Review of Dan Brown's Inferno -- Book

"The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crises"

It was some years ago that I went to see the movie "The Da'Vinci Code". It was totally by chance that I saw the movie. My aunt and her colleagues were supposed to go for the movie but some of them dropped out. As a "substitute", I filled in one of the empty spots. When I watched it I dint know much about it. I had only read in the newspaper about the controversy surrounding it.

After coming back I read the book. I was instantly hooked to the book and most importantly by his writing. And Robert Langdon was added to my list of favourite characters. After that I read Angels and Demons, The Lost Symbol and most recently Inferno. When you read Dan brown's writing you can instantly imagine everything in vivid detail. Even though you may have never been there, you still feel like your visiting it right at that moment when your reading it.

In Dante Alighieri's Inferno he describes his journey through hell and Professor Langdon also goes through a different, or if i may say, a modern kind of hell. It takes you through Florence, Venice and Istanbul. He describes all these places beautifully. Langdon again has to solve a series of  puzzles to get to his final destination. All these can be solved by the help of  "Dante" and his book Inferno. The protagonist is again joined by a beautiful woman Dr. Sienna Brooks. It gives you a James Bond like feeling. Well Langdon is no less than Mr Bond himself. He doesn't have cool gadgets but he makes up with his brain.

The book is filled with a lot of twists and turns. Just when you start believing something, it is turned around to such an extent you don't know what to believe any more. It also deals with a lot of current issues, but solutions to it is a little bit bizarre.

It has all the elements to make it into a thrilling film though. With Langdon having retrograde amnesia due to a gun shot wound to his head (or was it?). A beautiful but mysterious doctor Sienna Brooks helping him out(or is she?). A probable assassin behind Langdon. An entire troop of "black" soldiers chasing them (or are they?). The WHO(World Health Organisation) is also involved along with a secret group "The Consortium". A genius madman who is a villian(or is he?). All these things can be found once you read the book.

The entire book keeps you involved till the end. Though the ending seemed a little weird, I guess it is acceptable.

I wont reveal much because then you will not feel the need to read the book. And I believe everyone should read it. All I can say is "Seek and ye shall find".