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My first CBR post since 2019

Inferno (Robert Langdon #4) by Dan Brown

February 2, 2021 by kfishgirl 4 Comments

This is my first CBR review since 2019.

I’m not sure what happened last year (aside from the global pandemic), but it just kind of got away from me. I just checked Goodreads, and I read 55 books last year, so I totally could’ve hit another Cannonball. I just didn’t have the energy to review them. I think the problem was that I waited too long to start. I read a few books in January, but I also had this huge investigation I was writing at work, and it sucked the life out of me. I reallly didn’t want to come home and write after writing all day long and frequently on the weekend. Then, after I was done with that investigation at the end of January, I just wanted a break! Then I got varicose vein surgery in February, and then COVID. After that I was in too deep. I couldn’t fathom writing like 17 reviews all at once. So there’s my shameful 2020 Cannonball story.  Anyway, on to 2021!!!

17212236I started reading Dan Brown books back in the early 2000’s, just like everyone else.  I read the DaVinci Code (which is book 2), then Angels and Demons (which is book 1).  I guess I didn’t realize for a while that there were more books with the Robert Langdon character, so I missed the rest for about 20 years 🙂

I read The Lost Symbol (#3) and Origin (#5) last year in the fall / beginning of winter.  I had to take a little break and read some other stuff, because this character is a little too much sometimes.  I like him, and I always picture Tom Hanks (which helps), but he just knows a little too much and can figure out everything.

Enter Inferno.  This one’s a little bit darker, as someone is trying to release a plague to control the population.  Also, Robert Langdon wakes up not knowing what the heck has happened for the past 24 hours or so.  I liked that.  It made him a little more relatable.  If you’ve ever read my reviews before, you know that I love plagues and diseases and all that too.  So this was right up my alley.

One thing I really do enjoy about Dan Brown books is how he uses the location to draw you in.  I actually felt like I was rushing through the streets of Florence with Dr. Langdon at times, and it really endears you to a character.

If you like Dan Brown, you’ll like this book.  If not, you probably shouldn’t be starting at #4 of a series anyway!!

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #plague, dan brown, Florence, Robert Langdon

kfishgirl's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #plague, dan brown, Florence, Robert Langdon ·
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  1. andtheIToldYouSos says

    February 2, 2021 at 11:29 am

    Happy Return!

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    • kfishgirl says

      February 2, 2021 at 2:19 pm

      THANKS!! It feels good 🙂

      Reply
  2. wicherwill says

    February 2, 2021 at 1:01 pm

    Ha so true. My reviews for this series have trended downwards, but I still picked up Origin. I think that other than Origin at least the Big Secret that gets revealed has some pizzazz in each book, and I never have to think very hard while reading Tom Hanks running around. I do wish that the gorgeous lady of the week trope was a bit…less.

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    • kfishgirl says

      February 2, 2021 at 2:21 pm

      You’re right on both accounts! The big secret is at least interesting in most of them. I remember listening to Origin in the shower on my blue tooth speaker, and the big reveal was happening. I was like “Am I high?”, “Is it just because I’m listening in the shower?”. But I think I listened to some of it again and felt the same way. It was just so meh. I do appreciate that most of the time the gorgeous lady of the week is very intelligent though!!!

      Reply

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