Paperback, 624 pages
French language
Published Jan. 11, 2007 by JC Lattes.
ILLIMINATI... Robert Langdon n'en croit pas ses yeux. Pourtant l'inscription s'étalait bien devant lui, marquée au fer rouge sur le cadavre de Leonardo Vetra, éminent chercheur du Conseil européen pour la recherche nucléaire en Suisse.
Pour ce célèbre symbologue, ce crime est signé: la société secrète tant redoutée est de retour après quatre siècles de silence.
Son but? Anéantir l'Église catholique et son symbole, le Vatican.. (back cover)
این اولین رمانی بود که مطالعه کردم. درواقع بعد از خوندن این کتاب بود که به مطالعه کتاب های غیر تخصصی توجه کردم. لذت غرق شدن در دنیای داستانی که کتاب نقل می کنه، واقعا تجربهی ای بود که تا اون موقع نداشتم.
The book is okay-ish. The facts are so absurd that I've elected to ignore it - if you read this book and think "Oh, the author is so knowledgeable and attentive to details and match things up perfectly", then you should think again. Check the facts so that you're not misinformed.
One bonus star for the surprising twist, but I'm not sure I'd ever read books like this for a second time.
The story was entertaining enough and made me crave a trip to Rome very very badly, but the writing put me off. If Goodreads had half stars, it would be 3.5, because it is a very action-packed story in the end.
But I rolled my eyes plenty of times, because the characters are just way too over the top. Robert Langdon ist the most unscholarly scholar ever, just like Vittoria, etc. If he hadn't gone so over the top with the characters, I would have liked it more, but then, that's probably a bit much too ask in a book that deals with 'Save the Vatican from ultimate destruction in a 4 hour timeframe'.
