Some of the early parts in the story were too far fetched to be believable. And it was complicated and I found myself skipping over some of the science-y stuff because I was lost and I basically felt like-ok we get it, it’s an undetectable bomb, let’s move on. If it had to take up that much of the story, then it was too complicated. The long explanation about anti-matter was tedious and annoying in my opinion though. In some ways that was disappointing, but at the same time I still kept reading and as interested in the story. The only thing that I felt was different was the lengthy explanation about the anti-matter. What I basically got was the movie still. I’ve seen the movie version of this book many times so I already kind of knew what was going to happen, what I was hoping to glean from reading the book was more detail about some of the major plot points. With the countdown under way, Langdon jets to Rome to join forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to assist the Vatican in a desperate bid for survival.Įmbarking on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and even the most secretive vault on earth, Langdon and Vetra follow a 400-year-old trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome toward the long-forgotten Illuminati lair … a clandestine location that contains the only hope for Vatican salvation ( summary from Goodreads). Langdon’s worst fears are confirmed on the eve of the holy conclave, when a messenger of the Illuminati announces they have hidden an unstoppable time bomb at the very heart of Vatican City. The Illuminati has now surfaced to carry out the final phase of its legendary vendetta against its most hated enemy-the Catholic Church.

When world-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a mysterious symbol-seared into the chest of a murdered physicist-he discovers evidence of the unimaginable: the resurgence of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati … the most powerful underground organization ever to walk the earth. For some reason, the mood just struck me and I decided it was time to check out the first book in the Robert Langdon series, Angels and Demons. That was at least 10 years ago that I read that book, so I felt like I was long overdue for a Robert Langdon mystery. I didn’t care how unbelievable or bad the writing, the story itself was so good that I was reading well into the night, every night. I will fully admit, I loved The Da Vinci Code. Did that stop me from reading this book in a frenzy? Absolutely not! Are his stories far fetched and unbelievable? Yes.

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