Re: Inferno (SP)

SnShne322 · February 2014

It seems like several people didn't like the ending to Inferno, care to discuss? I finished this a few weeks ago and I forgot to do a WIJFR. This was definitely my least favorite Robert Langdon novel. I didn't like how he's become such a snob. I totally get being professor like and wanting to educate people, but I feel like every dialogue line of his started with, "Well, actually."

I did love that Sienna was sort of the bad guy. She turns out OK, but I did like that twist.

I really, really disliked how Zobrist could change the course of humanity and have the book end. I know the summit is going to discuss it, but OMG, you can't drop something so huge and then just have Langdon get his Mickey Mouse watch back, and return the mask. Which, by the way, is annoying too. A piece of art is stolen and the same guy who was accused of stealing it is able to walk right back in and replace it. It's just too convenient.

Is that what the anger is about, or did I miss something huge?

ohioloveyou · February 2014

You pretty much hit the nail on the head for me. I just hated that he left you with the virus having reached that critical level and then...nothing gets done. You can't just change the future of humanity and then leave it.

I can't remember did people find out about this virus, or is it still kind of "unknown?" I feel like I what I hated most was that people might not have realized why they aren't able to have kids. I was just so mad for everyone who had to experience the heartache of infertility.

SnShne322 · February 2014

ohioloveyou said:

You pretty much hit the nail on the head for me. I just hated that he left you with the virus having reached that critical level and then...nothing gets done. You can't just change the future of humanity and then leave it.

I can't remember did people find out about this virus, or is it still kind of "unknown?" I feel like I what I hated most was that people might not have realized why they aren't able to have kids. I was just so mad for everyone who had to experience the heartache of infertility.

I think that was part of the summit meeting. How they were going to handle that.

ohioloveyou · February 2014

SnShne322 said:

ohioloveyou said:

You pretty much hit the nail on the head for me. I just hated that he left you with the virus having reached that critical level and then...nothing gets done. You can't just change the future of humanity and then leave it.

I can't remember did people find out about this virus, or is it still kind of "unknown?" I feel like I what I hated most was that people might not have realized why they aren't able to have kids. I was just so mad for everyone who had to experience the heartache of infertility.

I think that was part of the summit meeting. How they were going to handle that.

That would make sense. I read this a while ago and my hate of the end is overshadowing my ability to remember details.

Jliongrrrl · February 2014

I didn't enjoy this book at all. I agree with pp that Langdon was painted as much more pretentious in this book. Also, whoever was Dan Browns medical advisor, did a terrible job.

RevJen · February 2014

I too didn't like the ending. I was engaged right up until the last bit. And then the thing with the virus happened and I was all ragey.

And then ... that ending happened.

brie&drew · February 2014

My problems with it are what everyone else has said. Langdon gets through things in ways that a are too convenient to be plausible for me. I was also pretty irate about the virus getting out and completely altering the reproductive future of the human race. I wonder how/if he'll address it in the next book, but I'm not sure I'd read it to find out. That's how disappointed I was.

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