Brown’s latest book in the Langdon series proves that the author has not yet found the same pace as he did in The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. The story is (as usual) fast-paced, but it lacks originality and focuses too much on meaningless hunts across the city of Prague. Some interesting concepts arise from the field of noetics, but the storyline feels unconnected and the scientific – or rather metaphysical – bylines are there only to add a flavor of mysticism. It doensät drive the plot, nor does it add any depth to the characters or narrative. Brown can be a brilliant writer, but he has lost his way, much like the characters in his novels have yet to realize what clues they are supposed to solve. I am disappointed.
About
Accompanying celebrated academic, Katherine Solomon, to a lecture she’s been invited to give in Prague, Robert Langdon’s world spirals out of control when she disappears withouta trace from their hotel room. Far from home and well out of his comfort zone, Langdon must pit his wits against forces unknown to recover the woman he loves.
However, Prague is an ancient and treacherous city, steeped in folklore and mystery. For over two thousand years, the tides of history have washed back and forth over it, leaving behind echoes of everything that has gone before. Little can Langdon know that he is being stalked by a spectre from that dark past. He must use all of his arcane knowledge to decipher the world around him before he, too, is consumed by the rings of treachery and deception that have swallowed Katherine.
Against a backdrop of vast castles, towering churches, graveyards buried twelve deep, and labyrinthine underground passages, Langdon must navigate a shadow city hiding in plain sight, a city that has successfully kept its secrets for centuries and will not readily deliver them.
