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

I LOVE this book!

If you could sum up Inferno in three words, what would they be?

3 words? I loved it!!,

I finished listening to this book and have now restarted! The ending threw me completely and I HAD TO START OVER, knowing how it ends, to see if it makes sense and IT DOES!This is his best book so far. Angels and Deamons comes a close second but this one is SO WORTH IT!!!

Couldn't stop listening.

I don't know much about art but love learning about symbology. Robert Langdon can do a lot in a day!

my Opinion

The actor did a fine job. The story: Tedious, struggled to finish. I did not finish.

Wake up at the end....you'll miss it.

I usually don't criticize an author's work. However, it was rather clear that we mortals were meant to get lectured here; I was just not clear whether it was supposed to be a lecture on art, over-population or political correctness.

The art portion seemed to be the obvious choice here at first. I am sure that if a person knew all of the art or had toured the areas mentioned, this might be fascinating! I really tried to focus on it, I did. Instead, I found my attention wandering freely and then getting frustrated when I had missed an exciting moment in between. I did a lot of rewinding.

Then, during the last 3 hours of the book, all of a sudden all of the excitement happens. It would have been interesting with the different plot twists and such, except that the author seems very determined to drive home every point about over-population already made--again and again.

Furthermore, he insists that the evil villain in the book must be understood, leaving the reader possibly feeling a bit bewildered and certainly alienated. Wait, so we are supposed to understand that the villain's way is right, and everyone magically agrees with him in the end??? To complete this lecture (which hopefully has transformed our beliefs by the end of the book), the author even thoughtfully includes different groups that deliberate about over-population (presumably should we wish to join). This is his prerogative, but if I had wanted to attend a lecture on either art or world population, I would have done so. I was hoping to just to enjoy a good mystery, not be preached at.

The only reason I gave 3 stars instead of 2 was because the plot twists were interesting, even if a bit far-fetched. Other than that, I was mostly frustrated by this book, not enlightened or stimulated.

Don't watch the movie!

We all know the book is better than the movies but in this case the movie is an outright insult. Changing everything, completely butchering this awesome book. Dan Brown likes to make you look at religion and humanity from different angles all while tying in ancient art and symbolism. I have loved all of his books and am sad he sold the movie rights to the butchers who ruined them all but none more so than this book. So don't watch the movie but if you have, I'm sorry, I did too but don't hold it against the book, the story is so much more complex and doesn't even end the same way. #betterthanthemovie #mystery #intrigue #humanity #tagsgiving #sweepstakes

Um, WHAT!?

So, this first 3/4 was a thrilling race...The last 1/4, stripped the gears of my transmission by doing an unrealistic shift into reverse. If this is going to be made into a movie, it should be directed by M. Night Shamaylan, so we know that the twist will cause us to go, "What the hell?" The narrator was great and he was the only thing that saved my rating...

Story and characters

Great audio book. Fantastically read. As I listened I was seeing the characters and there every feature. It's amazing how one person narrating can change his voice to every character.

This audio book kept my interest the entire time.

Unlike other DB stories this one gets a... Meh

Unlike Angels and Demons, where I could picture the Sistine Chappell, and the Vatican... and Davinci Code, where I could picture the Mona Lisa, The Lovre and theLast supper... Dante's work I never spent a moment thinking about. I have no familiarity with the Devine Comedy.... and at the end I didn't have any desire to find out any more.
By the end I was looking forward to getting this book over and done with!!
I guess there are just so many symbols, and DB has burned thru the interesting ones...
Paul Michael's voice however is great!!

Fantastic Book with a Wonderful Narrator!

I absolutely loved this book. My wife bought me the illustrated edition for Christmas a couple of years ago (Christmas before last) and I just got around to finally reading before last Christmas. Many things came up, including illness, and I just finished it today. I read the print version of the book while listening to the audiobook.

The narrator is wonderful! It was never difficult to tell who was speaking during a dialogue scene. Even his female voices were quite distinguishable from each other. His pacing was just right for me; not too fast and not too slow.

I have read all of the Robert Langdon series of books by Dan Brown, and this is easily his best one since the DaVinci Code, which I also have in audiobook.

As the book opens Robert Langdon is in the hospital in Italy having been shot in the head. When he wakes up he finds that he cannot remember anything about the last couple of days. He meets Dr. Sienna Brookes when he wakes up, but barely has a chance to get his bearings and figure out where he is before a gunman enters the hospital and starts shooting up the place while gunning for Langdon. Sienna helps him escape the hospital, and this is where the adventure around Italy begins.

This book should NOT be missed. There are so many twists and turns and Robert Langdon is never sure who to trust or when to trust them. Fans of Dan Brown will not be disappointed by Inferno. If you can, get the illustrated version which has tons of pictures of the places and objects that Robert and Sienna encounter along the way.

Fantastic!!!

Fantastic book. I've enjoyed this series of books. This might be my new favorite story