship and personal milestones
I remember it clear as yesterday, it was 19th January 2017, when I randomly commented on a review of Dan Brown’s Inferno and by pure happenstance, came in touch with this amazing lovely girl. Never once I thought that one simple random comment would earn me a great friend!!
And it seems so fitting that here I am, almost 2 years later, reading one of my fav author’s (not anymore) book with my most fav person and doing a BR & a BR! Don't get it? It was a Buddy Read and now we're doing a Buddy Review by posting our reviews together at the same time! This review also brings up a personal milestone of my official 100th review and thecrazy lady lovely lady brought up her
300th Review!
I just absolutely adore when things round up like this! May we read so many more books together and reach many more milestones together! Stick around, Yamna, will ya? To us!
Now for the review itself, here we go:
Man, this was underwhelming af! I mean…GOD. DAMMIT. DAN. BROWN! I expected this shit to be GOOOOOD! I put so much faith in you Danny boy that I frikking PRE-ORDERED a HARDCOVER copy of the book when I dont ever buy hardcovers!!!!! *sobs in a corner*
This book…I don’t even wanna write a detailed review about it. It was all build up and fizzle out! Such an anti-climactic ending that I can’t even... *wipes away a tear*
For me, personally, the high point was The Lost Symbol. After that Inferno was a let-down but it still had something. This book though had NOTHING! This one made Inferno look so good! And I’ll tell you why this book has let people down mostly. Its bcz this was nothing like a Robert Langdon book. There was no code breaking, no secret societies, no nothing! This book should have been a standalone and it would have made so much more sense!
I could point out many other sources of disappointment but what’s the point? Danny let me down! Gosh! I literally have TWO fav authors and of them, ONE fav author is slipping! I mean I have expectations from you Danny! And now I gotta live with this disappointment for the next 3-4 years till he comes out with the next book, all the while hoping and praying that that one revives Robert Langdon for me as I work on lowering my expectations from the author.
I am sad. Like actually sad! So not cool! Fuck it! I’m done with this review!
I remember it clear as yesterday, it was 19th January 2017, when I randomly commented on a review of Dan Brown’s Inferno and by pure happenstance, came in touch with this amazing lovely girl. Never once I thought that one simple random comment would earn me a great friend!!
And it seems so fitting that here I am, almost 2 years later, reading one of my fav author’s (not anymore) book with my most fav person and doing a BR & a BR! Don't get it? It was a Buddy Read and now we're doing a Buddy Review by posting our reviews together at the same time! This review also brings up a personal milestone of my official 100th review and the
Now for the review itself, here we go:
Man, this was underwhelming af! I mean…GOD. DAMMIT. DAN. BROWN! I expected this shit to be GOOOOOD! I put so much faith in you Danny boy that I frikking PRE-ORDERED a HARDCOVER copy of the book when I dont ever buy hardcovers!!!!! *sobs in a corner*
This book…I don’t even wanna write a detailed review about it. It was all build up and fizzle out! Such an anti-climactic ending that I can’t even... *wipes away a tear*
For me, personally, the high point was The Lost Symbol. After that Inferno was a let-down but it still had something. This book though had NOTHING! This one made Inferno look so good! And I’ll tell you why this book has let people down mostly. Its bcz this was nothing like a Robert Langdon book. There was no code breaking, no secret societies, no nothing! This book should have been a standalone and it would have made so much more sense!
I could point out many other sources of disappointment but what’s the point? Danny let me down! Gosh! I literally have TWO fav authors and of them, ONE fav author is slipping! I mean I have expectations from you Danny! And now I gotta live with this disappointment for the next 3-4 years till he comes out with the next book, all the while hoping and praying that that one revives Robert Langdon for me as I work on lowering my expectations from the author.
I am sad. Like actually sad! So not cool! Fuck it! I’m done with this review!
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Reading Progress
August 29, 2018
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August 29, 2018
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to-read
September 1, 2018
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Started Reading
September 12, 2018
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6.45%
"This is keeping me on the hook and boy oh boy does it read good. It's all just so Dan Brown-esque!
