Angels and Demons

By: Dan Brown

Narrated by: Richard Poe

Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization, the Illuminati. Desperate to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in Rome with the beautiful and mysterious scientist Vittoria Vetra. Together they embark on a frantic hunt through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, deserted cathedrals, and the most secretive vault on earth, the long-forgotten Illuminati lair.

©2000 Dan Brown (P)2004 Simon & Schuster, Inc., AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Divison, Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Brown's tale is laced with twists and shocks that keep the reader wired right up to the last revelation." (Publishers Weekly)

Fantastic book!

My only negative is I wish the author had left out some of the sexual content. It was not necessary to use the detail that he did.

A great listen outside of that.

More than what I expected...

The only reason I listen to this audiobook just to compare it to the movie which I like very much. This book goes in to very good details little confusing why this book was first then the da Vinci code.Overall great book recommended looking forward to the second book

Entertaining but predictable

After reading a few Dan Brown titles, I could start to see some of the twists and turns before they happened. I wish that female characters didn’t always wind up being sex objects at the end of these books. Nonetheless I do enjoy the melding science and art, and all of the intellectual thrills this read entails.

Loved it, very different from the movie.

It was great, wish the movie would have stuck closer to the book and not changed the story.

Angels & Demons

Loved it. Couldn't turn it off. Had to find out what was going to happen next. I would reccomend it to anyone who likes Dan Brown Books.

Gripping Storyline

I enjoyed this book had me hanging a few times, really loved the narration Richard does a wonderful job.

Secret societies, ambigrams & old codes, oh my!

A review that can't be written as an ambigram and branded on flesh doesn't really seem worthy...

Not as good as Da Vinci Code, but still loved it

Dan Brown has become my favorite recent author. I loved the Da Vinci Code and this one too. This book was engaging and left me hoping for traffic jams, so I could stay in the car longer.

The plot was complex and the storyline always changing. Just when I thought I figured it out, I didn’t. Yes, the general plot is similar to Da Vinci, but not the details. If you liked Da Vinci, you’ll like this.

The narrator performance was great. I highly recommended this book.

OK read, but overly detailed and poor narration

This book is both overly long and detailed. While the DaVinci Code was detailed, this one seemed longer and would go into way more depth than necessary for the story or to educate the reader. I was also disappointed in the narration. Richard Poe's overly stressed reading left no nuance to the characters. If you are a Dan Brown fan you will probably like this, if not, find something else.

Kept my interest every step of the way...

I love Dan Brown. I wouldn't say he's one of the best writers stylistically but he's an exceptional storyteller. I've read and listened to his books and I have to say, it's almost better to listen. Listening lets you lose site of the fact that he's isn't the best writer. That's not to say I think he's bad, just not great. Instead he is great at research and telling a story around that research. This is a great listen!