Angels & Demons by Dan BrownMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a fantastic book. If you want to turn an atheist, read this book. It debunks all myths about religion and God. The author tries to wed science with religion and concocts an immensely interesting and edge-of-the-seat thriller.
A priest-turned-scientist at CERN (the organisation where the Hadron Collider was built - remember God's particle ? ) is killed and investigations reveal that he was on the cusp of a mind boggling invention which is about to turn religion and faith on it's head. Enter Robert Langdon, the renowned American symbologist, who is called upon to investigate the murder. He teams up with the scientist's daughter Vittoria and the trail leads them to Vatican City and papal domain.
What is interesting here is the way Dan Brown recreates Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel, the Pope's Office and residence and the CERN environs in detail. The book contains beautiful illustrations of the symmetrical ambigrams. I commend the author or the artist who has conceptualised these ambigrams which forms the core plot. The only part which I found a bit over the top was the helicopter ride towards the end of the book. Overall, this was one good thriller with a healthy dose of religion thrown in.
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