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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)

Dan Brown

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. Week 1: More Than 500 Pages

* Week 1: Introduction
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Oct 11, 2013 Omar El-Shamy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pdf, روايات-أمريكية, favorites

طبقاً لرائعة دانتى أليغري الكوميديا الإلهية حيث يقول أن أحلك الأماكن في الجحيم هي لأولئك الذين يحافظون علي يحادهم وقت الشدائد
فمثلما ينهي دان الرواية بقوله مفسراً تلك المقولة التراخي عند الشدائد هو الخطئية الكبري
طبعاً كعادة روايات دان كل شئ نقلب رأساً علي عقب
المجرم يصبح بريئاً ثم مجرم وهكذا
لاتصدر أحكام علي الشخصيات مبكراً فربما يكون كل ماممرت به خدعة مثلما حدث للبطل لانغدون
وفي الآخر نأتى لموضوع الرواية هل يجب أن ننظر بجدية للزيادة السكانية الهائلة التى تزداد بوتيرة سرعية للغاية وهل نتعامل معه ...more

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May 28, 2015 Jenny rated it liked it

I picked up Inferno from the library, I knew it wouldn't be great literature but I was looking forward to a fast paced, engaging read.

Imagine my disappointment when upon opening the book and reading the first 10 pages, I realised that I had already read Inferno around a year ago! I remember enjoying it at the time, but this book loses a star for being utterly unmemorable. ...more

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Oct 26, 2013 ktouton rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: murder-mystery, general-fiction

Dan Brown books remind me of Space Mountain in Disney. You are in the dark, making twists and turns, but in the end you know all will be right with the world. This book follows that same model. Robert Langdon will save the world, again, using ancient iconology to solve the mystery.

I did learn a lot about Dante and his Divine Comedy. It has probably been 35+ years since I read the book and did not remember much about it.

This book was a good read, not necessarily a quick read.

December 2016
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