Predictable, but quintessential Dan Brown. Robert Langdon is yet again dragged across the world on a marvelous adventure, accompanied by a handsome female companion, with the fate of humanity in the balance. Say what you will about the man's writing, but it was thrilling and non the less. At some points, it verged on being philosophical. I always will have a special place in my heart for Dan Brown novels. You don't read a Dan Brown novel to be enlightened after all, rather entertained and amused.