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The book follows along the same lines as the others. Robert Langdon is on a mission searching for something, but in this case he has been injured and has amnesia, and has no idea why he is in Italy. With the assistance of a doctor from the hospital where he wakes up, he searches the city and attempts to retrace his steps, with of course a billion historical references and description of architecture and art along the way. As you might have guessed, the main historical reference/theme in this book surrounds "Dante's Inferno". Another main theme in the book is a topic called "transhumanism", which is defined by Wikipedia as the following:
"is an international cultural and intellectual movement with an eventual goal of fundamentally transforming the human condition by developing and making widely available technologies to greatly enhance human intellectual, physical, and psychological capacities." In this book they are specifically speaking of terrifying ways in which to control the population.
It wasn't terrible, or entirely predictable, but I suppose it just felt repetitive next to the other novels. Though, if you liked the rest of the series, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. It's a nice quick easy read.
After the pinnacle Dan Brown reached with Angels and Demons, it has sadly been a downhill slide ever since. Apart from the look and feel, this book contains little else.
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