Ratings229
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Ratings229
Average rating3.6
De onde viemos? Para onde vamos? Robert Langdon, o famoso professor de Simbologia de Harvard, chega ao ultramoderno Museu Guggenheim de Bilbao para assistir a uma apresentação sobre uma grande descoberta que promete "mudar para sempre o papel da ciência". O anfitrião da noite é o futurólogo bilionário Edmond Kirsch, de 40 anos, que se tornou conhecido mundialmente por suas previsões audaciosas e invenções de alta tecnologia. Um dos primeiros alunos de Langdon em Harvard, há 20 anos, agora ele está prestes a revelar uma incrível revolução no conhecimento... algo que vai responder a duas perguntas fundamentais da existência humana. Os convidados ficam hipnotizados pela apresentação, mas Langdon logo percebe que ela será muito mais controversa do que poderia imaginar. De repente, a noite meticulosamente orquestrada se transforma em um caos, e a preciosa descoberta de Kirsch corre o risco de ser perdida para sempre. Diante de uma ameaça iminente, Langdon tenta uma fuga desesperada de Bilbao ao lado de Ambra Vidal, a elegante diretora do museu que trabalhou na montagem do evento. Juntos seguem para Barcelona à procura de uma senha que ajudará a desvendar o segredo de Edmond Kirsch. Em meio a fatos históricos ocultos e extremismo religioso, Robert e Ambra precisam escapar de um inimigo atormentado cujo poder de saber tudo parece emanar do Palácio Real da Espanha. Alguém que não hesitará diante de nada para silenciar o futurólogo. Numa jornada marcada por obras de arte moderna e símbolos enigmáticos, os dois encontram pistas que vão deixá-los cara a cara com a chocante revelação de Kirsch... e com a verdade espantosa que ignoramos durante tanto tempo.
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A fun enough read except for the part in the middle that felt like a chapter-long Tesla commercial. That, and when the book spends the first 80% teasing a big reveal and the reveal turns out to be an uninspired let down, you begin to wonder if you really liked the first 80%.
Oh man. You don't expect much from a Dan Brown book, but this was just so much nothing dressed up to sound smart and interesting, and it takes forever for anything to happen. The reveal at the end was interesting though, I'll give him that.
Also, two books in a row where the woman can't have children and is haunted by it? Gross. Plus, given how the last book ended, does it even matter in this one that the woman can't have kids?
There was also one of the interviews where someone described themselves as “a space scientist”, which, wut?
It was good enough fluff, but any of the previous Langdon books are better.
eta: I was reminded about another issue I had with this when I saw a meme on Facebook. There's a part where Langdon's written a problem out in Greek and asks the woman if it's correct or not. It turns out that from her angle it's wrong and his it's right! And he explains that it's all in perspective, yada yada. No. The problem is either right or wrong. Don't go using tricks to try and make a point about perspective, etc.
Also, I forgot to mention before what a cheap, stock atheist Kirsch is. Way to make us all seem arrogant and kind of awful. Thanks, Dan Brown.
This was predictably entertaining, with lots to learn about architectural marvels in Spain and a little bit more about religions. But it took too long for the mystery to be solved and the reveal was very anticlimactic, while the identity of the murderer was boringly obvious. While I didn't hate the book and it kept me good company over the weekend, I definitely wished it was shorter.
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5 primary booksRobert Langdon is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1977 with contributions by Dan Brown, Dan Brown, and Jana Linnart.
