During my last month in school, I made the decision to start my very own digital library. A way to not forget my reading habits and also keep, track of what I've already read. In this library, I decided to allow my subscribers on my WhatsApp channel to choose which series I'll first upload and start with.
There are loads of Series that I've read half and skipped for the next and I want to stop that book whore lifestyle 😭😂😂
Regardless, this is just the first of the many series I'll upload there. And now, after a few weeks (riddled with defense, project and a whole lot of finalists wahalla), I'm finally through with the first book.
Angels and Demons is a book I've already reviewed, and since I hate to repeat myself, I won't spend time telling you all just how great a read this book is.
Instead, what I will do is tell you just how, magnificent the antagonist is. Dan Brown did a marvelous job when writing this book and 70% percent of his brilliance went to his handling of the antagonist.
It is such a feat when you have the readers guessing to the very last minute, and I think at my second reading of this novel, a year after the first review, after writing a whole lot more of stories myself; I can fully see just how skillfully he weaved the reveal into being.
The shock in my face, reading this the second time was just comical. We were all played. Robert Langdon, the Hassasin, CERN, the Catholic Church, we the readers and it seemed even the Carmelango himself. For he didn't see himself as a villain until later on in the story.
A thriller is one that starts quickly, draws the suspense to its peak and unravels just as quickly as it starts.
And just like that, the whole book had unraveled, just as much as our antagonist reasoning.
What does a man of devout faith do when he realizes just how manic his faith had made him. He loses his mother to terrorist attacks, kills his father due to a misunderstanding and then loses his life to grief.
This story is fiction of course, yet it's power is held by just how real it has the potential to be.
The dangerous aspect of science is the fact that it has no morals and the dangerous aspect of religion is the fact that it does have morality. It's gauge of good and bad is irrational and built on the basis of human emotions that can be easily swayed.
The irony in the fact that the Carmelango who had served God all his life, claimed that because of the same God he served, he was forced to be related to 8 deaths in 20 days, one he killed intimately and 7 others happening because of him all in a single day.
And yet, one can't completely blame the Carmelango, we as the readers are forced to actually understand him, and in some ways be in awe of his decision, of his words and of his belief. The way he dies was somewhat iconic too, nothing like finishing in a ball of flames to end a book huh?🌚
Regardless, book 1 is done, I'm starting book 2 next week and I wonder what new views I would see in Dan Brown's writing.
If you want to join in, here's the link to my library 👉 https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gmhQv2VZoUl3nyyoHuoP39KZoeHpq0se
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