Angels and Demons Book Review

     I spent this past week on vacation with my family. In that time I got quite a bit of reading done. I finished reading Angels and Demons earlier this week, and now I'm reviewing it.

    Angels and Demons was written by Dan Brown and was published in 2000. Robert Langdon is a Harvard professor of religious symbology and he's summoned to a Swiss research facility to examine a symbol branded into a murdered victim's chest. What he discovers is the Illuminati, an ancient adversary of the Catholic church has returned and plans to destroy Vatican City with a powerful time bomb. To make matters worse, The pope recently died and the College of Cardinals are meeting in the Sistine Chapel on conclave in order to elect a new pope. Langdon is working with Vittoria Vetra the daughter of the murdered scientist, together they hunt through ancient crypts and catacombs in search for the long forgotten Illuminati lair.

     This is one of the best books I've read this year. This book has a very surprisingly high IQ. Very early on into reading this I started keeping a journal about this book alone. There is so much history, and mythology in this book. The reader will learn a lot about certain historic people. Another thing I found very interesting in this book is that it goes into detail about science and religion and the big gap that divides the two. The other thing I loved is that this was an incredibly fast paced thrill ride. It starts very early on and it never slows down. You get several different viewpoints about what's happening in the book. You get Robert's perspective, Vittoria's, a reporter from the BBC's, and the "Hassasin's," and the Camerlengo's. The Camerlengo is the pope's assistant who is in charge of the Catholic church before a new pope is elected.

    Overall I really enjoyed Angels and Demons. This was a thriller that never slowed down. If you love great thriller's with a shocking twist ending, You will love Angels and Demons. I'm going to give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I also started reading the first Percy Jackson book. I'll have a review for that when I finish it. Also on Wednesday I'm going to see Guardians of the Galaxy. I'll have a review for that as well.