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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) rated Origin in Books

Mar 27, 2018

Origin

Dan Brown | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.3

(21 Ratings)

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Da Vinci Code remains his best work, but I'd place this above his others.

This is a good solid thriller, with great use of personal moments and fears. This doesn't have the sheer puzzling out of symbols that Da Vinci Code had. But it's much better than Angels and demons. Spain is an interesting location, and the bilbao museum is a great setting to start the chase in. Some of his descriptions of the settings go on and on, which can be great if you've never seen them, or visited personally. But they also tend to drag the book a bit. Still, it's worth reading, and makes a good solid audio book which is how I read it... on my commute

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Charley (64 KP) rated Good Omens in Books

Jan 26, 2019

Good Omens

Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett | 2015 | Fiction & Poetry

9.3

(42 Ratings)

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Great for a dark sense of humour. (0 more)

A good mix of both Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaimam

This story is about a demon and an angel trying to find the anti-christ and stop the apocalypse. It has a very similar style to all of Terry Pratchett's books. It is nice to read something written by him that isn't set in the discworld (no matter how much I love them).
It is full of the two authors dark humour and being set in England means that there are loads of little bits that are recognisable.
Some of my favourite parts are when they discribe certain aspects of the country that have been designed by demons to torture humans (like the M25!)
Thoroughly enjoyed this read.