Angels & Demons

By: Dan Brown

I'll be completely honest. When I read the synopsis on the back of this novel, I almost put the book down and didn't read it. A story about historic Roman art, futuristic scientific discoveries, and the Illuminati is not my type of book.

But now, several hundred pages later, I'm laughing at myself over that. Not only did I love Angels & Demons, I might even call it one of my favorite novels.

I know nothing about the Illuminati; very little about Catholicism; close to nothing about historic art; and pretty much nada when it comes to physics and chemistry. While reading this novel, I learned quite a bit about a lot of things with which I was unfamiliar, and at the same time I watched a complicated and intense story about murder and faith unfold.

I haven't read The Da Vinci Code yet. I know Dan Brown uses historic paintings and artifacts to create an entirely fictional yet intriguing and convincing story. Angels & Demons works the same way; Dan Brown obviously possesses insane amounts of knowledge about European history--especially when it comes to art--and he creates a story so convincing I almost felt the need to look up some information on the internet to make sure it wasn't true. A-mazing.

This is definitely a book I'll have to read again in the future sometime...yes, it was really that good. And I have to say, it would make a great movie. Maybe Dan Brown should look into becoming a screenwriter.