Angels+and+Demons

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In the novel, "Angels and Demons," Dan Brown takes us through a bizzar underground of a place where futuristic science and anceint societies collide. As you follow Robert Langdon on this journey, you find you self dumbfounded by the realism in this book. Brown depicts this story in such a way that you feel like you are running through the back streets of Rome and crawling through ancient cyrpts right next to Langdon. I would highly recomend this book to anyone that has an open mind and isn't afraid to get lost in a book.

This book does not slow down. As soon as you think you are about to hit a climax, a twist gets thrown in and the journey continues. Brown did a very good job of keeping a complex plot moving. There are many important aspects of the main story that Brown keeps bringing up one way or another. Mr. Geib thinks that this book is just, "Some pasty white guys in robes running around killing people." I would beg to differ. This story goes much deeper than just senceless violence. It is about relgion versus science, reality versus divine, truth versus lies, good versus evil.

Another thing about this book that I find very appealing is the characters. Brown doesn't just give a brief summary of there looks and personality as they are introduced, he shows their character through their actions. Everything they do reveals another portion of their mindset and point of veiw. All the characters and as complex as real people. They have egos, fears, beliefs, and faiths. They aren't just characters, they are well thought out people.

Brown also did a very good job with the dialouge. He doesn't just narrate this book in his own third person point of veiw, he narrates through the characters themselves. They talk to one another like they are normal people having a conversation, not fictional communicating in dry tones with predicatble responces. Also, this book is diolouge heavy, so it's a good thing that the dialouge isn't cheesy and boreing.

I highley recomend this book. However, this book's plot is very strange, but interesting. This book would appeal to someone who likes adventure, suspence, and mysteries. Also if you decide to read this book, keep and open mind, because not everything is how it seems. In conclusion, Mr. Geib is wrong, this is not a book about, "Some pasty white guys in robes running around killing people," there is much, much more to it than that. This is well thought out novel.