Special Illustrated Edition - Featuring Robert Langdon

Dan Brown has become a very reliable author whom I can count on for an excellent story, strong characters and an engrossing plot. I read this book when it first was released and thoroughly enjoyed it. This edition is very well enhanced with the inclusion of the images of the objects and places referred in the narrative. I also hope to see another outing with Robert Langdon at some point in the future!

Learning about Dante, Florence and other art and World relevant treasures was very good.

The plot behind it didn't quite get me.

It turned to be confuse and its up and downs not well done.

Learning about Dante, Florence and other art and World relevant treasures was very good.

The plot behind it didn't quite get me.

It turned to be confuse and its up and downs not well done.

Dan Brown delivers yet another thrilling ride through some of the world's most amazing locations. The story was still a bit predictable but I always know this going in. Just exactly what I was looking for.

A great travelogue wrapped around a thin thriller plot. Glad I got the illustrated edition though as it was great to see the buildings and paintings that are so lovingly described in the book. Clearly this was more of a love letter to Dante and three of Dan Brown's favorite cities than it was a thriller, but since I was interested in the descriptions, I just sort of slid through the pointless Malthusian population nightmare/genetic warfare stuff and enjoyed the historical perspective on Dante and his peers and the beauty of Florence, Venice and Istanbul.

After first hearing about the illustrated version I decided to always wait for those before I read Dan Brown books. The pictures are of good quality and generally enhance the story although they did leave some images out I would have liked to see. Professor Langdon is back to the Europe after a jaunt around DC. If you enjoyed the previous books you will enjoy this one as well if not then the formula is basically the same so I would pass.

I love everything Dan Brown writes, he is a phenomenal writer. This book is everything I knew it would be. If you like the Robert Langdon books, don't hesitate purchasing this book; you won't be disappointed.

His normal unexpected twists blended with historical facts makes "Inferno" another Dan Brown read that's hard to put down!
The illustrations were an interesting feature which helped me visualize his discriptions, etc. I highly recommend this book, especially if you're a fan of his previous works, such as "The Da Vinci Code" and/or "Angels and Demons".

I had read the book two years ago when published. LIke the two prio items in the series it was fascinating. Brown's ability to weave a story into the culture of Europe and the art of Western civilization is remarkable. This particular book is visually beautiful with superb photos of places and items which form part of the story.

I regret that there isn't another book to purchase and read.

This would be a 5 star ebook if not for the videos! Can one bad decision ruin an otherwise great read? Yes! The book is characteristically spellbinding, and in the enhanced Kindle version the photos are both fun and instructive, but the gawd-awful home videos of the author touring the various dark rooms of florence are completely distracting, not to mention pointless, poorly shot (cheap phone clips) inaudible, trite, and useless. It could have been an intriguing addition, if it had been intentionally produced. However, as it is, it's Brief shaky few-second clips of Brown taken from what looks like a five-year old's half-hearted attempt at making his first video all but ruin the book for me. Adding insult to injury, the cost of this pointless distraction more than doubled the price of the ebook.
Please, please take them out! Better still, replace them with some useful clips!

Dan Brown is always an interesting and eye opening read. His books make me long to travel to Europe, Rome especially. Not as great as The DaVinci Code. But I did have a hard time putting it down. Riveting and definitely a plot twister.

I have all of the other illustrated versions of Brown's books, and I really like them. I typically read the "regular" version, then slowly re-read the illustrated one while looking at the artwork. If you haven't enjoyed a book this way yet (with illustrations) I do recommend it.

I’m not a fan of amnesia by way of any book’s plot ploy. I thought it worked for Robert Ludlum in his Bourne series, but usually, in my opinion, it comes off contrived.

Needless to say, Dan Brown’s INFERNO starts Chapter One with his recurring hero, Robert Langdon, suffering memory loss in a Florence, Italy, hospital bed. Literally, I sighed upon that revelation but plowed ahead if just because I’ve read Brown’s popular THE DA VINCI CODE, as well as his ANGELS AND DEVILS, and the author can usually be counted upon to provide a better read than many of the recent less-talented people who have begun writing similar genre mystery/adventure books that mingle fact with fiction.

When I got over the annoyance of the amnesia, I did find this book’s plot as good as it is complicated, with subject matter definitely relevant in a world where overpopulation is already straining viable water, food, and natural resources.

As in all the Robert Langdon as-hero novels, there’s a mystery to be solved in this one. If the arcane clues are deciphered by our hero with acumen that often leaves a reader awed. Any novice in symbolism, like I, needs suspend all disbelief that the protagonist is anything but exceedingly smart and clever … even if that same smart and clever protagonist can raise this reader’s eyebrow by somehow ignoring a key shout-out in Italian, as well as somehow forgetting that Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia has two narthex.

