angels and demons

dan brown

i finished reading this book in 2 sittings: the first being 1 hour long, and then the second when i was at work just setting around. it's a quick read, and a nice mystery novel. it's the prequel (sort of) to the da vinci code, which sparked all that unnecessary controversy. (people, it's FICTION!)

the protagonist of the book is a religious icon professor with weird character tics and is helplessly drawn into a crazy murder/revenge plot to overthrow the vatican. it also involved some crazy physics and science theories. since i find christian religious history to be quite fascinating, and also mysteries to be fascinating, and also also science fascinating, it was easy to follow along and also try to think of what would happen next. there were moments of "oh my gosh this is so cheesy" but then again, it's a nice book to read if you wanted to get "used to" the idea of studying more of that kind of history. (for example, after i read da vinci code, i read some books about the holy grail and the knights of the templar.)

conclusion: this book is probably not worth buying, but you should definitely check it out of the library for a plane ride or something. it's a quick read and time really did fly by. and at the end of the book, i had a "wow" moment. and that was good.