Post 2 Independent Reading

Post 2 Independent Reading

By Seth Gerus

 For my second post I'm talking about my independent reading book, Inferno  by Dan Brown. I chose this book because I had read other Dan Brown novels and they were very good reads. They referenced history, had action, and had some very surprising plot twists.

In the part I'm reading right now, the main character Robert Langdon, a symbologist and historian at Harvard, wakes up in a hospital in Florence, Italy. The doctors say that they are treating him for a gunshot wound that grazed his skull and gave him amnesia, nearly killing him. As they talk, a woman with a pistol enters the hospital, going to Langdon's room. As she enters, she guns down one of the doctors, and almost kills Langdon. With the assistance of another doctor, Sienna Brooks, Langdon is able to escape the killer.

 Up to this point, this book has been very interesting. Inferno does not start off in typical Dan Brown fashion, with the first part of the mystery usually being presented to the reader. The book instead places Langdon in an unfamiliar situation with no explanation. So far, I like the new style Brown is trying and I hope the book continues to be surprising.