Well it's always intriguing to read Dan at the same time his characters are always blundering idiots. For example, a guy is trapped and drowning -his captor awaits an answer and instead of saying "let me out then I'll tell you" (which he says) but then tells anyway, is then obviously left to die. Many characters spill their guts with the threat of pain or death; and die after they do. LOL I mean HOW many stupid people are there? The sister gets a text message instead of phone call from her brother who doesn't ever text cuz he doesn't know how or care to learn but she then magically believes he sent it. Most of the time my mouth is open at the pure stupidity of the main characters.
PLUS the entire book is predicated on secrets and codes. Everyone knows it's all a big secret. One guy Peter, trusts (again stupidly) another, Robert, to keep something for him which Robert immediately under the simplest threat - a severed hand of Peter, whom he never learns is dead or alive, proceeds to decipher the code, hands everything he learns over to the criminal -responsible for killing an entire family! I sort of was routing for criminal-boy because the entire Solomon family was pure ignorance but described as super intelligent genius quality minds. Call me flabbergasted. At least he could have added that behind all the genius they couldn't function in the real world and given examples. But they do elude well. LOL
Of course the criminal is super intelligent. Some foreign prison turns up a super intelligent guy who robs a millionaire, kills him, ends up knowing all about the dark Arts and secrets so much so he could probably teach the geniuses.
On the plus side it's Dan Brown writing interesting and fast paced action that keeps you wanting to know more even tho you are either laughing at the ignorance or in awe of it. There's a lot of chasing, a lot of red herrings, lots of following ancient clues in modern world sort of stuff. If you are a fan you'll like it.
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