Several years ago, two of my friends convinced me to read both Angels & Demons and The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. I must confess that I knew of the properties and I wasn't really that keen on reading them, but after weeks of peer pressure, I relented. Honestly, I really liked those books. I also greatly enjoyed The Lost Symbol when it came out. I waited until Inferno hit paperback to snag a copy and I finally got to read it last week. It took the better part of a week for me to finish the book and for those who have seen me zip through four or five books (or more) in a week, that is likely criticism enough. It's true, I didn't like Inferno.
In fact, let's be brutally honest. Inferno sucks. It boasted a flimsy plot, enough coincidences to ruin any thriller, enough absurd twists to ruin any three thrillers, and it also featured some terrible storytelling. There was one sequence that Brown revisited over and over again for dramatic effect; I honestly groaned the second or third time he did so, and by the time the book (thankfully) drew to a close, he had probably revisited this particular sequence some 15-20 times. I would recommend Angels & Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol to most readers. I wouldn't recommend Inferno to anyone.
Inferno = Shitburger
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