[ebooktalk] inferno
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 11:39:37 +0100
Hi all
Well, I finished listening to Dan Brown's Inferno. It was a very exciting
book but not a totally gripping one. The action was non-stop Basically a
chase but with problems knowing who is on whose side and exactly who are the
goodies and who the baddies. The problem with it for me was the lack of
character development. At first glance the character seems to be fairly
substantial but this is achieved mainly by allowing the reader to draw their
own conclusions. Whenever a new character is introduced the author gives a
few basic facts about their appearance and a little of their back story -
just enough to let various stereotypes come into play and the character that
emerges is the blending of the stereotypes. It's very cleverly done so that
it is only when you start thinking about the book that you realise the trick
you have allowed to be played on you.
The book does pose some interesting moral questions but, of course, doesn't
go into them in any great detail. For example how much responsibility does
an organisation that offers anonymity to its clients take for what the
client does with the anonymity?
Dan Brown has certainly worked his particular brand of magic again and this
time gets a better blend of action to lecture. There is a lot about Dante's
poem but it is presented in small junks and at the correct moment in the
story. Unlike the last book it doesn't slow the action down at all.
A good entertaining read if you don't mind being taken for a bit of a ride.
Steve
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