Me likey!
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30
Me likey!
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November 18, 2018
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64.52%
"Oh when the f*ck are we getting an answer to the questions??
The who, the what, the why, the when and the how?????
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300
The who, the what, the why, the when and the how?????
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December 23, 2018
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Finished Reading
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Sep 12, 2018 04:19AM
Huh!!
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Please do let me know how you found the book once you're done reading it.
Tahera wrote: "Huh!!"
Lol what?
Anuja wrote: "Please do let me know how you found the book once you're done reading it."I'll keep you posted :)
So far its going good. Typical Langdon book so far
Anish wrote: "Tahera wrote: "Huh!!"
Lol what?"
I am 'befuddled'!
Tahera wrote: "Anish wrote: "Tahera wrote: "Huh!!"
Lol what?"
I am 'befuddled'!"
Better than being bamboozled xD
While you seem completely 'bedazzled'
HAHAHAHAHHA YOU ORDERED A HARDCOVER AND SHOWED IT OFF LIKE CANDY AND SEE WHERE IT GOT YOU HAHAHA *sobs like a peasant who can only afford knock-off paperbacks unlike Koko who buys makeup too*
This is my least favourite Langdon book. The plot was all too familiar.
Shucks, I'm literally stuck rn. I'm not able to read this book after the point where Kirsch dies. It seems like Danny's magic is fading away.
Yamna wrote: "HAHAHAHAHHA YOU ORDERED A HARDCOVER AND SHOWED IT OFF LIKE CANDY AND SEE WHERE IT GOT YOU HAHAHA *sobs like a peasant who can only afford knock-off paperbacks unlike Koko who buys makeup too*"Rofl xD
Yeah well, no more hardcovers from Danny boy! :P
And I do not but makeup!
When the heck did you put this up??
Anish wrote: "Yamna wrote: "HAHAHAHAHHA YOU ORDERED A HARDCOVER AND SHOWED IT OFF LIKE CANDY AND SEE WHERE IT GOT YOU HAHAHA *sobs like a peasant who can only afford knock-off paperbacks unlike Koko who buys mak..."No no you go ahead and pre order his next book XD
YOU SO DO
Tahera wrote: "When the heck did you put this up??"Just now! :D
Me and Yamna both did! ;)
Yamna wrote: "No no you go ahead and pre order his next book XDYOU SO DO"
Oh no more pre-orders! Danny boy lost that honor alright! :(
I do not buy makeup, devilspawn! :P
Shifad wrote: "This is my least favourite Langdon book. The plot was all too familiar."Yeah I guess so!
Prashasti wrote: "Shucks, I'm literally stuck rn. I'm not able to read this book after the point where Kirsch dies. It seems like Danny's magic is fading away."The magic is definitely fading away! And boy oh boy, the book is all downhill after that! :(
That point you mentioned about it not having the feel of a Robert Langdon book....didn't I like already tell you that EONS ago!!
Tahera wrote: "That point you mentioned about it not having the feel of a Robert Langdon book....didn't I like already tell you that EONS ago!!"You may have but I had to see it for myself to believe it :P
For all I knew, you just didnt want me to read this book :P
Ahem and it turned out all hunky dory for you. 😘
Tahera wrote: "Ahem and it turned out all hunky dory for you. 😘"Lol no. It was not upto the mark but surely wasnt as bad as you all made it out to be :P
Anish wrote: "Tahera wrote: "Ahem and it turned out all hunky dory for you. 😘"Lol no. It was not upto the mark but surely wasnt as bad as you all made it out to be :P"
Your review doesn't read that way.....going soft already?
Tahera wrote: "Your review doesn't read that way.....going soft already?"No. I found it so disappointing that I can't be bothered to write a detailed review for this one.
But looking at it objectively, it did have it's moments and it did start of pretty good before it got boring and hence the rating ;)
