Inferno

A Novel

By: Dan Brown

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins

Publisher's summary

#1 WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER • Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings.

“One hell of a good read.... As close as a book can come to a summertime cinematic blockbuster.” —USA Today

“A diverting thriller.” —Entertainment Weekly

With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee.

Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a series of codes, which are the work of a brilliant scientist whose obsession with the end of the world is matched only by his passion for one of the most influential masterpieces ever written, Dante Alighieri's The Inferno.

Dan Brown has raised the bar yet again, combining classical Italian art, history, and literature with cutting-edge science in this captivating thriller.

©2013 Dan Brown (P)2013 Random House Audio

Best Langdon in the Series

My favorite Langdon book! Action packed and always keeping you on your toes! Dan Brown is brilliant. I love all the art and the history.

Really Enjoy - Unexpected Ending

I would recommend this book. Was well read and written. I was surprised by the ending.

More of the same, but the ending..... meh

Dan Brown is definitely a guilty pleasure; I'm an art teacher and I like to travel, so while Brown's writing is mediocre at best and his character development is essentially nonexistent, I will happily revisit Angels and the DaVinci Code. However. This one...... eh. I'm visiting Florence and thought I'd give this one another shot after getting bored with it my first attempt after just a few chapters. Getting the inside scoop on places I've now seen is really fun, and I liked about 85% of this book. Then came then ending. I am fine with the way the climax worked out and the events, but the way the last few chapters were written was so incredibly corny, patronizing, Robert-Langdon-is-the-savior-of-beautiful-young-women. I think Sienna is the worst developed and least convincing "brilliant and beautiful female sidekick" from Brown to date. The very end literally made me cringe. Absolutely awful wrap up. The first 95ish chapters were very entertaining, though 😅

Loved this story!!!

Dan Brown is one of my favorite authors. First time hearing the story and it was just as thrilling as reading it!! Excellent voice!

I liked it

I enjoyed this book. It kept me interested until the end. I’m not a big reader. I judge a book on whether I enjoyed the story and it kept my attention. This book did both. Worth a read.

Good read!

I love the historical information you can glean from Dan Brown’s novels. Robert Langdon is an unassuming hero!!

Another great Dan Brown Novel

Any additional comments?

I love Dan Brown's novels and this one was no exception. In his classic action packed writing style Dan takes us through Dante's Inferno, yet at the same time making the reader think about things maybe they haven't thought about or haven't thought about in a while. If you are a Dante fan and/or a Dan Brown fan then do not pass this book up.

Paul Michael also did a really great job at narration!

Excellent book!

What did you love best about Inferno?

That it kept me guessing, I didn't figure everything out right away.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I think Bertrand Zobrist, because he was so complex

What about Paul Michael’s performance did you like?

His voices and accents were good.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Tedious

Any additional comments?

Difficult to persist to the end. Too m much like a lecture series this time. The characters were not particularly compelling

Pretty good

Would you listen to Inferno again? Why?

Maybe

What other book might you compare Inferno to and why?

It is comparable to the other Dan Brown books in the series.

Which character – as performed by Paul Michael – was your favorite?

Sienna

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

yes

Any additional comments?

This book is very similar to the first books in this series. It was a very slow start, so I was worried that I would not be that interested in it. But once the "intrigue" and the "figuring out of the clues" started, I enjoyed it. And honestly, the resulting end of the book was good. What ended up happening is not what I expected, so that is always a good end to a book.