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

Plot nonsense

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. The premise and outcome are evil, and worse still, stupid.

What aspect of Paul Michael’s performance would you have changed?

The narrator was excellent

Do you think Inferno needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

Yes. Dan Brown needs to get into a time machine and reverse the plot.

Any additional comments?

For the overpopulation of the Earth crowd and Dan Brown, here is a factoid that may help cleanse your brains:

If we built a Manhattan-type city covering only one-half the surface of Texas, everyone on Earth could live there.

Population of the word = 6,653,000,000 people
Size of Texas = 268820 sq miles
One sq mile = 27,878,400 sq ft
Texas has 7.5 trillion sq. ft.
1126 sq ft per person

Manhattan = 33.77 square miles
Population = 1,620,000
581 sq ft per person (compared to 563 sq ft per person in our giagantic Texas city covering only 1/2 of the state)

inferno

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

Yes especially to all the Robert Langdon fans

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

yes wondering when and where the plot twists were going to happen

Which scene was your favorite?

the scene in the Basement club.

Not Great! Not Horrible!

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes. it is just more of the same old Brown stuff. The Da Vinci Code was fresh, exciting and deeply intriguing. This book is stale and felt very contrived.

Would you recommend Inferno to your friends? Why or why not?

Not really. I almost quit listening many times, especially in the first 2/3rds of the books.

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

Not heard this narrator before. He reminds me a little of Scott Brick, but does voice characterizations much better.

Was Inferno worth the listening time?

No.

Any additional comments?

I finally got pretty interested in the last 1/3 of the book. So, by the end, I kinda enjoyed it.
Faint praise at best.

4 of 5

good story, but not the best. He lost me with some of the historical details at times. tried too hard with those details.

Very intricate, with a lot of data to be processed

Would you listen to Inferno again? Why?

I will definitely read Inferno again, as the captivating story is so full of historical and art history data that I want to listen to it again, to memorize it better. It's awesome to get some education from the book too, even tho it is fiction.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course Robert Langdon, whose opinions and character get more clear with each book. I did find the other characters a bit flat tho, but I imagine it is because of many information that needed to be interpreted in the book. Still have a feeling this could have been done a bit better.

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

It made me think about the overpopulation of Earth and it strengthened my position on people having many kids.

Don't bother with the movie

Don't bother with the movie.... Disappointing! Actually, movie was a Epic Fail! Wish it wasn't so. Usually a movie adaptation will try to stay true to the story and plot.... Not this one! If you are a fan, I highly recommend the unabridged version. Enjoy.

The Dante is in the details.

Would you consider the audio edition of Inferno to be better than the print version?

Did not read the print version.

Would you be willing to try another book from Dan Brown? Why or why not?

Yes

What about Paul Michael’s performance did you like?

The smooth flow of the story and dialogue exchange of the characters.

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

No

Any additional comments?

Toward the end of the book there was a bit more detail than I thought was necessary.

Outstanding performance

The story is complicated, controversial and riveting.

But, the real star is Paul Micheal who does an amazing job of reading.

Good, but not my favorite!

I enjoyed this book but I feel like the story was dragged out a bit. This was not my favorite Dan Brown book but I did enjoy it!

not quite the usual Dan Brown book but not bad...

Dan Brown always gets a mixed reaction from me. I enjoy the adrenelin rush of the constant chases and the "in your face" bad guys. I really disliked the Divinci Code but each subsequent book has gotten increasingly positive reactions from me. For me "Inferno"is the best of his Stephen Langdon books. It shows a fair amount research in support of the book. It deals with Dante's "divine Comedy" which doesn't get a small part of the attention it deserves in English speaking countries. It does a nice job integrating the symbolism that fills the DC into the adventure story that Brown tells. Not only does Brown tell a good story but there are twists and turns in the story that end up standing the story in its head, so that you can't be sure of anything until the last page. I enjoyed that as much as the action/adventure part of the story.

Brown takes on some serious ethical issues as well,underscoring the ethical grayness of some options available to humanity as well as the ethical evil of not acting to address the issues that face us. I'd go into more detail but I don't want to spoil the story for you.

In terms of negatives, aboutm the only thing I'll report is a bit of a let down by the ending. The ending was logical and made sense in the context of the story, yet there was sill as feeling of "that's it?"