Angels and Demons by Dan Brown- Reviewed by Ankana Sadhukan-(Chills & Thrills)
- Nonchalant Nine
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min read
“Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown is a book that I’ll never forget. One day when Robert Langdon, Symbology professor at Harvard University, receives a mysterious phone call in the middle of the night, he is nothing but annoyed. But shortly after when he received a fax of a dead man, the body isn’t what shocked Langdon, it was the symbol. The symbol of the ancient brotherhood, which was believed to have died. Historians all over the World were trying to learn about the brotherhood, Illuminati—an ancient religious organization, and this was the first evidence of their existence in more than a century. After the fax, Langdon couldn’t help but travel to CERN, the European Council of Nuclear Research in Switzerland from Massachusetts.
In CERN, Langdon meets Maximilian Kohler, the director of CERN. Maximilian or Max, told Langdon more about what happened. One of CERN’s top Physicist, Leonardo Vetra was brutally killed in his lab, with the “Illuminati” ambigram embossed on his chest. Kohler contacted Langdon to to know more about the symbol, who determines that the ambigram is authentic. Leonardo Vetra was the inventor of anti-matter, a kind of matter which is made of oppositely charged matter particles. This anti-matter is highly sensitive , and is stored in canisters with a continuous power supply. Without power, the canister can hold up the anti-matter upto 24 hrs, and a moment after that, the anti-matter will create an explosion which would be a thousand times more powerful than the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Leonardo Vetra was not only a physicist but a Catholic priest as well. Together Langdon and Leonardo’s adopted daughter, Vittoria Vetra go to the Vatican City to find the antimatter canister. During their time in Vatican City, a romantic relationship develops between Robert and Vittoria. There they find out about ancient secrets, and gather unbelievable facts to find the antimatter canister.
The way Dan Brown brought up the debate between science and religion is truly impressive. A lot about ambigrams are mentioned in the book and its relevance to the Illuminati. The Illuminati was a religious organization, but it’s members were renowned people of science such as Galileo Galilei, Albert Einstein, and almost all the important people of modern history. The thrill of what was coming next and suspense of each new murder is sure to give goosebumps. But the greatest secret is revealed but at the end of the book which completely changes the plot. But of course this book has to have a downside... which would be the desperate exaggeration of various fictional cults and events which sometimes become a bit too much for the reader. But other than that I have nothing to say except this book is fantastic, and will be one of my all time favorites and a must read.
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