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)

Good, though very simliar to DaVinci Code

This was my third Dan Brown book, following on the listens of Da Vinci Code and Digital Fortress. I enjoyed this book, though having listened to Da Vinci Code first, I found the plot is very simliar to Da Vinici Code. I suggest, as another reviewer did, that you take a break between the two books.

While I did not enjoy the reader nearly as much as in the first two (the reader for this book had a Charlton Heston flair), I was still able to identify with the characters and found myself always looking for time to carry on.

Excellent!

Book is much better than the movie.... Can't wait to read (listen) to the rest of this series!

Enjoyable but could have used an editor

Every once in a while you should go for the abridged version...this is one of those times

intriguing

it was intriguing at the beginning Kama a little long in the middle and picked up speed at the end... I would definitely recommend the book

Better than the movie

Love it very much, even that I saw the movie before the audiobook, yet the book was breath taking engaging, very happy there are more parts

Good and Bad

I am Interested in the illuminotti, and all of that information was good. The story was poor, and not up to Dan Brown's other books. I think the story was used as a basket to carry the information on the illuminotti.

Great captivating book with some simple issues

I really enjoyed this book. First, I would note that I am religious. I believe in Christ and his gospel. And this book doesn’t teach you to abandon that teaching at all. Actually the opposite. It raises a lot of questions and ideas and gives various perspectives. It helped me see where others may be coming from in their minds in their views of God. Which more understanding in the world is never bad. Religiously, this book isn’t bad.

Some of his facts are skewed about the Catholic Church, so have Google open to do research while listening. I like to be well informed and I felt better reading true history behind the skewing for motive in the book.

As far as cleanliness goes, this book has quite a few gruesome murders. I skipped past several as the descriptions aren’t important. And it also has a few implied sexual scenes, but from the perspective of a man who is evil and doing these only for his pleasure. I skipped these sections as they were much too gruesome. Not much swearing. Mostly H word, D word, and one or two uses of the B word.

The story is very well written and very involving. I wasn’t super sure on the flow until about halfway through then I was engaged. I wasn’t expecting any of the twists.

One issue I did have, though, and this is with Dan Browns writing style. He would say “Robert Langdon picked up the phone. The person on the other end said, “I need your help. They are after...” then the caller said the name of the person they were after” Dan brown did this multiple times in the story. He would prepare you for a new secret detail, but then not tell it to you. This frustrated me because then I felt like I had to remember that I was missing something. Then he would always reveal it the next chapter. I wish he would just reveal it when it was said. This happened a lot and frustrated me.

The reader did a very good job. I listened to the whole book on 1.1x speed because the reader would take long pauses during some sentences. It didn’t make any sense and was hard to listen to. Speeding it up to 1.1x helped.

A worthy sequel to the da Vinci Code

Here again are all of the features you loved in the Da Vinci Code: religious history, fanaticism, a beloved protagonist, magnificent art & architecture,iconography, language,and vivid insight into the mind of the fanatic. Add a modest element of science fantasy and you have a tale that will not strain your credulity.

Loves these books

Excellent books, great readers and inflection. I watched the movies first and loved them. As usual the books are even better.

Wow!

I couldnt believe how many twists there were.
Every time I thought it was wrapped up, he pulled the rug out again!
Fantastic writing skills!