Book on tape read by Richard Poe. With all the hype focusing on The Da Vinci Code, this story tends to get overlooked. Angels and Demons isn't going to make you question your religious beliefs the way The Da Vinci Code may, but it’s going to quench that thirst for a great story filled with suspense, action, and a great ending. The characters are great. In fact, depending on who played him, Robert Landgon could be the next Indiana Jones. Poe did a great job with the reading using a plethora of voices and a perfect English with a slight Italian accent. If you ever want to read a book about art history, religion and physics….this is the one. Even if you don’t, read it anyway. (11/22/2004)

I read this book after I had read "The Davinci Code" so I knew what to expect and almost makes the book very predicatble. It's a little slow in the beginning, but picks up towards the middle and end. I read it over Christmas break when there was nothing to do, so it only took me a week to finish. It's an easy read that's worth checking out, but I preferred the Code. (Perhaps if I read this first, I would have liked it better). (1/31/2006)

I read Angels and Demons in anticipation of the film coming out this May. While I read the DaVinci Code about 5 years ago, I never got around to reading Dan Brown's first Robert Langdon adventure. This was a great read. Langdon is a great character, imperfect and noble, and I wish he had more adventures. Brown's short chapters are a double edged sword. Their brevity allows more frequent stopping locations but they also give you more cliffhangers and more reasons to keep reading. I paced myself moderately through the first 75% of the book but then I could not put it down this weekend. I carried it around with me everywhere. Also, it was the illustrated version, which showed photos of all the Roman sights. Very cool. (2/23/2009)