Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

I went out and bought all four novels in Dan Brown's Robert Langdon series. At first I felt like I should have bought the first one first, maybe I wont like. Someone told me that it was a bit too much for one's brain to fathom and I might not like Dan Brown's style. Boy were they wrong. I am glad I bout the entire series.

God! It has been two or three days and my nose has been buried in Angels & Demons. I literally read from the second I wake up till the second I fall asleep. It is one heck of a page turner. Mind blowing!

Illuminati? Conspiracies? Murders? Science vs religion? Wow! I have never taken interest in the subject, but after reading this novel I think I'll read into it.

I'm not sure if the plot is based on truth regarding the Illuminati brotherhood and all. Nevertheless, how the events uncoiled and "truths" about the brotherhood were revealed was amazing! It was written smoothly and it is well thought out.

Dan Brown is a genius.

I actually had to stop at certain points, put the book down and just paused for a few second to think of what just happened. It is very engaging and captivating, the reader is continuing to read to find out what is going to happen, always thirsty for the unraveling of breath taking information.

There was a lot of action as well, which made my heart race as if I was watching the events rather than reading it. Also, the amount of symbology and signs was extraordinary. I find signs and symbology very interesting and sometimes I take interest in them in my reality, so reading a novel over flowing with them was very exciting. Awesome!

I thought the language would be a problem. I thought Brown would be using vocabulary that would have me whipping out my dictionary a few times per page. But that was not the case at all, fortunately.

Over all, it was, again, a mind blowing experience to read Angel & Demons, as I'm sure will the case with the the next three novels.

On to number two!

Tease by Immodesty Blaize

A Jackie Collins wannabe. Same style, although I felt that Collins portrayed the glamorous life of celebrities better.

Another novel about celebrity life and the life of glamour, with a hint of action. Although I hated the constant show up of the word "babes", which is more irritating than the original "babe".

The characters were well depicted. Readers could easily hate Rex and feel sorry for Tiger, like wise with the rest of the characters.

It was longer than it should have been. Too much, unnecessary, details. Again, even though I was stuck somewhere boring with nothing else to do, I would have never read it till the end. 

Immodesty Blaze's Tease, also, should have been a movie script, with all the tiny chapters in the middle of "the gloved hands" and the last chapter explaining everyone's happy ending and deserving demise.

It was a bit predictable as well. I could make out who the mysterious person with the gloves is, the truth about Sienna's family tie with Tiger and the whole Richie and Blue debacle.

I wouldn't recommend it. Unless you are into cheap literature, then go right ahead.

Poor Little Bitch Girl by Jackie Collins

This is the first novel I read for Jackie Collins. I was under the impression that she's a great writer and all. I bought Poor Little Bitch Girl 5 years ago, along with 3 other novels by Collins, and I hadn't gotten around to reading any of them until this past weekend when my cousin came over to borrow something to read from my mini library. She picked out one of Collins's novel and I thought well, I paid for them, I've got them, I should read them. I picked this one by random and read the back cover, "murder" was the word that interested me.

What a disappointment.

Annabelle was supposed to be the major character, with her movie star mother being the murder victim. But, it was very evident that Denver stole her thunder. I felt like Collins spent more time and detail on Denver's eventful life more than any of the other characters.

Language wise, a lot of profanity. Not appreciated. I mean a few cursing here and there is alright, but this was too much.

It seems that all the male characters are looking to get laid and all the female characters are looking for money. It was all about sex and money. Although, thank god the sexual details were at a reasonable level.

I liked how each chapter jumped from one character the other and how the stories unfolded gradually. The style in which Collins wrote the novel made it feel like it was originally a script turned into a novel. Especially in the end when the author gave us insight in how each character ended up, it felt like the end of a movie when they do the same before the end credits.

The bad guys got a bad ending, the good guys got a good ending, the villains got away and the lovers got a happy ending.

Very movie-like.

I wouldn't recommend it. If I hadn't been stuck somewhere boring with nothing else to do, I wouldn't have chosen to read it till the end.