It has been a while since I read the other three Robert Langdon books, The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons and The Lost Symbol. Inferno had a different feel to it as Robert Langdon was mostly "out of it" all day having suffered a gunshot wound to the head. The wound caused him to lose at least two days worth of memory.
The book itself takes place all in about a 24 hour period as Robert Langdon wakes up in a hospital. He doesn't understand what happened but is told he was shot. Within minutes of his regaining consciousness Robert and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, escape the hospital because the person who shot Robert has come to finish the job.
Robert and Sienna flee to her apartment, and then across Florence, trying to figure out why someone is trying to kill Langdon. There are many clues, including a small projector that was hidden in Roberts coat. The projector activates by being shaken; the image is... well read the book to find out. Dan Brown does an exceptional job of describing the image and eventually what is wrong with the image.
There are many twists and turns all through the book. I will not give them away as I believe in allowing the reader to make his or her own opinion of the piece. Suffice it to say, I loved every minute of this book, though there were some dry drawn out areas, but it worked.
Dan Brown was, yet again, able to weave a story of not only complicated characters, but of fascinating historical places, events, literature and people. Reading his books makes me want to follow in the footsteps of his characters. Not necessarily act out the events in the books, but see where it is that he is describing, or read on the historical events and people he has written about. I have Dante's Divine Comedy on my list of books to read. I might just do so soon.
I give this book 10 stars out of 10 stars. It was very good, exceptional.
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