INFERNO!!

I never thought that I would be writing a review for a book and that too of a bestseller. Before I begin I want to clearly specify that this post is more of a personal take on Dan Brown's Inferno rather than a critics review. So my views are limited to me only ( of course I am expecting my views to coincide with that of other people too :P ;) ). So if anyone reading this disagrees with me its absolutely fine and he/she has each and every right to voice their views ( as long as this voicing is non violent and non offensive to both Dan brown and other people's views -_-).

This Review might contain spoilers, however I have tried to be as precise as possible.

THOU SHALL ONLY PASS if either you have read the book or don't give a damn about some spoilers before starting a book  ;)

I have never done this before, so how should i begin???? 

Hmm...

Let me begin by indicating that this is a DAN BROWN Novel!!! This guy is like the second bestselling author after GOD! (haha) So critics or people views don't matter in his case, his books will be bestselling no matter what people say. 

Now coming to this book, its a Robert Langdon thriller ( you remeber the phenomenol successes of Da Vinci's Code and Angels and Demons and not so phenomenal success of The Lost Symbol, but all of them were bestsellers). Its the fourth installment in this series and is centered in Florence, Italy. As other Robert Langdon thrillers it is full of codes, detail description of historical monuments, Langdon, in run with a attractive women and each chapter ending in a cliffhanger! The central plot revolves around Dante's classic Divine Comedy's Inferno. Now I have not read Divine Comedy but after reading Dan Brown's Inferno I can tell you guys that it is not a pre-requisite. Dan Brown has explained as much is required in reference to his book. It will  not be wrong to say that this is the darkest Dan brown has gone in his literary career. Exploring the underworld of Dante's Divine comedy through Botticelli's map of Hell is one hell of a feeling! The book takes you through a very interesting ride(more of a treasure hunt, really) and as Dante has described in his book you too will feel as if going from Inferno to purgatory to paradise while reading Dan Brown's book! The only thing I found somewhat irritating was long detailed ( and when i say long it means longer than that of Dan Brown's previous works) description of monuments.What's the internet for?? We can easily Google anything we want to know in more detail. Apart from that Dan Brown's Inferno is ONE HELL OF A READ!!

 It's a  recommended summer read.

I found a website while I was researching Dante while reading the book, it was very helpful. I am providing its link here...

The World Of Dante

And do search for all the monuments,places given in the book. It doubles your excitement!! ;)

THINK OF THE TIMES

Think of the times we are alone,

With nobody there to soothe our soul

Think of the times we want to fight,

With nobody there to make it right

Out there searching for something

Getting everything, still nothing

Think of the times we want to run,

When someone’s pointing a gun, playing us for fun

These times make us cry, sucking us dry

We then ask ourselves, where is happiness? Where is laughter?

Until we realise we don’t know what we are after!

Then we turn to shadows for redemption,

Pleading them to ease our pain end our suffocation

But shadows too cheat us, deserting us in life’s park

Parting ways when it is dark

Think of the times we are alone

Darkness not light guiding us home

Consumed by darkness’s fury

With no Gods freeing us by voicing our case like a jury

Think of the times we are running straight but falling

Falling and falling with no one to lift us high answer to our calling

Think of the times we prefer dreams to reality

Where we are free to create our identity

Where no one questions our integrity and everyone respects our genuinity

These times come in handy but they do teach us a lot

Life’s a spider web in which we are caught

We have to break free ourselves

Our chains can’t be broken by anyone else