As usual, Brown provides a definitive sense of place, leaving little doubt that he knows well the locales about which he writes, as well as knows his subject matter. It’s always a pleasure, when one has visited many of the exotic sites mentioned, like I have, to vicariously re-live those visits through Brown’s eye.

Though I don’t judge this the best of Brown’s work, it’s certainly good enough to provide enjoyable hours of reading by firelight while avoiding the winter’s chill, or on a beach somewhere while wiling away one’s days in the sunshine.

This mystery novel is comprised out of Dante's 'Divine Comedy' and population theory. If you are wondering what the connection is, don't bother, there isn't any. It's a very complicated plot with venue changes, red herrings and friends turning out to be enemies and vice-versa. It all turns out to be unnecessary with the trivial denouement turning the novel into a 400 page red herring. There's interesting art and literature background but population density and genetic modification deserve more serious discussion. A seemingly well constructed mystery turns out to be totally meaningless. The villain's ultimate solution is ineffective and the plot construction an overly complicated and ridiculous method of distributing a virus. To accomplish his aim, he could have waved the virus about in his back yard, making a triviality of the book's plot. A few art and literature allusions are all that's left. Also the bright idea of a random sterilization of humanity would provide, at best, a temporary respite if mass extinctions are in our future, most likely, totally ineffectual in the areas most affected.
Lot's of geniuses make for a dumb novel, which might have been improved with maps of Florence, Venice and Istanbul. It's slightly better as an art history piece than a mystery novel.

Interesting story with the final twist unexpected, but I was a little underwhelmed by the rationale for some of the "clues" that were left for Langdon to follow. I've read all of the Langdon books in the illustrated version, which I love, as they truly bring life & context to the story

Well, all Dan Brown's novels can be summarized with one basic plot line, but it's still fun reading his work. The mix of history with crisis keeps the reader engaged. This book, however, jumps the border line. From an erudite style to being a full blown history lesson, this book is a drag. I had to slog to complete this book which pretty much summarises this work.

This book is classic Dan Brown, with eye-rolling historical/artistic detail and fast-paced suspense. I gave this book 5 stars for its surprise ending, memorable and thought-provoking. I read Inferno 2 years ago, and still reflect on the dialogue Brown has with me, very unusual for any book.

We watched the movie version last night. It is awful, a disjointed thriller-suspense tart with a completely different ending. However, it did inspire me to write this review, in contrast, of the excellent book.

I enjoy Dan Brown, his style is quick and he exposes the reader to lots of the wonders of the world you otherwise would,remain ignorant of.

This edition, however, really should only be downloaded on a Kindle - very little of the special features work on anything but the store's captive device; kinda the Apple business model in "weenee mode". to be downloaded, it should work competently on the device you allow it to be downloaded to, shouldn't it?

It's a typical Langdon adventure of Dan Brown style. I am; however, a sucker for it. A plot of twists developed around some serious issue, Dante's Inferno, and infused with vivid descriptions of the settings in Florence and Istanbul. I enjoyed it very much. More than "The Symbol".

The illustrated addition really helped to match the text with the mentioned works of art. I wish I'd read the other books in this series the same way! The videos were not very useful, and I ended up skipping most of them as I went along. Great novel made better through great art!

This book is classic Dan Brown, with eye-rolling historical/artistic detail and fast-paced suspense. I gave this book 5 stars for its surprise ending, memorable and thought-provoking. I read Inferno 2 years ago, and still reflect on the dialogue Brown has with me, very unusual for any book.

We watched the movie version last night. It is awful, a disjointed thriller-suspense tart with a completely different ending. However, it did inspire me to write this review, in contrast, of the excellent book.

I enjoy Dan Brown, his style is quick and he exposes the reader to lots of the wonders of the world you otherwise would,remain ignorant of.

This edition, however, really should only be downloaded on a Kindle - very little of the special features work on anything but the store's captive device; kinda the Apple business model in "weenee mode". to be downloaded, it should work competently on the device you allow it to be downloaded to, shouldn't it?

It's a typical Langdon adventure of Dan Brown style. I am; however, a sucker for it. A plot of twists developed around some serious issue, Dante's Inferno, and infused with vivid descriptions of the settings in Florence and Istanbul. I enjoyed it very much. More than "The Symbol".

The illustrated addition really helped to match the text with the mentioned works of art. I wish I'd read the other books in this series the same way! The videos were not very useful, and I ended up skipping most of them as I went along. Great novel made better through great art!

Please note that I refer to: Inferno - Edition (Enhanced) [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video].

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