Comments on: http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html according to my observations, there is now sufficient reasons for greater optimism Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:31:37 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Oliver http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-1128861 Oliver Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:07:19 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-1128861 While most people are willing to suspend belief in gravity momentarily, Brown taxes our patience with a claim that a beaten up, more lives-than-a-cat Langdon could exit a helo three miles up with a windshield tarp and not only survive, but have a video camera that works! There's got to be a picture of Langdon next to the words "Superman" and "Impossible" in the dictionary. Vittoria wore those shorts into the Vatican ho many times and never once was escorted out? She and Langdon eat nothing over the entire period but a scone? WTF? And just when it gets interesting with the inevitable hebdomadal coupling of Langdon and Vittoria (the reference to bedroom acrobatics and yoga), it ends? My review in three non-ambigramic letters: WTF? This book was a lot like Langdon's watch...Mickey Mouse. While most people are willing to suspend belief in gravity momentarily, Brown taxes our patience with a claim that a beaten up, more lives-than-a-cat Langdon could exit a helo three miles up with a windshield tarp and not only survive, but have a video camera that works! There’s got to be a picture of Langdon next to the words “Superman” and “Impossible” in the dictionary.
Vittoria wore those shorts into the Vatican ho many times and never once was escorted out? She and Langdon eat nothing over the entire period but a scone?
WTF?
And just when it gets interesting with the inevitable hebdomadal coupling of Langdon and Vittoria (the reference to bedroom acrobatics and yoga), it ends?

My review in three non-ambigramic letters: WTF?
This book was a lot like Langdon’s watch…Mickey Mouse.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-1087781 Deborah Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:59 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-1087781 To each his own and it is not my call to rebuke you on what you think of A&D but...with all sincerity, I absolutely loved this tale from Brown. Yes, there was a instantaneous flashback from beginning of DC which I felt could have been approached in a new way but overall, the storyline was exciting and I had a hard time putting the book down... To each his own and it is not my call to rebuke you on what you think of A&D but…with all sincerity, I absolutely loved this tale from Brown. Yes, there was a instantaneous flashback from beginning of DC which I felt could have been approached in a new way but overall, the storyline was exciting and I had a hard time putting the book down…

]]> By: Jigga http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-1087527 Jigga Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:18:18 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-1087527 Ok...first of all Angels and Demons was an amazing story. As many of you said above, it was full of suspense, interesting facts and consistently kept you wanting more. The whole debate between Science and Religion is a tricky subject to write about in the first place and I think that Dan Brown did a hell of a job. There will always be critics... if there weren't we all wouldn't have much to comment about on this post!!! Ok yeah it seemed a little far-fetched at times but its a fictional story guys!! hello.... not everything is going to turn out like you think it realistically would!! How much suspense would there be if everything was predictable?? And I personally like the fact that it takes place over 24 hours, gets to the point.. keeps us interested and on the edge of our seats. I have read all of Dan Brown's books and Angels and Demons was by far my favourite. Im not excited about the movie, because it will butcher the story like most films do to great books. But I have to see it of course!! Ok…first of all Angels and Demons was an amazing story. As many of you said above, it was full of suspense, interesting facts and consistently kept you wanting more. The whole debate between Science and Religion is a tricky subject to write about in the first place and I think that Dan Brown did a hell of a job. There will always be critics… if there weren’t we all wouldn’t have much to comment about on this post!!!

Ok yeah it seemed a little far-fetched at times but its a fictional story guys!! hello…. not everything is going to turn out like you think it realistically would!! How much suspense would there be if everything was predictable?? And I personally like the fact that it takes place over 24 hours, gets to the point.. keeps us interested and on the edge of our seats.

I have read all of Dan Brown’s books and Angels and Demons was by far my favourite. Im not excited about the movie, because it will butcher the story like most films do to great books. But I have to see it of course!!

]]> By: Archer http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-1032969 Archer Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:12:36 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-1032969 Its a great book. Its a great book.

]]> By: jake http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-915671 jake Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:18:49 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-915671 I loved this book was really great and it kept me going the whole time, even though it was a little predictable. I loved this book was really great and it kept me going the whole time, even though it was a little predictable.

]]> By: bn chat http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-887689 bn chat Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:27:49 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-887689 Till about 500 pages this book looked better than TDVC . Last 100 pages barring some twists have not been at par with Dan Brown's standard set in Digital Fortress or Deception point . I am a Dan Brown fan but this book disappointed me . Till about 500 pages this book looked better than TDVC .
Last 100 pages barring some twists have not been at par
with Dan Brown’s standard set in Digital Fortress or
Deception point . I am a Dan Brown fan but this book
disappointed me .

]]> By: Tim Everett http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-847673 Tim Everett Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:32:47 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-847673 Actually I found it a great read. There are too many twists and turns but they keep you hooked to the book. Actually I found it a great read. There are too many twists and turns but they keep you hooked to the book.

