{"id":679,"date":"2013-06-26T06:49:42","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=679"},"modified":"2013-06-26T06:52:59","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T14:52:59","slug":"review-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/26\/review-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Inferno\"<\/a>
\n Inferno<\/a> by Dan Brown<\/a>
\n My rating: 1 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

Dan Brown\u2019s Inferno<\/i> is not the worst book I’ve ever read, nor do I want Dan Brown to stop writing. He can go on putting \u201cwords\u201d on \u201cpages\u201d and get paid millions, that\u2019s fine. I\u2019ll probably even read them. I can\u2019t help myself. It\u2019s like eating food I don\u2019t like when I\u2019m already full\u2014some kind of deep self-loathing compels me.<\/p>\n

So take this review with a grain of salt, for I, like so many others, went into Inferno<\/i> expecting it to be bad. Wish fulfilled. Nevertheless, this time I decided to \u201cadmit\u201d that for all of his poor sentence craft, flat characters, and documentary-style over-explaining, at least he writes a mean plot. Right? Nope, not even that, this time.<\/p>\n

If you’ve read his other novels, there\u2019s nothing new here. This is Angels and Demons<\/i> set in Florence. This is The DaVinci Code <\/i>about Dante. This is The Lost Symbol<\/i> for The Overpopulation Problem. Same old same old: short time span, bewildered geniuses solving \u201cpuzzles\u201d in the nick of time, disfigured villains, architecture-packed backdrops. I guess that\u2019s good news for people who love Dan Brown\u2019s stuff.<\/p>\n

Although, this time, there\u2019s really<\/i> no point it. The \u201cpuzzles\u201d are arbitrary, ham-handed. The plot \u201ctwists\u201d are so contrived I was wincing and laughing out loud at the same time. The characters spend a few days running around Keystone-cops style, and in the end (VAGUE SPOILER ALERT) it\u2019s for nothing. Nothing at all. Time utterly wasted.<\/p>\n

Maybe that\u2019s Dan Brown\u2019s genius. Readers, too, will spend a few days getting to the end and will have wasted their time. Then again, you could say that about any novel, even good ones, right? The angst of the idle class, wasting our time reading books when there\u2019s a world out there to explore. You know, the one Dan Brown gushes over in pandering detail, all those paintings and sculptures and churches he describes.<\/p>\n

So go ahead, read Inferno<\/i>, give Dan Brown more money. He doesn’t need it, but then if we didn’t pay, the publishers would stop giving is more. So it\u2019s our own fault. Brown\u2019s not the problem\u2014it his readers, people like me, who are the problem. Oh well. I wonder what\u2019s on TV tonight?<\/p>\n

Just joking. I know exactly<\/i> what\u2019s on TV tonight.<\/p>\n

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Inferno by Dan Brown My rating: 1 of 5 stars Dan Brown\u2019s Inferno is not the worst book I’ve ever read, nor do I want Dan Brown to stop writing. He can go on putting \u201cwords\u201d on \u201cpages\u201d and get paid millions, that\u2019s fine. I\u2019ll probably even read them. I can\u2019t help myself. It\u2019s like … <\/p>\n

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