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

Keeps your attention

What did you love best about Inferno?

Narration was as phenomenal as the gripping suspense.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Without revealing anything the villain had many cynical facets.

What does Paul Michael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The different personalities and the effect of the performance.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

An historically accurate adventure.

Any additional comments?

Great Audiobook.

Brown mixes Mystical and Science, Again

What made the experience of listening to Inferno the most enjoyable?

It is a story that flows, but is so compact in time scale that the locations descriptions make the time scale irrelevant.

What did you like best about this story?

The twist, not quit at the end.

Have you listened to any of Paul Michael’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Not that I know of, but his interspersing voices make character identifiable.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

No.

Any additional comments?

Brown has a tendency, followed here, to take some of the impractical or impossible and turn it into a plot device. Here is is the juxtaposition of the primary operating agencies, and the lack of accountability that both have, right until the end. Relying on his "plague" here is almost identicle to his use of the free fall to the fountain in "Angels ..."Langdon as a character continues to grow, but is starting to get lost in his own thoughts and idiosyncrasies through the novel.

JUST OK

My mind wandered a little too much while listening to Inferno so I would have to rewind and re-listen to the story. I'm not sure if it was the story or the reader. As always, Dan Brown interjected snippets of history and interesting factoids which I enjoyed. I wanted to give 3.5 stars.

fun, fast and interesting... Dan Brown

i've read all reviews for this book and i disagree with them. its a perfect audiobook to listen at the same time you are listening other book not so fast. submerge in Dan Brown adventure with no eyes shut and you wont be disapionted. it delivers what it sells.

An action story

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

I would reccomend it to someone who is interested in bio threats, over population, and other scientific problems facing our world today. I would also recommend it for art/ travel buffs re; italy.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A race to save our species.

Any additional comments?

This was a fun book but how many times does someone get beat up and then jump up running, out running their chasers? And, I never did know how this man was picked or arrived in italy in the first place. I like a little more reality.it would make a good movie for the action and for the peeks into Italy/ the art.

Better but not best

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

Surprise, Usual, Europe

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Symbology does not play a key role in this story. At least not as much as it did in the first two books in the Langdon series. Too much emphasis on the black plague. More emphasis on the industrial revolution and pollution might have brought about a different ending.

What does Paul Michael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Paul Michael is one of those narrators that can bring about an illusion of being.

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

Yes.

Any additional comments?

European (Western) history has its limits. So much is too well known. Asian history still holds mysteries for the average westerner. For example, does anyone know there is a village called "Jesus" in Japan with stories of a ship that landed in the wake of the AD era?

The Formula Is Dying

Would you try another book from Dan Brown and/or Paul Michael?

I feel like this is the last of the series for me.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The education that you receive regarding over population.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

It felt very half-hearted.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

No.

Dan Brown is a one trick pony - But what a trick!

If you like Dan Brown's work you will like this as well, Little didactic with an "after school special tone" near the end - but I admit I enjoyed it.

Long and Tedious

What did you love best about Inferno?

I liked how well developed the main characters are

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

Never got to the ending, the book is tedious and I felt that a greater part of the book read like a travel guide.

What does Paul Michael bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Nothing, he did a wonderful job reading the book. Although his female voice drove me a bit nuts.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No, I am impartial to the story

Any additional comments?

Maybe if I read Inferno I will get more out of it instead of listening. Personally I feel like when I read oppose to listening, I am able to submerge myself deeper into the story and get to know the characters better.

Great, not not the best.

it was pretty good! not the best Langdon novel but I finished it and liked it.