Angels and Demons

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Summary: The little things he gets so wrong really bug me!
Review: This is my third Dan Brown book. I read Da Vinci Code when everyone else was reading it, then Digital Fortress, now Angels and Demons. I enjoy Brown's plot and like his characters (1-dimensional as some people might think they are). Each book has some deeply geekly aspect that very few people have any chance of questioning. I'm not an art historian so I can take a lot of Da Vinci Code at face value and not wince. I'm not a cryptographer so Digital Fortress's esoteric technology is fine. But in Digital Fortress, Brown calls a computer that must be a workstation a "terminal" and in Angels and Demons he refers to a cell phone having dial tone. Now I happen to think that dial tone would be a great way for cell phones to indicate that they have service but in my experience, none do that. Didn't anyone edit these books? Geez.

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Summary: Faith Redefined
Review: This book was my first experience reading anything written by Dan Brown and I must say it was excellent. The main character, Robert Langdon, is drawn into this adventure because his expertise as a religious syboligist is needed by the Vatican to confirm a symbol. And not just any symbol. This symbol is said to have been left by the infamous Illuminati, long thought to have been no more. From beginning to end this book is action packed and keeps you on the edge of your seat guessing what will happen next. If you have never read Dan Brown I would highly recommend this be your first book of his you read.