]]> By: Paul http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-511425 Paul Sat, 19 Jan 2008 03:23:08 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-511425 First of all, don't get me wrong: I have nothing against Dan Brown, and I quite enjoyed The DaVinci Code. But this book could have been so much better. The plot and storyline are actually pretty good, but the timeline is beyond ridiculous. The entire 700 pgs takes place in less than a day. There are too many scenes in which people have less than an hour to: a) solve part of the Illuminati riddle that has never previously been solved in the last 400 years b) travel across the city of Rome from point A to point B to get to the next murder scene c) go through some crazy murder/fight/church fire/attempted drowning/media scrum d) get back to the Vatican archives e) figure out the next clue, and f) get to the next spot in Roem where the murder is going to happen Sometimes all of the above takes place in less than 40 minutes. It's just ludicrous. Sometimes they have to do even more in an hour than I've listed above. The thing is, this insulting time line didn't need to happen. Why couldn't Brown have made the 4 cardinal murders take place over 4 days instead of 4 hours? Why did he have to start the book off with Langdon waking up in the US and flying to Switzerland in about an hour (and losing about 6 hours in the process due to time zones). Another silly sub-plot Brown would have us believe is the little flrity love-thing going on between Vittoria and Langdon. Not only are they in the midst of this insane time line running all over Rome having face to face encounters with an assasin while trying to save the Vatican and all of Rome from blowing up, but are we supposed to believe that Vittoria might be in a somewhat flirty, romantic mood when her father was murdered that very same day? And murdered grotesquely I might add - with his head twisted around backwards, his flesh branded with a hot brand, and his eyeball removed. There are many other points like this where I had to put the book down and shake my head. By the time I got halfway through I was more intrigued by how bad the book was than by the story. I had to find out what next Dan Brown would have me believe. Langdon's survival of the helicopter fall has already been beaten to death in the above comments, so I won't go on about it except to say that by that point it wasn't just difficult to believe, it was comical. I remember saying to myself "Right, of course". Iread that par out loud to my wife who also got a kick out of it (and who also liked TDVC). Such a shame that there had to be so many silly parts and a completely insulting time line and romantic twist. As I said in the beginning, it didn't have to be this way. The plot itself is good, but the book could have been so much better. First of all, don’t get me wrong: I have nothing against Dan Brown, and I quite enjoyed The DaVinci Code.

But this book could have been so much better. The plot and storyline are actually pretty good, but the timeline is beyond ridiculous. The entire 700 pgs takes place in less than a day. There are too many scenes in which people have less than an hour to:
a) solve part of the Illuminati riddle that has never previously been solved in the last 400 years
b) travel across the city of Rome from point A to point B to get to the next murder scene
c) go through some crazy murder/fight/church fire/attempted drowning/media scrum
d) get back to the Vatican archives
e) figure out the next clue, and
f) get to the next spot in Roem where the murder is going to happen

Sometimes all of the above takes place in less than 40 minutes. It’s just ludicrous. Sometimes they have to do even more in an hour than I’ve listed above. The thing is, this insulting time line didn’t need to happen. Why couldn’t Brown have made the 4 cardinal murders take place over 4 days instead of 4 hours? Why did he have to start the book off with Langdon waking up in the US and flying to Switzerland in about an hour (and losing about 6 hours in the process due to time zones).
Another silly sub-plot Brown would have us believe is the little flrity love-thing going on between Vittoria and Langdon. Not only are they in the midst of this insane time line running all over Rome having face to face encounters with an assasin while trying to save the Vatican and all of Rome from blowing up, but are we supposed to believe that Vittoria might be in a somewhat flirty, romantic mood when her father was murdered that very same day? And murdered grotesquely I might add – with his head twisted around backwards, his flesh branded with a hot brand, and his eyeball removed.

There are many other points like this where I had to put the book down and shake my head. By the time I got halfway through I was more intrigued by how bad the book was than by the story. I had to find out what next Dan Brown would have me believe. Langdon’s survival of the helicopter fall has already been beaten to death in the above comments, so I won’t go on about it except to say that by that point it wasn’t just difficult to believe, it was comical. I remember saying to myself “Right, of course”. Iread that par out loud to my wife who also got a kick out of it (and who also liked TDVC).

Such a shame that there had to be so many silly parts and a completely insulting time line and romantic twist. As I said in the beginning, it didn’t have to be this way. The plot itself is good, but the book could have been so much better.

]]> By: bill http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-500604 bill Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:17:13 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-500604 i think the book trying to fuse religion with science is genius. dan brown knows what topics to cover because they are hotly debated. Once again however he questions religions traditions and its values, i wouldnt expect any religious christians to look this book i think the book trying to fuse religion with science is genius. dan brown knows what topics to cover because they are hotly debated. Once again however he questions religions traditions and its values, i wouldnt expect any religious christians to look this book

]]> By: AD http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html/comment-page-1#comment-462731 AD Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:41:43 +0000 http://www.wormus.com/aaron/stories/2004/11/17/angels-and-demons-the-5-minute-review.html#comment-462731 I stongly disagree with your review because if you critised every book like that, they would all seem terrible. Just so you all know, Angels and Demons was written before the Da Vinci Code so i could hardly have been a copy of it. I stongly disagree with your review because if you critised every book like that, they would all seem terrible.
Just so you all know, Angels and Demons was written before the Da Vinci Code so i could hardly have been a copy of it.

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